BMW Group Reports 2007 First Quarter Sales
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WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 3 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported year-to-date sales of 75,433 vehicles, a 3.9 percent increase over the 72,588 sold in the first quarter of 2006. The BMW Group also reported an increase of 2.2 percent in March sales, for 28,980 vehicles over the 28,352 vehicles reported in March 2006.
BMW Brand Reports Sales
Year-to-date, sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 6.7 percent, as the company reported sales of 67,360 vehicles compared to 63,103 vehicles sold in first quarter of 2006.
March sales increased 3.4 percent for a total of 25,325 vehicles compared to 24,501 reported last March.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's automobile first quarter sales were up 3.5 percent, to 51,617 automobiles compared to 49,884 in the first three months of 2006. In March automobile sales declined slightly 1.2 percent, to 18,746 versus 18,966 in the same month a year ago.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are up 19.1 percent, to 15,743 vehicles compared to the 13,219 sold in the first three months of 2006. March sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are up 18.9 percent to 6,579 vehicles over the 5,535 sold last March.
Certified Pre-Owned
The company reported sales of 7,838 BMW CPO vehicles in March 2007, down 3.7 percent. Year-to-date, CPO were down 6.2 percent, to 19,008 over the 20,262 reported in the same period in 2006.
MINI Brand MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported March sales of 3,655 automobiles, down 5.1 percent from the 3,851 cars sold in March 2006. Year-to-date, MINI reported sales of 8,073 automobiles, 14.9 percent less than the 9,485 cars reported in the first quarter of 2006.
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 models and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car centers, 335 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 142 BMW motorcycle retailers, 81 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.
BMW Car Sales Report for March 2007
2007 2006
March 18,746 18,966
Year-to-Date 51,617 49,884
Model Year-to- Year-to-
March Date March Date
2007 2007 2006 2006
325i (E90 & E46) 317 557 4,181 12,026
325Ci (E46) 13 19 346 858
325Ci Convertible (E46) 9 25 454 1,018
325i Sports Wagon (E91) 0 0 0 4
325xi (E90 & E46) 12 28 1,355 4,296
325xi Sports Wagon (E90 & E46) 7 17 232 611
328i (E90) 3,389 12,282 0 0
328i Coupe (E92) 828 2,727 0 0
328i Convertible (E93) 708 708 0 0
328i Sports Wagon (E91) 121 457 0 0
328xi (E90) 1,640 6,190 0 0
328xi Coupe (E92) 574 1,664 0 0
328xi Sports Wagon (E91) 143 484 0 0
330i (E90 & E46) 59 154 1,526 3,999
330Ci (E46) 1 3 202 532
330Ci Convertible (E46) 3 15 481 1,108
330xi (E90 & E46) 6 13 894 2,430
335i (E90) 1,710 4,551 0 0
335i Coupe (E92) 1,093 2,663 0 0
335i Convertible (E93) 560 560 0 0
335 xi (E90) 62 62 0 0
M3 (E46) 1 3 273 562
M3 Convertible (E46) 3 9 149 335
3 Series 11,259 33,191 10,093 27,779
Z4 2.5i Roadster (E85) - US 13 41 36 180
Z4 3.0i Roadster (E85) - US 413 938 372 491
Z4 Roadster 3.0si (E85) - US 236 457 167 184
Z4 M Roadster (E85) - US 52 94 145 145
Z4 Coupe 3.0si (E86) - US 90 204 0 0
Z4 M Coupe (E86) - US 64 172 0 0
Z4 868 1,906 720 1,000
525i (E60) 1,127 2,971 1,355 3,167
525xi (E60) 569 1,301 495 1,655
530i (E60) 1,129 3,023 1,283 3,086
530xi (E60) 838 2,019 794 2,433
530xi Sports Wagon (E60) 108 317 261 812
545i (E60) 0 0 0 6
550i (E60) 416 1,147 702 1,698
M5 (E60) 128 349 375 1,242
5 Series 4,315 11,127 5,265 14,099
645Ci (E63) 0 0 0 21
650i Coupe (E63) 171 429 288 714
645Ci Convertible (E64) 0 0 0 16
650i Convertible (E64) 415 846 629 1,390
M6 (E63) 106 281 0 0
M6 Convertible (E64) 162 365 0 0
6 Series 854 1,921 917 2,141
ALPINA B7 42 68 0 0
745Li (E65) 0 0 0 0
750i (E65) 337 827 489 1,079
750Li (E65) 1,052 2,528 1,439 3,671
760i (E65) 0 0 7 17
760Li (E65) 19 49 35 97
7 Series 1,450 3,472 1,970 4,864
Z8 0 0 1 1
Z8 Alpina 0 0 0 0
Z8 0 0 1 1
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales
Report for March 2007
2007 2006
March 6,579 5,535
Year-to-Date 15,743 13,219
Year- Year-
Model March to-Date March to-Date
2007 2007 2006 2006
X3 2.5i (E83) 2 2 30 128
X3 3.0i (E83) 66 161 3,043 5,915
X3 3.0si (E83) 2,804 6,511 0 0
X3 2,872 6,674 3,073 6,043
X5 3.0i (E53) - US 22 75 1,811 5,380
X5 3.0si (E70) - US 2,416 5,894 0 0
X5 4.4i (E53) - US 32 57 554 1,519
X5 4.8i (E70) - US 1,230 3,036 0 0
X5 4.8is (E53) - US 7 7 97 277
X5 3,707 9,069 2,462 7,176
MINI Sales Report for March 2007
2007 2006
March 3,655 3,851
Year-to-Date 8,073 9,485
Year- Year-
Model March to-Date March to-Date
2007 2007 2006 2006
MINI Cooper (R50) 383 1,738 926 2,781
MINI Cooper (R56) 1,130 1,627 0 0
MINI Cooper S (R53) 266 1,535 1,942 4,298
MINI Cooper S (R56) 1,159 1,641 0 0
MINI Cooper Convertible 288 639 258 752
MINI Cooper S Convertible 427 868 725 1,654
MINI Cooper S JCW GP 2 25 0 0
Total MINI 3,655 8,073 3,851 9,485
