Mini USA Car Sales Charts – December 2013 And 2013 Year End

Assuming Mini USA was going to have a healthy 2013 was only rational. After all, new models were being added to an already popular fleet, right? Right?

Indeed, the Paceman did add more volume to Mini USA’s total in 2013 than either the Coupe or the similarly new Roadster, and it did so in just ten months.

However, Mini remains a company that relies mostly on two bodystyles: the original Hardtop and the biggest Countryman. Together, they generated more than seven out of every ten Mini sales in 2013.

• All 270 Vehicles Ranked By 2013 Year End & December U.S. Sales
• All 158 Cars Ranked By 2013 Year End & December U.S. Sales

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Sales of the traditional Cooper/Cooper S/JCW Hardtop slid 8% as it approached the end of its life cycle, however, and that drag – along with falling Convertible, Clubman, and Coupe sales – meant the brand’s sales grew less than 1% in a market which grew 7.5%.

Mini’s market share fell from 0.5% in 2012 to 0.4% in 2013. Excluding the Paceman’s additional 3262 sales, Mini volume in the United States was down 4.4% in 2013.

Meanwhile, Fiat sales fell 1.2% despite an additional 7402 500L sales. Volkswagen sold 48% more Beetles – 43,134 in all – this year, including an additional 17,530 Convertibles and 3570 fewer Beetle Coupes.

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Mini	December 2013	December 2012	% Change	2013	2012	% Change
Mini Cooper Hardtop	2995	3011	-0.5%	26,954	29,278	-7.9%
Mini Cooper Convertible	262	325	-19.4%	4460	4813	-7.3%
Mini Cooper Clubman	379	445	-14.8%	5155	5769	-10.6%
Mini Countryman	2055	2224	-7.6%	21,325	21,012	1.5%
Mini Coupe	117	178	-34.3%	2540	2880	-11.8%
Mini Roadster	134	273	-50.9%	2806	2371	18.3%
Mini Paceman	650	—	—	3262	—	—
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Total	6592	6456	2.1%	66,502	66,123	0.6%