BMW Group Reports Best November Ever With 6.4 Percent Boost in Monthly Sales
Year-to-Date Sales Jump 9.4 Percent
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Dec. 2 -- Sales of BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) vehicles rose 6.4 percent in November, with sales of 25,086, compared to 23,579 last November. The BMW Group also recorded year-to-date sales of 251,954, a jump of 9.4% percent over the 230,370 vehicles reported in the first eleven months of 2002.
BMW Brand
BMW reported sales of 21,892 vehicles in November, up 5 percent from November 2002 sales of 20,873. BMW also reported year-to-date sales of 219,949, also up 5 percent from the 209,058 of this time last year.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's automobile sales rose 8 percent in November with 17,991 cars reported versus 16,712 in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, BMW automobile sales increased 8 percent to 184,090 compared to 170,341 for the same period in 2002.
BMW of North America recorded its best month ever for sales of its 7 Series sedans, reporting 2,349 cars sold. The second-best sales month for that model was October 2003, when the company reported sales of 2,151.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
BMW reported a 6 percent dip in Sports Activity Vehicle sales for the month of November with sales of 3,901 vehicles compared to 4,161 in the same month last year.
Year-to-date, SAV sales are recovering, also, and are off by 7 percent in the first eleven months of 2003.
MINI Brand MINI Automobiles
Sales of MINI brand automobiles continue to skyrocket and MINI USA reported November sales of 3,194 automobiles - an increase of 18 percent from the 2,706 cars reported in that month last year. Sales of MINI automobiles for the first eleven months of 2003 totaled 32,005.
BMW Group In America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975. ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand, the MINI brand, and the ROLLS-ROYCE brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Corp. in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all Z4 roadster and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 340 BMW passenger car centers, 327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 148 BMW motorcycle retailers, 73 MINI passenger car dealers, and 25 ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North, Central and South America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet at:
www.bmwusa.com
www.bmwmotorradusa.com
www.miniusa.com
www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com
BMW Car Sales Report for November 2003
2003 2002
November 17991 16712
Year-to-Date 184090 170341
November Year- November Year-
to-Date to-Date
2003 2003 2002 2002
325i (E46) 4296 41170 3803 35751
325Ci (E46) 494 6964 603 7456
325Ci convertible (E46) 495 6743 758 8505
325i sport wagon (E46) 237 1944 164 1176
325xi 1361 11339 1094 10975
325xi sport wagon 147 1771 163 1676
330i 1141 8865 878 10216
330Ci 344 5563 561 6734
330Ci convertible 496 6592 745 7764
330xi 595 5544 572 4946
M3 (E46) 407 4227 684 5046
M3 convertible (E46) 193 3096 407 3562
3 Series 10206 103818 10432 103807
Z3 2.5 roadster (US) 0 105 132 3588
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 1 23 27 2073
Z3 3.0 coupe (US) 0 5 18 236
Z4 2.5i roadster (US) 900 10799 791 1171
Z4 3.0i roadster (US) 619 7256 490 844
M roadster (US) 0 14 4 469
M coupe (US) 0 2 8 285
Z3 and Z4 Series 1520 18204 1470 8666
525i 52 14080 875 12089
525i sport wagon 25 1169 175 1470
525 (E60) 1197 1651 0 0
530i 20 14762 1278 17447
530i (E60) 1908 4878 0 0
540i sport wagon 1 259 36 309
540i 7 3632 359 4292
545 (E60) 649 881 0 0
M5 29 1427 165 1536
5 Series 3888 42739 2888 37143
740i 0 0 1 30
740iL 0 0 1 40
740iL Protection 0 0 0 0
745i 724 6114 504 10983
745Li 1545 12143 1376 9162
750iL 0 0 0 15
750iL Protection 0 0 0 0
760Li 80 653 0 0
7 Series 2349 18910 1882 20230
Z8 3 175 40 495
Z8 Alpina 25 244 0 0
Z8 Series 28 419 40 495
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for November 2003
2003 2002
November 3901 4161
Year-to-Date 35859 38717
November Year- November Year-
to-Date to-Date
2003 2003 2002 2002
X5 3.0i (US) 2602 26336 2934 29191
X5 4.4i (US) 1253 8425 1062 8266
X5 4.6is (US) 46 1098 165 1260
Total 3901 35859 4161 38717
MINI Sales Report for November 2003
2003 2002
November 3194 2706
Year-to-Date 32005 21312
November Year- November Year-
to-Date to-Date
2003 2003 2002 2002
MINI Cooper 1561 17623 1312 12200
MINI Cooper S 1633 14382 1394 9112
Total 3194 32005 2706 21312
