Take the Mini.

[WilliamTaft]

An example sentence using "take somebody/something (for example)" in Longman Contemporary: People love British cars. Take the Mini. In Japan, it still sells more than all the other British cars put together.
I can't understand the logic in these sentences.
I would write the sentences as: "Japanese People love British cars. They sell more than German cars, French cars, American cars, etc."

 

[Tarheel]

You make a good point. In fact, it starts off rather oddly. It says, "People love British cars," What people? Well, apparently they are referring to the Japanese people. Then it compares the Mini (apparently a British car) to other British cars.

I guess that writer was having a bad day.

 

[Piscean]

I would write the sentences as: "Japanese People love British cars. They sell more than German cars, French cars, American cars, etc."

That has changed the meaning of the original.

 

[Rover_KE]

In this context, 'Take the Mini' is a shorter way of saying 'Consider the Mini, for example'.