BMW Group Reports Phenomenal Month
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Dec. 3 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) recorded its third best month ever, with November sales of 23,579 vehicles, an increase of 30.2 percent over the same month last year. (Record U.S. sales of 23,994 vehicles were recorded in April of this year followed by sales of 23,624 vehicles in May.) The company also recorded impressive sales gains for the first eleven months of 2002, reporting 230,370 vehicles, an 18.3 percent increase over the 194,713 reported in the same period a year ago.BMW Brand
BMW of North America, LLC reported year-to-date sales of 209,058 automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles, up 7.4 percent over the 194,713 vehicles sold in the same period last year. The company also reported November sales of 20,873, up 15.3 percent over the 18,107 in the same month in 2001.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW reported sales of 170,341 compared to the 158,391 cars sold through the first eleven months of 2001, an increase of 7.5 percent. The company also reported November automobile sales of 16,712, up 18.4 percent from the 14,114 cars sold in the same month a year ago.
Sales of BMW's new 7 Series sedan remain strong as the company reported sales of 1,882 in November, up 154.3 percent from the same month a year ago. Year-to-date sales of the new 7 Series are 20,230, up 51.5 percent over the 13,357 automobiles sold in the first eleven months of 2001.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Year-to-date, sales of BMW's X5 Sports Activity Vehicles were up 6.6 percent, to 38,717 vehicles compared to the 36,322 reported last year. The company also reported November sales of 4,161 BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicles, up 4.2 percent over the 3,993 vehicles reported last year.
BMW Certified Pre-owned Vehicles Sales
Sales of BMW CPO vehicles continued to be strong as the company reported 5,243 vehicles in November, an increase of 46.4 percent above the 3,582 vehicles sold last year. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 54.3 percent to 55,318 compared to the first eleven months of 2001.
MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
The company reported sales of 1,312 MINI Coopers and 1,394 MINI Cooper S' during the month of November for a total of 2,706 cars sold. Year-to-date, the company reported sales of 12,200 MINI Coopers and 9,112 MINI Cooper S' for combined sales of 21,312. 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 November 2002
2002 2001
November 16712 14114
Year-to-Date 170341 158391
Year-to- Year-to-
November Date November Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
323i (E46) 0 0 0 102
325i (E46) 3803 35751 2128 36074
325Ci (E46) 603 7456 723 8226
325Ci convertible (E46) 758 8505 770 8700
325i sport wagon (E46) 164 1176 126 3062
325xi 1094 10975 673 1093
325xi sport wagon 163 1676 120 158
330i 878 10216 904 16028
330Ci 561 6734 623 7816
330Ci convertible 745 7764 606 7150
330xi 572 4946 231 403
M3 (E46) 684 5046 689 3206
M3 convertible (E46) 407 3562 234 1731
M3 convertible (E36) 0 0 0 78
3 Series 10432 103807 7827 93827
Z3 2.5 (US) 132 3588 676 7806
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 27 2073 593 4622
Z3 3.0 coupe (US) 18 236 131 618
Z4 2.5i roadster 791 1171 0 0
Z4 3.0i roadster 490 844 0 0
M roadster (US) 4 469 324 914
M coupe (US) 8 285 124 354
Z3 and Z4 Series 1470 8666 1848 14314
525i 875 12089 1009 11648
525i sport wagon 175 1470 221 2080
528i 0 0 0 0
528i sport wagon 0 0 0 0
530i 1278 17447 1486 14769
540i sport wagon 36 309 71 375
540i 359 4292 510 5174
540i(E39) 0 0 0 0
M5 165 1536 308 1979
5 Series 2888 37143 3605 36025
740i 1 30 132 4476
740iL 1 40 573 8575
740iL Protection 0 0 2 8
745i 504 10983 0 0
750iL 0 15 33 286
750iL Protection 0 0 0 12
745Li 1376 9162 0 0
760Li 0 0 0 0
7 Series 1882 20230 740 13357
Z8 40 495 94 868
Z8 Series 40 495 94 868
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks)
Sales Report for November 2002
2002 2001
November 4161 3993
Year-to-Date 38717 36322
Year-to- Year-to-
November Date November Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
X5 3.0i (US) 2934 29191 3171 23572
X5 4.4i (US) 1062 8266 649 12570
X5 4.6is (US) 165 1260 173 180
Total 4161 38717 3993 36322
MINI Sales Report for November 2002
2002
November 2706
Year-to-Date 21312
November Year-to-Date
2002 2002
MINI Cooper 1312 12200
MINI Cooper S 1394 9112
Total 2706 21312