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BMW GROUP REPORTS SEPTEMBER SALES
Tue Oct 03 13:00:00 CEST 2006 Press Release
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - October 3, 2006... The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported year-to-date sales of 229,833 vehicles, an increase of 2 percent verses the 225,641 vehicles sold in the first three quarters of 2005. September sales were off 7 percent, with the Group reporting 23,303 vehicles verses the 25,079 reported in 2005.
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Sales For First Three Quarters Up 2 Percent
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - October 3, 2006... The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI
brands combined) reported year-to-date sales of 229,833 vehicles, an increase
of 2 percent verses the 225,641 vehicles sold in the first three quarters of
2005. September sales were off 7 percent, with the Group reporting 23,303
vehicles verses the 25,079 reported in 2005.
BMW Brand Sales Increase 3 Percent Year-to-date
BMW brand sales were up 3 percent year-to-date, to 200,063 vehicles compared to
193,631 vehicles sold in the same period in 2005.
BMW brand sales were down 8 percent in September for a total of 20,339 vehicles
compared to 22,052 reported in the same month a year ago.
BMW Automobile Sales
Sales of BMW brand automobiles were up 11 percent in the first three quarters
of 2006, to 155,525 automobiles over 140,015 in the same period of 2005.
Automobile sales dipped 2 percent in September to 15,275 cars versus 15,609 in
the same month a year ago.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were down 21 percent in September, to
5,064 vehicles over the 6,443 sold in the same month last year, as BMW prepares
to introduce its all-new X5 Sports Activity Vehicles later this year. The new
X3 Sports Activity Vehicles just went on sale, too, and inventories of both
brands are low as a result. Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity
Vehicles were also off 17 percent, to 44,538 vehicles compared to the 53,616
sold in the same period in 2005.
Certified Pre-Owned
Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles were up 3 percent, and the company
reported its best September ever, with sales of 5,913 CPO vehicles versus 5,760
vehicles reported last year. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 16 percent, to
64,042 over the 55,380 reported in the same period in 2005.
MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported September sales of 2,964 automobiles, off 2 percent from the
3,027 cars sold last September. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of
29,770 automobiles, a drop of 7 percent, compared to the 32,010 cars reported
in the first three quarters of 2005. The MINI factory in Oxford was closed
for part of August in preparation for the new model year, resulting in
extremely low inventories of MINI automobiles.