BMW Sales Soar With 20 Percent Rise
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Feb. 1 -- BMW of North America, LLC reported its best January on record with sales of 15,923 vehicles, an increase of 16.2 percent over the 13,708 vehicles sold a year ago.
BMW reported a 20 percent jump in automobile sales to 12,778 compared to 10,679 in January 2001. The January 2002 total includes 1,510 all-new 745i sedans, which went on sale January 19th.
The company also reported sales of 3,145 BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicles compared to 3,029 sold a year ago, an increase of almost 4 percent.
Sales of Certified Pre-owned vehicles were remarkably strong, too, with 3,334 vehicles reported, up 16 percent from the 2,864 pre-owned vehicles sold a year ago. This performance marks the strongest January for Certified Pre-owned BMWs in history, eclipsing the previous record of 2,965 sales set in January 2000.
BMW Group in America
BMW of North America has been present in the United States since 1975. Since then, the BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales and financial service organizations for the BMW and MINI brands; a South Carolina manufacturing operation; DESIGNWORKS/USA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. The BMW Group is represented in the U.S. through a network of 340 car, 327 Sports Activity Vehicle and 148 motorcycle retailers. BMW US Holding Corp., the Group's 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 http://www.bmwusa.com, http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com and http://www.miniusa.com.
BMW Car Sales Report for January 2002
2002 2001
January 12778 10679
Year-to-Date 12778 10679
Year-to- Year-to-
January Date January Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
323i (E46) 0 0 0 0
323is 0 0 0 0
323i sport wagon (E46) 0 0 0 0
323i convertible 0 0 0 0
323Ci (E46) 0 0 0 0
323Ci convertible (E46) 0 0 0 0
325i (E46) 2438 2438 2481 2481
325Ci (E46) 730 730 662 662
325Ci convertible (E46) 697 697 626 626
325i sport wagon (E46) 61 61 341 341
325xi 438 438 0 0
325xi sport wagon 144 144 0 0
328is 0 0 0 0
328Ci (E46) 0 0 0 0
328i 4-door 0 0 0 0
328i (E46) 0 0 0 0
328i convertible 0 0 0 0
330i 798 798 1080 1080
330Ci 483 483 598 598
330Ci convertible 550 550 595 595
330xi 251 251 0 0
M3 (E46) 603 603 0 0
M3 convertible (E46) 302 302 0 0
M3 2-door 0 0 0 0
M3 4-door 0 0 0 0
M3 convertible E36 0 0 0 0
3 Series 7495 7495 6383 6383
Z3 1.9 (US) 0 0 0 0
Z3 2.3 (US) 0 0 0 0
Z3 2.5 (US) 211 211 376 376
Z3 2.8 roadster (US) 0 0 0 0
Z3 2.8 coupe (US) 0 0 0 0
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 79 79 309 309
Z3 3.0 coupe (US) 7 7 44 44
M roadster (US) 47 47 0 0
M coupe (US) 15 15 0 0
Z3 Series 359 359 729 729
525i 1117 1117 1037 1037
525i sport wagon 96 96 139 139
528i 0 0 0 0
528i sport wagon 0 0 0 0
530i 1471 1471 1026 1026
540i sport wagon 26 26 36 36
540i 375 375 335 335
540i(E39) 0 0 0 0
M5 269 269 126 126
5 Series 3354 3354 2699 2699
740i 2 2 230 230
740iL 0 0 561 561
740iL Protection 0 0 0 0
745i 1510 1510 0 0
750iL 1 1 26 26
750iL Protection 0 0 0 0
745Li 0 0 0 0
760Li 0 0 0 0
7 Series 1513 1513 817 817
Z8 57 57 51 51
Z8 Series 57 57 51 51
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales
Report for January 2002
2002 2001
January 3145 3029
Year-to-Date 3145 3029
Year-to- Year-to-
January Date January Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
X5 3.0i (US) 2536 2536 2158 2158
X5 4.4i (US) 516 516 871 871
X5 4.6is (US) 93 93 0 0
Total 3145 3145 3029 3029