SALES of Oxford-built Minis in the UK were up more than 30 per cent year-on-year last month, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said today.
In January 2,135 Minis were registered, compared with 3,859 in December, and 1,638 in January last year.
Last year, 216,538 Minis were sold worldwide, compared with 232,425 in 2008, a fall of 6.8 per cent.
Society chief executive Paul Everitt said: “The 29.8 per cent increase in January new car registrations provides a better than expected start to 2010 for the UK motor industry.
“Scrappage continues to lift demand and the announcement of a continuation of the scheme to the end of March will allow the maximum number of people to benefit from the budget that’s still available.”
Mini’s parent company BMW is hoping for a further boost in sales this year with the launch in September of the new Countryman model. It will be the first new-generation Mini not to be built at Cowley, with a production line being set up at Graz in Austria.
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