BMW Group Sales Pass 200,000
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Nov. 1, 2002 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) recorded robust sales increases for the first ten months of 2002, reporting 206,791 vehicles, a 17 percent increase over the 176,606 reported in the same period a year ago. The BMW Group also reported October sales of 19,634 vehicles, up 22 percent over the 16,122 reported a year ago.BMW Brand
BMW of North America, LLC reported year-to-date sales of 188,185 automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles, up 6.6 percent over the 176,606 vehicles sold through October 2001. The company also reported October sales of 16,789, up 4 percent over the 16,122 in the same month in 2001.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW reported sales of 153,629 compared to the 144,277 cars sold through the first ten months of 2001, an increase of 6.5 percent. The company also reported October automobile sales of 13,368, up 8.3 percent from the 12,343 cars sold in the same month a year ago.
Sales of BMW's new 7 Series sedans are especially strong, with year-to-date sales up over 45 percent. October sales reflected an 85 percent increase over the same month last year as the company recorded sales of more than 20,52 7 Series models.
BMW also reported total sales of 734 all-new BMW Z4 roadsters in the five days this model was on the market. The Z4 roadster 2.5i featuring a 2.5 liter, 185-horsepower engine, and the Z4 roadster 3.0i, featuring a 3.0 liter, 225-horsepower powerplant, went on sale October 26 at 340 BMW dealers across the US.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Year-to-date, sales of BMW's X5 Sports Activity Vehicles were up 7 percent, to 34,556 vehicles compared to the 32,329 reported last year. The company also reported October sales of 3,421 BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicles, down from the 3,779 vehicles reported last year.
BMW Certified Pre-owned Vehicles Sales
Sales of BMW CPO vehicles passed the 50,000-vehicle threshold this month, with 50,072 vehicles reported, a jump of 55 percent above the 32,271 vehicles sold in the first ten months of 2001. October sales were up 53 percent, with 5,236 vehicles sold compared to 3,419 a year ago.
MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
The company reported sales of 1,533 MINI Coopers and 1,312 MINI Cooper S' for the month of October for a total of 2,845 cars sold. Year-to-date, the company reported sales of 10,888 MINI Coopers and 7,718 MINI Cooper S' for combined sales of 18,606. 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 69 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 October 2002
2002 2001
October 13368 12343
Year-to-Date 153629 144277
Year-to- Year-to-
October Date October Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
323i (E46) 0 0 0 102
325i (E46) 2635 31948 1816 33946
325Ci (E46) 477 6799 912 7503
325Ci convertible (E46) 478 7747 827 7930
325i sport wagon (E46) 122 1012 122 2936
325xi 1025 9881 387 420
325xi sport wagon 130 1513 38 38
330i 733 9338 868 15124
330Ci 526 6173 510 7193
330Ci convertible 482 7019 577 6544
330xi 481 4374 126 172
M3 (E46) 355 4362 553 2517
M3 convertible (E46) 208 3155 239 1497
M3 convertible (E36) 0 0 0 78
3 Series 7652 93375 7020 86000
Z3 2.5 (US) 137 3456 512 7130
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 48 2046 257 4029
Z3 3.0 coupe (US) 22 218 38 487
Z4 2.5i roadster 380 380 0 0
Z4 3.0i roadster 354 354 0 0
M roadster (US) 3 465 95 590
M coupe (US) 3 277 38 230
Z3 and Z4 Series 947 7196 940 12466
525i 827 11214 901 10639
525i sport wagon 150 1295 180 1859
528i 0 0 0 0
528i sport wagon 0 0 0 0
530i 1230 16169 1321 13283
540i sport wagon 22 273 29 304
540i 327 3963 527 4664
540i(E39) 0 0 0 0
M5 123 1371 254 1671
5 Series 2679 34255 3212 32420
740i 2 29 205 4344
740iL 0 39 865 8002
740iL Protection 0 0 0 6
745i 526 10479 0 0
750iL 0 15 37 253
750iL Protection 0 0 1 12
745Li 1524 7786 0 0
760Li 0 0 0 0
7 Series 2052 18348 1108 12617
Z8 38 455 63 774
Z8 Series 38 455 63 774
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks)
Sales Report for October 2002
2002 2001
October 3421 3779
Year-to-Date 34556 32329
Year-to- Year-to-
October Date October Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
X5 3.0i (US) 2540 26257 2904 20401
X5 4.4i (US) 691 7204 868 11921
X5 4.6is (US) 190 1095 7 7
Total 3421 34556 3779 32329
MINI Sales Report for October 2002
2002
October 2845
Year-to-Date 18606
October Year-to-Date
2002 2002
MINI Cooper 1533 10888
MINI Cooper S 1312 7718
Total 2845 18606