Global sales of the Cowley-built Mini have achieved a new record.
Latest figures produced by parent company BMW show 81,053 cars were sold in the second quarter of the year, a rise of 35.6 per cent on the same period in 2010.
Over the six month period to the end of June, 141,913 cars were sold, a rise of 29.8 per cent.
BMW bosses said almost half of customers opted for a Cooper variant of the car.
The latest version, the Mini Coupe, is launched in the autumn.
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