What s the current state of the mini brand of cars across the world?

Not sure what you mean. They’re owned by BMW and recently unveiled an all-electric Mini at the LA Auto Show.

They’re bloody expensive.

I bought one last May,and I see more and more of them on the roads. When I last spoke with my salesman in October, he said sales were good… I am unsure of how the company is doing in the recession.

MiniUSA.com is the American website; I’m sure you could go on Wiki or Google and research whatever it is you’re trying to find out.