BMW Group Starts the New Year With Strong Sales
January Sales Up 22.5 percent
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Feb. 1 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported sales of 19,764 vehicles in January 2005, an increase of 22.5% percent over the January 2004 sales of 16,135.
BMW Brand Sales BMW reported sales of 16,847 automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles (SAV), up 25.9 percent compared to the 13,379 vehicles reported the same month last year. BMW Automobile Sales BMW's monthly automobile sales were up 18.9 percent, to 12,611 versus 10,607 in January 2004. An increase in sales for the 3 Series, Z4 Roadster, 5 Series and SAV models contributed to a strong kick-off for the fiscal year. BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales Combining sales of the X3, introduced in September 2003 and the popular X5 Sports Activity Vehicles, BMW reported sales of 4,236 vehicles compared to 2,772 vehicles sold in the same month of 2004. Sales of BMW's Sports Activity Vehicles increased 52.8 percent in January 2005. Certified Pre-owned BMW reported a decrease of 5.5 percent in Certified Pre-owned vehicles sold; 4,745 in January 2005 compared to 5,020 vehicles in 2004. MINI Brand MINI Automobiles MINI USA reported a rise in January sales with 2,917, compared to the 2,756 sold in 2004. The MINI Cooper Convertible and MINI Cooper S Convertible models were introduced in September 2004. 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.
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http://www.bmwusa.com/ http://www.bmwmotorradusa.com/ http://www.miniusa.com/ http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/ BMW Car Sales Report for January 2005 2005 2004 January 12,611 10,607 Year-to-Date 12,611 10,607 Year-to- Year-to- Model January Date January Date 2005 2005 2004 2004 325i 3,086 3,086 2,269 2,269 325Ci 322 322 423 423 325Ci convertible 363 363 403 403 325i sport wagon 92 92 100 100 325xi 848 848 1,001 1,001 325xi sport wagon 124 124 63 63 330i 809 809 513 513 330Ci 259 259 302 302 330Ci convertible 311 311 404 404 330xi 437 437 361 361 M3 259 259 349 349 M3 convertible 123 123 203 203 3 Series 7,033 7,033 6,391 6,391 Z4 2.5i roadster (US) 310 310 200 200 Z4 3.0i roadster (US) 139 139 133 133 Z3 and Z4 449 449 333 333 525i sport wagon (E39) 0 0 0 0 525i (E60) 1,226 1,226 1,077 1,077 530i (E60) 1,395 1,395 1,154 1,154 540i Sports Wagon (E39) 0 0 0 0 545i (E60) 657 657 430 430 M5 (E39) 0 0 14 14 5 Series 3,278 3,278 2,675 2,675 645Ci 253 253 0 0 645Ci Convertible 408 408 0 0 6 Series 661 661 0 0 745i 345 345 431 431 745Li 790 790 705 705 760i 9 9 0 0 760Li 45 45 61 61 7 Series 1,189 1,189 1,197 1,197 Z8 0 0 1 1 Z8 Alpina 1 1 10 10 Z8 1 1 11 11 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for January 2005 2005 2004 January 4,236 2,772 Year-to-Date 4,236 2,772 Model January Year-to-Date January Year-to-Date 2005 2005 2004 2004 X3 2.5i 394 394 9 9 X3 3.0i 1,417 1,417 774 774 X3 1811 1811 783 783 X5 3.0i (US) 1,731 1,731 1,568 1,568 X5 4.4i (US) 626 626 416 416 X5 4.6is (US) 0 0 5 5 X5 4.8is (US) 68 68 0 0 X5 2,425 2,425 1,989 1,989 MINI Sales Report for January 2005 2005 2004 January 2,917 2,756 Year-to-Date 2,917 2,756 Model January Year-to-Date January Year-to-Date 2005 2005 2004 2004 MINI Cooper 1,087 1,087 1,457 1,457 MINI Cooper S 982 982 1,299 1,299 MINI Cooper Convertible 460 460 0 0 MINI Cooper S Convertible 388 388 0 0 Total MINI 2,917 2,917 2,756 2,756