With the July 2007 sales figures, more than 200,000 MINIs have now been sold in USA! I also only realized today, more than 50% of MINIs in USA are the “S” version (97,914 Coopers and 102,537 Cooper S – including GPs). This has actually been true since April 2006 … interesting, especially since MINI originally predicted only 30% Cooper S versions. I wonder what the split is in other countries?
For complete month-by-month MINI USA sales figures, go here (I update this data every month)
Yes I know that MINI United happened ages ago … but I did take some video, and finally got round to reviewing it, doing a quick bit of editing, converting and uploading! The video includes a pan around the MINI United / MINI USA host hotel (the Movenpick in Amsterdam), then a pan around the tent-covered area at MINI United at the Zandvoort track, followed by George & I driving the track (at not-very-fast speeds) in an R56 MINI Cooper.
Then comes a bit of driver skill training – an emergency lane change maneouvre, then learning to do a 180 degree turn (in water, to spare the tires!)
And we finish with some video of the MINI Cooper Challenge races …
It’s becoming traditional now for me to miss this event! I missed last year, although I did get to the inaugural 2005 MAMA BBQ & Berries.
So for everyone else that missed it too, here’s links to pictures from people that did get there!
Sheenas pics
Beccas pics
Brians pics
M&I / GBMINI 