BMW Group Reports Sales for July 2006
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Year-to-Date Sales of BMW Group Up 5.3 Percent; July sales off 12 Percent
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Aug. 1 -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported year-to-date sales of 180,857 vehicles, an increase of 5.3 percent over the 171,683 vehicles sold in the first seven months of 2005. The BMW Group also reported a decrease of 12 percent in July sales for 23,611 vehicles over the 26,840 vehicles reported in 2005.
BMW Brand Sales Increase in July
BMW brand sales were up 7.7 percent year-to-date, to 157,303 vehicles compared to 146,042 vehicles sold in first seven months of 2005.
Sales of BMW brand vehicles dropped 13.4 percent in July for a total of 20,083 compared to 23,178 reported in the same month a year ago.
BMW Automobile Sales
Year-to-date, sales of BMW brand automobiles were up 15 percent, to 123,197 automobiles compared to 107,152 in the same period of 2005. Automobile sales were off 6.1 percent in July to 15,546 versus 16,555 in the same month a year ago.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were down 31.5 percent in July to 4,537 vehicles over the 6,623 sold last July. Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were also off 12.3 percent, to 34,106 vehicles compared to the 38,890 sold in the first seven months of 2005.
Certified Pre-Owned
Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles were up 3.5 percent, and the company reported its sales of 6,977 CPO vehicles versus 6,738 vehicles reported last July. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 19.2 percent, to 51,416 over the 43,150 reported in the same period in 2005.
MINI Brand MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported July sales of 3,528 automobiles, down 3.7 percent from the 3,662 cars sold in July 2005. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 23,554 automobiles, a drop of 8.1 percent, compared to the 25,641 cars reported in the first seven months of 2005.
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 339 BMW passenger car centers, 334 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 143 BMW motorcycle retailers, 80 MINI passenger car dealers, and 30 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.bmwgroupna.com/
http://www.bmwusa.com/
http://www.bmwmotorradusa.com/
http://www.miniusa.com/
http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/
BMW Car Sales Report for July 2006
2006 2005
July 15,546 16,555
Year-to-Date 123,197 107,152
Model Year-to- Year-to-
July Date July Date
2006 2006 2005 2005
325i (E90 & E46) 3,644 29,276 4,176 25,539
325Ci 256 1,956 328 2,530
325Ci convertible 473 2,992 582 3,960
325i sports wagon 0 4 29 394
325xi (E90 & E46) 1,093 9,418 2 2,929
325xi sports wagon (E90 & E46) 152 1,428 31 459
330i (E90 & E46) 1,320 10,752 2,185 10,416
330Ci 72 1,018 220 1,807
330Ci convertible 488 3,115 514 3,398
330xi (E90 & E46) 802 6,438 2 2,462
M3 158 1,625 328 2,379
M3 convertible 127 919 164 1,241
3 Series 8,585 68,941 8,561 57,514
Z4 2.5i Roadster (US) 36 333 579 3,930
Z4 3.0i Roadster (US) 814 3,545 412 2,396
Z4 Roadster 3.0si (US) 419 1,839 0 0
Z4 M Roadster (US) 78 603 0 0
Z4 Coupe 3.0si 50 93 0 0
Z4 M Coupe 27 83 0 0
Z4 1,424 6,496 991 6,326
525i (E60) 960 7,630 1,238 10,207
525xi (E60) 322 3,119 450 613
530i (E60) 904 7,559 1,323 10,279
530xi (E60) 562 5,138 524 829
530xi sports wagon (E60) 112 1,549 189 425
545i (E60) 0 6 657 5,408
550i (E60) 413 4,216 0 0
M5 (E60 & E39) 201 2,092 0 4
5 Series 3,474 31,309 4,381 27,765
645Ci 0 21 300 2,129
650i coupe 162 1,557 0 0
645Ci convertible 0 16 487 3,679
650i convertible 424 3,409 0 0
M6 168 612 0 0
6 Series 754 5,615 787 5,808
745i 0 0 21 1,666
745Li 0 0 26 2,790
750i 335 2,575 492 1,527
750Li 946 8,015 1,243 3,420
760i 5 31 7 89
760Li 22 210 44 234
7 Series 1,308 10,831 1,833 9,726
Z8 1 4 2 7
Z8 Alpina 0 1 0 6
Z8 1 5 2 13
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales
Report for July 2006
2006 2005
July 4,537 6,623
Year-to-Date 34,106 38,890
Year-to- Year-to-
Model July Date July Date
2006 2006 2005 2005
X3 2.5i 6 180 679 4,023
X3 3.0i 2,188 17,941 2,603 15,610
X3 2,194 18,121 3,282 19,633
X5 3.0i (US) 1,696 11,780 2,494 13,756
X5 4.4i (US) 584 3,632 746 4,759
X5 4.8is (US) 63 573 101 742
X5 2,343 15,985 3,341 19,257
MINI Sales Report for July 2006
2006 2005
July 3,528 3,662
Year-to-Date 23,554 25,641
Year-to- Year-to-
Model July Date July Date
2006 2006 2005 2005
MINI Cooper 1,251 7,220 1,357 8,484
MINI Cooper S 1,278 9,577 1,442 9,671
MINI Cooper Convertible 270 2,083 290 3,595
MINI Cooper S Convertible 727 4,672 573 3,891
MINI Cooper S JCW GP 2 2 0 0
Total MINI 3,528 23,554 3,662 25,641