GLOBAL sales of the Mini grew by 6.6 per cent last month, latest figures from parent company BMW show.

A total of 25,077 cars were sold during November and in the first 11 months of the year, sales have increased by 6.7 per cent to 272,773 vehicles.

The Cowley-built car was a major contributor to the 170,932 BMW cars sold during the month.

This was 23 per cent higher than the same month last year.