Editing Mini (section)

==Sales==
[[File:Morris Mini.jpg|right|thumb|An almond green Mark I Morris Mini Minor]]
At its peak, the Mini was a strong seller in most of the countries where it was sold, with the United Kingdom inevitably receiving the highest volumes. The 1,000,000th Mini came off the production line in 1965,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/millionth-mini |title=Millionth Mini – British Pathé |website=Britishpathe.com |access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> with the 2,000,000th in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/two-millionth-mini-special |title=Two Millionth Mini – Special – British Pathé |website=Britishpathe.com |date=2014-01-23 |access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> The 3,000,000th Mini came off the production line in 1972, with the 4,000,000th in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|last=Day |first=James |url=http://libraryofmotoring.info/tag/classic-mini/ |title=classic Mini &#124; library of motoring – An online collection of MINI information |website=Libraryofmotoring.info |date=2 October 2014 |access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>

It dominated the mini-car market until the arrival of the [[Hillman Imp]] in 1963. It outsold the Imp. Competition arrived with the more modern and practical [[Vauxhall Chevette]] of 1975, but the Mini continued to sell well until its "replacement"—the [[Austin Metro|Metro]]—arrived in 1980. By this time, the Mini's design had been overtaken by numerous more modern and practical vehicles.

Although the Metro did not replace the Mini, production figures for the Mini dipped during the 1980s, and interest in the design was not revived until the reintroduction of the Mini Cooper in 1990. This helped sales of the Mini through the 1990s, to the end of production on 4 October 2000.

A total of 1,581,887 Minis were sold in the UK after its launch in 1959. The last new one to be registered was sold in 2004, some four years after the end of production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/motors/advice/tm_headline=recession-proof-wise-buys-revealed&method=full&objectid=23171460&siteid=63127-name_page.html |title=icLiverpool – Recession-proof wise-buys revealed |publisher=Icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk |date=17 March 2009 |access-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427101129/http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/motors/advice/tm_headline%3Drecession-proof-wise-buys-revealed%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D23171460%26siteid%3D63127-name_page.html |archive-date=27 April 2009 }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Cumulative sales
|-
|1962
| 500,000
|-
|1965
|1 million
|-
|1969
|2 million
|-
|1972
|3 million
|-
|1976
|4 million
|-
|1986
|5 million
|-
|2000
|5,387,862
|}

The highest price ever paid for a Mini was at a [[Bonhams]] auction in 2007, when a works rally-prepared Mini (DJB 93B) sold for £100,500 ($196,980).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/2007-06-15/classic-mini-cooperbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice |title=Classic Mini Cooper |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=16 June 2007 |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>

===United States and Canada===
[[File:Minis of Texas Meeting Feb 2006.jpg|thumb|right|A meeting of the Mini Owners of Texas club in [[Grapevine, Texas|Grapevine]], Texas]]

Between 1960 and 1967, BMC exported approximately 10,000 left-hand drive BMC Minis to the United States. Sales were discontinued when stricter federal safety standards were imposed in 1968<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/04/cars-uncle-sam-says-you-cant-have/|title=Uncle Sam Says No, You Absolutely Can't Have These Cars|date=11 April 2011|magazine=Wired}}</ref><ref>''The rise and fall of mini in America'' by Joy Keller, source mossmotoring.com [http://www.mossmotoring.com/rise-fall-rise-mini-america/], visited feb15 2016</ref><ref>''The Classic Mini – 1968 Austin Mini'', Hemmings Motor News, November, 2007 by Mike McNessor, source Hemmings.com magazine [http://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hmn/2007/11/The-Classic-Mini---1968-Austin-Mini/1539245.html]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/FMVSS/ |title=Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Regulations |website=Nhtsa.gov |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529033515/http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/fmvss/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miniusa.com/content/miniusa/en/footer-navigation/faq.html |title=FAQ |website=Miniusa.com |access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> and the arrival of the larger and more profitable [[Austin America]]. Mini sales fell in the 1967 calendar year and the US importer was expecting the forthcoming Austin America to find a larger market. The America was also withdrawn in 1972 due to slow sales and the introduction of bumper-height standards. Mini sales continued in Canada until 1980. MkIII variants, as with their UK counterparts remained badged as a "Mini" (no distinction between Austin or Morris), and in 1976 with the takeover of British Leyland, became British Leyland Minis (MkIV). Leyland Minis also were subject to stricter government regulation with high bumpers, large turn indicators, warning buzzers and lights for seat belts and also a fitting of air pollution pumps which required a specially designed radiator.

Today the [[US government]] exempts cars older than 25 years [[Grey import vehicle#United States|from all import laws]], so older Minis can be freely imported. The [[Government of Canada|Canadian government]] applies a similar rule after 15 years.