BMW MINI Car Sales By Country: 2012 (Exclusive)

BMW made a mess of MG Rover overall, but one part of that debacle that BMW did do well with was MINI. It created a genre that others have copied, with varying success. New variants have kept interest up, although some seem somewhat contrived. It will be interesting to see how the new van model goes (see below). The yet to be released Paceman (to be built in the Netherlands) is below that.

As for the list below, most of the decreases are from Europe understandably. Import phobic Brazil curtailed progressive growth with higher duty. Hong Kong is probably already in the China figure, but in case not, I included it for added interest. Mentioning China, how long before they move into third? Korea made the top 10 for the first time, and Russians finally seem to be 'getting it' as do the Israelis.

The first three columns show 2010 to 2012 ranking, the second column in from the right is increase or decrease, and the extreme right shows market share for the major brands. The Middle East is a region, not a country. However, that is how I got the data.

1	1	1	USA	66,123	15%	21.9%	Over 30% Incr
2	2	2	UK	51,410	3%	17.0%	8 Nations
3	3	3	Germany	36,302	-10%	12.0%	19%
7	6	4	China	23,275	50%	7.7%
5	4	5	France	21,483	-1%	7.1%	Up To 30% Incr
4	5	6	Italy	17,824	-17%	5.9%	19 Nations
6	7	7	Japan	16,213	13%	5.4%	44%
8	8	8	Spain	7,286	-13%	2.4%
10	10	9	Canada	6,305	22%	2.1%	Decrease
14	12	10	Korea	5,927	38%	2.0%	15 Nations
9	9	11	Belgium	5,443	-19%	1.8%	35%
11	11	12	Switzerland	4,593	0%	1.5%
12	13	13	Netherlands	4,039	2%	1.3%	New
15	14	14	Mexico	3,821	27%	1.3%	1 Nation
17	17	15	RSA	2,794	11%	0.9%	2%
21	19	16	Russia	2,629	31%	0.9%
13	18	17	Australia	2,394	4%	0.8%
16	16	18	Austria	2,110	-17%	0.7%
18	15	19	Brazil	1,972	-32%	0.7%
23	20	20	Turkey	1,758	1%	0.6%
22	22	21	Sweden	1,492	5%	0.5%
24	24	22	Middle East	1,305	18%
19	21	23	Portugal	1,054	-36%
26	26	24	Hong Kong	924	3%
31	27	25	Norway	856	5%
29	29	26	Poland	776	41%
25	28	27	Luxembourg	681	-12%
20	25	28	Greece	667	-29%
28	39	29	Argentina	549	89%
35	31	30	Colombia	515	13%
33	33	31	Chile	444	2%
32	34	32	Ireland	440	7%
36	37	33	NZ	430	38%
42	47	34	Israel	396	193%
27	30	35	Denmark	362	-29%
37	38	36	Malaysia	341	13%
44	44	37	Czech Rep	304	87%
30	35	38	Thailand	303	-21%
-	-	39	India	302	New
34	36	40	Singapore	285	-21%
38	40	41	Finland	269	4%
47	41	42	Slovakia	214	-9%
40	32	43	Slovenia	186	-58%
			Others	4,730
			Total	301,526	+5.8%

Data source: Thanks to many and varied sources around the world.
Picture source: Thanks to www.netcarshow.com