The nation's 82 Mini franchises are out of cars, and dealers can do little more than take orders and deliver pre-ordered units for the rest of the year.
As fuel prices have risen, demand for the Mini Cooper has outstripped supply.
"For the last three months, we were selling from inventory," said Jim McDowell, vice president of BMW's Mini division. "There's no way (July) can be as good."
McDowell said that dealers have a one-day supply of cars and that 81 percent of the cars delivered this month have been those that consumers have configured and ordered
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