BMW Group Reports September 2007 Sales
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Sales Up 8 Percent For First Three Quarters
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 2 -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reports year-to-date sales of 248,273 vehicles, an increase of 8 percent verses the 229,833 vehicles sold in the first three quarters of 2006. September sales are up 7 percent, with the Group reporting 24,932 vehicles verses the 23,303 reported in 2006.
BMW Brand Sales Increase 8.1 Percent Year-to-date
BMW brand sales are up 8.1 percent year-to-date, to 216,337 vehicles compared to 200,063 vehicles sold in first nine months of 2006.
In September, BMW brand sales are up 2.8 percent for a total of 20,901 vehicles compared to 20,339 reported in the same month a year ago.
BMW Automobile Sales
Sales of BMW brand automobiles are up 9.2 percent in the first three quarters of 2007, to 169,761 automobiles over 155,525 in the same period of 2006. In September, automobile sales also increased by 7.7 percent to 16,457 cars versus 15,275 in the same month a year ago.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles improved by 4.6 percent, to 46,576 vehicles compared to the 44,538 sold in the same period in 2006. In September, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are down 12.2 percent, to 4,444 vehicles over the 5,064 sold in the same month in 2006.
Certified Pre-Owned
Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles are up 25.5 percent in September, and the company reports its best September ever, with sales of 7,421 CPO vehicles versus 5,913 vehicles reported last year. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 0.6 percent, to 64,445 over the 64,042 reported in the same period in 2006.
MINI Brand Increases 36 Percent In September MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reports September sales of 4,031 automobiles, up 36 percent from the 2,964 cars sold last September. Year-to-date, the division reports sales of 31,936 automobiles, an increase of 7.3 percent, compared to the 29,770 cars reported in the first three quarters 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 of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, 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, 82 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:
www.bmwgroupna.com
www.bmwusa.com
www.bmwmotorcycles.com
www.miniusa.com
www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com
BMW Car Sales Report for September 2007
2007 2006
September 16,457 15,275
Year-to-Date 169,761 155,525
Model Year-to- Year-to-
September Date September Date
2007 2007 2006 2006
325i (E90 & E46) 122 2,026 3,300 36,343
325Ci (E46) 2 50 139 2,347
325Ci Convertible (E46) 1 49 467 3,950
325i Sports Wagon (E91) 0 0 0 4
325xi (E90 & E46) 10 136 632 11,018
325xi Sports Wagon (E90 & E46) 10 81 66 1,624
328i (E90) 4,388 38,769 72 72
328i Coupe (E92) 215 6,350 710 1,116
328i Convertible (E93) 177 6,127 0 0
328i Sports Wagon (E91) 96 1,107 0 0
328xi (E90) 1,289 16,607 181 181
328xi Coupe (E92) 152 3,723 7 7
328xi Sports Wagon (E91) 115 1,317 2 2
330i (E90 & E46) 14 370 1,254 13,363
330Ci (E46) 0 11 40 1,114
330Ci Convertible (E46) 3 33 634 4,236
330xi (E90 & E46) 2 37 410 7,382
335i (E90) 926 12,215 65 65
335i Coupe (E92) 729 7,815 1,408 1,597
335i Convertible (E93) 741 6,496 0 0
335xi (E90) 500 3,181 0 0
335xi Coupe (E92) 27 27 0 0
M3 (E46) 0 13 44 1,752
M3 Convertible (E46) 0 18 185 1,226
3 Series 9,519 106,558 9,616 87,399
Z4 2.5i Roadster (E85) - US 4 86 26 393
Z4 3.0i Roadster (E85) - US 477 3,769 585 4,898
Z4 Roadster 3.0si (E85) - US 259 1,988 325 2,605
Z4 M Roadster (E85) - US 66 409 48 981
Z4 Coupe 3.0si (E86) - US 107 719 35 178
Z4 M Coupe (E86) - US 77 566 26 166
Z4 990 7,537 1,045 9,221
525i (E60) 41 3,317 1,056 10,018
525xi (E60) 16 1,724 296 3,803
528i (E60) 1,288 7,177 0 0
528xi (E60) 541 3,302 0 0
530i (E60) 32 3,524 899 9,698
530xi (E60) 38 2,882 424 6,239
530xi Sports Wagon (E60) 15 447 78 1,728
535i (E60) 941 5,396 0 0
535xi (E60) 534 3,869 0 0
535xi Sports Wagon (E60) 118 646 0 0
545i (E60) 0 0 0 6
550i (E60) 368 4,176 338 5,039
M5 (E60) 123 1,434 99 2,413
5 Series 4,055 37,894 3,190 38,944
645Ci (E63) 0 0 0 21
650i Coupe (E63) 161 1,469 91 1,776
645Ci Convertible (E64) 0 0 0 16
650i Convertible (E64) 289 3,264 252 4,032
M6 (E63) 303 968 66 870
M6 Convertible (E64) 55 1,058 0 0
6 Series 808 6,759 409 6,715
ALPINA B7 64 358 0 0
745Li (E65) 0 0 0 0
750i (E65) 224 2,420 212 3,123
750Li (E66) 784 8,121 786 9,841
760i (E66) 0 0 2 33
760Li (E65) 13 114 15 244
7 Series 1,085 11,013 1,015 13,241
Z8 0 0 0 4
Z8 Alpina 0 0 0 1
Z8 0 0 0 5
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks)
Sales Report for September 2007
2007 2006
September 4,444 5,064
Year-to-Date 46,576 44,538
Model Year-to- Year-to-
September Date September Date
2007 2007 2006 2006
X3 2.5i (E83) 0 4 0 182
X3 3.0i (E83) 83 569 2,650 22,940
X3 3.0si (E83) 2,068 21,685 173 173
X3 2,151 22,258 2,823 23,295
X5 3.0i (E53) - US 16 254 1,626 15,616
X5 3.0si (E70) - US 1,370 14,947 0 0
X5 4.4i (E53) - US 28 252 551 4,914
X5 4.8i (E70) - US 876 8,851 0 0
X5 4.8is (E53) - US 3 14 64 713
X5 2,293 24,318 2,241 21,243
MINI Sales Report for September 2007
2007 2006
September 4,031 2,964
Year-to-Date 31,936 29,770
Model Year-to- Year-to-
September Date September Date
2007 2007 2006 2006
MINI Cooper (R50) 19 1,842 1,192 9,615
MINI Cooper (R56) 1,635 10,648 0 0
MINI Cooper S (R53) 4 1,596 1,048 11,773
MINI Cooper S (R56) 1,749 11,539 0 0
MINI Cooper Convertible 212 2,530 319 2,653
MINI Cooper S Convertible 412 3,750 402 5,688
MINI Cooper S JCW GP 0 31 3 41
Total MINI 4,031 31,936 2,964 29,770