BMW SAeptember Sales Up 22 Percent
BMW Brand
BMW of North America, LLC reported year-to-date sales of 171,396 automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles, up 7 percent over the 160,484 vehicles sold through September 2001. The company also reported September sales of 15,445, up 2 percent over the 15,127 in the same month in 2001.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW reported sales of 140,261 compared to the 131,934 cars sold through the first nine months of 2001, an increase of 6 percent. The company also reported September automobile sales of 12,945, up 8 percent from the 11,978 cars sold in the same month a year ago.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
BMW also reported September sales of 2,500 X5 Sports Activity Vehicles, down from the 3,149 vehicles reported last year. Year-to-date, SAV sales were up 9 percent, to 31,135 vehicles compared to the 28,550 reported last year.
BMW Certified Pre-owned Vehicles Sales
BMW reported CPO sales of 44,836 vehicles, a jump of 55 percent above the 28,852 vehicles sold in the first nine months of 2001. September sales were up 68 percent, with 4,511 vehicles sold compared to 2,687 a year ago. Worth noting, sales of BMW's Certified Pre-owned vehicles year-to-date have surpassed the total volume reported in calendar year 2000, the best year ever for CPO sales (44,673.)
MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
The company reported sales of 1,536 MINI Coopers and 1,431 MINI Cooper S' for the month of September for a total of 2,967 cars sold. Year-to-date, the company reported sales of 9,355 MINI Coopers and 6,406 MINI Cooper S' for combined sales of 15,761. The MINI brand has been on sale in the U.S. since March 22.
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 networks of 340 BMW car, 327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle, 148 BMW motorcycle retailers and 66 MINI car dealers. 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 September 2002
2002 2001
September 12945 11978
Year-to-Date 140261 131934
September Year- September Year-
to-Date to-Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
323i (E46) 0 0 0 102
325i (E46) 3128 29313 3784 32085
325Ci (E46) 528 6322 506 6591
325Ci convertible (E46) 683 7269 625 7103
325i sport wagon (E46) 116 890 181 2814
325xi 1244 8856 33 33
325xi sport wagon 153 1383 0 0
330i 755 8605 1199 14256
330Ci 547 5647 449 6683
330Ci convertible 648 6537 298 5967
330xi 399 3893 46 46
M3 (E46) 251 4007 43 1964
M3 convertible (E46) 206 2947 0 1258
M3 convertible (E36) 0 0 78 78
3 Series 8712 85723 7242 78980
Z3 2.5 (US) 106 3319 413 6618
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 35 1998 195 3772
Z3 3.0 coupe (US) 20 196 28 449
M roadster (US) 5 462 99 495
M coupe (US) 7 274 34 192
Z3 Series 173 6249 769 11526
525i 895 10387 1051 9738
525i sport wagon 109 1145 116 1679
528i 0 0 0 0
528i sport wagon 0 0 0 0
530i 1045 14939 1087 11962
540i sport wagon 18 251 24 275
540i 121 3636 559 4137
540i(E39) 0 0 0 0
M5 28 1248 33 1417
5 Series 2216 31576 2870 29208
740i -1 27 240 4139
740iL 1 39 803 7137
740iL Protection 0 0 0 6
745i 565 9953 0 0
750iL 0 15 18 216
750iL Protection 0 0 1 11
745Li 1252 6262 0 0
760Li 0 0 0 0
7 Series 1817 16296 1062 11509
Z8 27 417 35 711
Z8 Series 27 417 35 711
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for September 2002
2002 2001
September 2500 3149
Year-to-Date 31135 28550
September Year- September Year-
to-Date to-Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
X5 3.0i (US) 1993 23717 1738 17497
X5 4.4i (US) 434 6513 1411 11053
X5 4.6is (US) 73 905 0 0
Total 2500 31135 3149 28550
MINI Sales Report for September 2002
2002
September 2967
Year-to-Date 15761
September Year-to-Date
2002 2002
MINI Cooper 1536 9355
MINI Cooper S 1431 6406
Total 2967 15761