Mini News Most liked posts in thread: BMW Group U.S. Reports March 2018 Sales.

Bigger ugly cars do not sell. Small, minimalistic cars do. Remember 2005 06 ?

 

I'm willing to cut WRR a bit of slack given that they're not afraid to raise the BS flag on Gabe when he goes all 3rd Gen fan boy on them. Todd, in particular, frequently complains about the trend (larger, uglier, more mainstream), the way MINI corporate has abandoned the core enthusiasts community both in design and marketing, and ties those things to the observed putrid U.S. sales figures. Yeah, he bought an F56 JCW but you can always sense he enjoys it much more from the cockpit than looking at it from the outside.

MF, on the other hand, is a constant and obvious whore to MINI USA.

 

They must have been discussing February numbers. The March numbers were just released yesterday, in the press release linked in the first post.

 

White roof is like Motoringfile. All little BMW / MINI biased reporting.

 

Well considering sales last year were among MINI USA's worst sales years, it won't take much to beat the numbers. It is good to see the brand selling better long enough for us to see what the 4th gen will look like.

 

Read the article. A small increase for BMW, but MINI sales were down compared to last year, by a significant 9.1%.

 

I just listened to White Roof radio last week and they had compared numbers to last year and they were up. May have to listen again to see if it was for a specific stealership or not. Still, hope to see what the next gen looks like if they make it that far.

 

First gen sales were very high because the dealerships had no stock. Most cars sold were ordered by the buyer and we waited 3-4 months.

 

MINI has always had bundles even with the first gens. You could not get a sunroof without adding this package or that package. We only had 4 packages to choose from.