BMW Group Reports Monthly and Year-to-Date Sales; BMW Group Sales Increase 3.4 Percent in First Seven Months
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Aug. 3, 2004 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported July sales of 24,086 vehicles compared to 25,189 vehicles in the same month in 2003, down 4.4 percent. The BMW Group also reported year-to-date sales of 167,732 vehicles, an increase of 3.4 percent from 162,287 sold in the first seven months of 2003.
BMW Brand Reports Sales
BMW of North America, LLC reported its sales of 21,479 automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles, down 3 percent compared to the 22,105 vehicles reported last July.
Sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 4 percent in the first seven months, with sales of 147,313 vehicles compared to 141,673 vehicles sold in the first seven months of 2003.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's automobile sales dipped 25 percent in July, to 13,974 versus 18,559 in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, sales were down 7.7 percent, to 111,580 automobiles compared to 120,912 in the same period in 2003.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW's Sports Activity Vehicles continued to be exceptionally strong in July. Total June SAV sales jumped to 7,505, compared to 3,546 vehicles sold in July 2003, a jump of 112 percent. Year-to-date, sales of BMW's SAV models were up 72 percent, to 35,733 vehicles compared to 20,761 for the same period in 2003.
Certified Pre-owned
BMW also reported sales of 6,550 Certified Pre-owned vehicles compared to 5,834 vehicles sold in July 2003, a 12 percent increase. For the first seven months of 2004, BMW CPO sales were up 7.6 percent to 42,405 vehicles over 39,396 in the same period a year ago.
MINI Brand MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported continued demand for MINI automobiles, resulting in extremely low inventories. Sales of MINI automobiles in July were 2,607, down 15.5 percent from the 3,084 sold in July of 2003. Year-to-date, sales of MINI automobiles were down slightly, with 20,419 cars compared to 20,614 sold a year ago, a dip of 1 percent.
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 Co., LLC 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, 76 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:
http://www.bmwusa.com/
http://www.bmwmotorradusa.com/
http://www.miniusa.com/
http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/
BMW Car Sales Report for July 2004
2004 2003
July 13,974 18,559
Year-to-Date 111,580 120,912
Model July Year-to-Date July Year-to-Date
2004 2004 2003 2003
325i 3,452 23,265 3,886 24,659
325Ci 706 4,536 904 5,056
325Ci Convertible 661 4,924 742 4,995
325i Sports Wagon 102 860 197 1,299
325xi 671 8,491 1,000 8,528
325xi Sports Wagon 101 815 137 1,289
330i 824 4,648 648 5,643
330Ci 491 3,250 592 4,045
330Ci Convertible 535 4,265 680 4,751
330xi 541 3,660 450 3,438
M3 428 3,003 378 2,921
M3 Convertible 311 2,060 338 2,300
3 Series 8,823 63,777 9,952 68,924
Z3 2.5 roadster (US) 0 0 4 103
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 0 0 1 21
Z3 3.0 Coupe (US) 0 0 0 5
Z4 2.5i roadster (US) 799 5,031 985 6,830
Z4 3.0i roadster (US) 512 3,639 656 4,670
M roadster (US) 0 0 2 10
M Coupe (US) 0 0 0 1
Z3 and Z4 1,311 8,670 1,648 11,640
525i (E39) 0 0 2,241 10,828
525i Sports Wagon (E39) 0 19 132 954
525i (E60) 1,106 9,694 0 0
530i (E39) 0 0 2,413 12,419
530i (E60) 1,270 11,072 0 0
540i Sports Wagon (E39) 0 2 37 197
540i (E39) 0 0 368 2,945
545i (E60) 291 4,902 0 0
M5 (E39) 1 54 122 1,180
5 Series 2,668 25,743 5,313 28,523
645Ci 115 1,816 0 0
645Ci Convertible 168 1,830 0 0
6 Series 283 3,646 0 0
745i 302 3,317 564 3,632
745Li 555 6,046 950 7,452
760i 1 3 0 0
760Li 18 286 81 446
7 Series 876 9,652 1,595 11,530
Z8 2 5 3 166
Z8 Alpina 11 87 48 129
Z8 13 92 51 295
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks)
Sales Report for July 2004
2004 2003
July 7,505 3,546
Year-to-Date 35,733 20,761
Model July Year-to-Date July Year-to-Date
2004 2004 2003 2003
X3 2.5i 3,076 10,060 0 0
X3 3.0i 1,438 7,376 0 0
X3 4,514 17,436 0 0
X5 3.0i (US) 2,311 13,443 2,715 15,267
X5 4.4i (US) 556 4,463 725 4,732
X5 4.6is (US) 6 23 106 762
X5 4.8is (US) 118 368 0 0
X5 2,991 18,297 3,546 20,761
MINI Sales Report for July 2004
2004 2003
July 2,607 3,084
Year-to-Date 20,419 20,614
Model July Year-to-Date July Year-to-Date
2004 2004 2003 2003
MINI Cooper 1,456 11,049 1,776 11,894
MINI Cooper S 1,151 9,370 1,308 8,720
Total MINI 2,607 20,419 3,084 20,614