BMW Brand April 2007 Sales
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April 2007 one of the strongest months ever for BMW Group in the U.S.
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., May 1 -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported sales of 104,125 vehicles year-to-date, a 2.9 percent increase over the 101,151 vehicles sold in the same period of 2006.
The BMW Group also reported a slight increase of 0.5 percent in April sales. 28,692 vehicles were sold compared to 28,563 vehicles reported in the same month a year earlier. This makes April 2007 one of the strongest months ever reported by the BMW Group in the U.S.
BMW Brand Reports Increase in Year-To-Date Sales
BMW brand continues to be strong with sales up 4.9 percent year-to-date, as the company reported sales of 92,670 vehicles compared to 88,353 vehicles sold in first four months of 2006.
April sales of BMW brand vehicles increased by 0.2 percent and reached 25,310 compared to 25,250 reported in the same month a year ago.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's automobile sales are up 10.1 percent in April to 20,290 versus 18,427 in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date sales also are up 5.3 percent, to 71,907 automobiles compared to 68,311 in the same period of 2006.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
April sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are down 26.4 percent to 5,020 vehicles over the 6,823 sold last April. This is due to a very high comparable basis for X3 sales in April 2006. Both the X3 and the X5 continue to be very well received, with the X5 showing a sales increase of 21.8 percent in April 2007 compared to the same month a year ago.
Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are up 3.6 percent, to 20,763 vehicles compared to the 20,042 sold in the same period of 2006.
Certified Pre-Owned
The company reported sales of 7,368 CPO sales in April 2007, a decrease of 12.0 percent over April of 2006. Year-to-date, CPO sales are down 7.9 percent, to 26,376 over the 28,630 reported in the same period in 2006.
MINI Brand MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported April sales of 3,382 automobiles, up 2.1 percent from the 3,313 cars sold in April 2006. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 11,455 automobiles, a drop of 10.5 percent, compared to the 12,798 cars reported in the first four months 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 April 2007
2007 2006
April 20,290 18,427
Year-to-Date 71,907 68,311
Model Year-to- Year-to-
April Date April Date
2007 2007 2006 2006
325i (E90 & E46) 240 797 4,888 16,914
325Ci (E46) 7 26 304 1,162
325Ci Convertible (E46) 6 31 513 1,531
325i Sports Wagon (E91) 0 0 0 4
325xi (E90 & E46) 11 39 1,489 5,785
325xi Sports Wagon (E90 & E46) 4 21 209 820
328i (E90) 4,439 16,721 0 0
328i Coupe (E92) 1,045 3,772 0 0
328i Convertible (E93) 1,545 2,253 0 0
328i Sports Wagon (E91) 97 554 0 0
328xi (E90) 1,537 7,727 0 0
328xi Coupe (E92) 416 2,080 0 0
328xi Sports Wagon (E91) 135 619 0 0
330i (E90 & E46) 41 195 1,572 5,571
330Ci (E46) 1 4 164 696
330Ci Convertible (E46) 2 17 525 1,633
330xi (E90 & E46) 5 18 1,074 3,504
335i (E90) 1,489 6,040 0 0
335i Coupe (E92) 823 3,486 0 0
335i Convertible (E93) 998 1,558 0 0
335xi (E90) 298 360 0 0
M3 (E46) 0 3 255 817
M3 Convertible (E46) 3 12 158 493
3 Series 13,142 46,333 11,151 38,930
Z4 2.5i Roadster (E85) - US 14 55 41 221
Z4 3.0i Roadster (E85) - US 444 1,382 628 1,119
Z4 Roadster 3.0si (E85) - US 275 732 357 541
Z4 M Roadster (E85) - US 49 143 154 299
Z4 Coupe 3.0si (E86) - US 61 265 0 0
Z4 M Coupe (E86) - US 68 240 0 0
Z4 911 2,817 1,180 2,180
525i (E60) 209 3,180 993 4,160
525xi (E60) 232 1,533 306 1,961
528i (E60) 541 541 0 0
528xi (E60) 271 271 0 0
530i (E60) 327 3,350 813 3,899
530xi (E60) 441 2,460 574 3,007
530xi Sports Wagon (E60) 39 356 188 1,000
535i (E60) 471 471 0 0
535xi (E60) 400 400 0 0
535xi Sports Wagon (E60) 48 48 0 0
545i (E60) 0 0 0 6
550i (E60) 472 1,619 643 2,341
M5 (E60) 141 490 182 1,424
5 Series 3,592 14,719 3,699 17,798
645Ci (E63) 0 0 0 21
650i Coupe (E63) 163 592 242 956
645Ci Convertible (E64) 0 0 0 16
650i Convertible (E64) 412 1,258 473 1,863
M6 (E63) 80 361 58 58
M6 Convertible (E64) 147 512 0 0
6 Series 802 2,723 773 2,914
ALPINA B7 47 115 0 0
745Li (E65) 0 0 0 0
750i (E65) 376 1,203 386 1,465
750Li (E66) 1,407 3,935 1,195 4,866
760i (E66) 0 0 4 21
760Li (E65) 13 62 39 136
7 Series 1,843 5,315 1,624 6,488
Z8 0 0 0 1
Z8 Alpina 0 0 0 0
Z8 0 0 0 1
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for April 2007
2007 2006
April 5,020 6,823
Year-to-Date 20,763 20,042
Model Year-to- Year-to-
April Date April Date
2007 2007 2006 2006
X3 2.5i (E83) 0 2 28 156
X3 3.0i (E83) 61 222 4,568 10,483
X3 3.0si (E83) 2,246 8,757 0 0
X3 2,307 8,981 4,596 10,639
X5 3.0i (E53) - US 18 93 1,643 7,023
X5 3.0si (E70) - US 1,802 7,696 0 0
X5 4.4i (E53) - US 13 70 495 2,014
X5 4.8i (E70) - US 879 3,915 0 0
X5 4.8is (E53) - US 1 8 89 366
X5 2,713 11,782 2,227 9,403
MINI Sales Report for April 2007
2007 2006
April 3,382 3,313
Year-to-Date 11,455 12,798
Model Year-to- Year-to-
April Date April Date
2007 2007 2006 2006
MINI Cooper (R50) 22 1,760 892 3,673
MINI Cooper (R56) 1,278 2,905 0 0
MINI Cooper S (R53) 18 1,553 1,340 5,638
MINI Cooper S (R56) 1,395 3,036 0 0
MINI Cooper Convertible 259 898 334 1,086
MINI Cooper S Convertible 407 1,275 747 2,401
MINI Cooper S JCW GP 3 28 0 0
Total MINI 3,382 11,455 3,313 12,798