BMW Records Best January Ever; BMW Sales Up 23 Percent
2 February 2000
BMW Records Best January Ever; BMW Sales Up 23 Percent
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Feb. 2 -- BMW of North America, Inc.
reported its best January on record with sales of 12,480 vehicles, compared to
10,135 sold a year ago, an increase of 23 percent.
Automobile sales increased 15 percent, to 11,644 compared to 10,135 last
year.
The company also reported sales of 836 BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicles in
January, the first full month that the all-new BMW was sold.
Sales of BMW's 3 Series models, up 23 percent over a year ago, were
particularly strong in January, as were sales of the 7 Series models, which
were up 17 percent.
Sales of Certified Pre-owned BMW's reflected an impressive January. BMW
reported sales of 2,971 automobiles, an increase of 172 percent over a year
ago, when 1,091 pre-owned models were sold.
BMW IN AMERICA
BMW entered the U.S. market in 1975. Since then, the company has grown to
include marketing, sales and financial service organizations in the United
States; a South Carolina manufacturing operation; a design firm in California;
a technology office in Palo Alto and various other operations throughout the
country. BMW is represented in the U.S. through a network of more than
340 car, 300 Sports Activity Vehicle and 160 motorcycle retailers. BMW US
Holding Corp., the Group's headquarters for North, Central and South America,
is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
Information about BMW products is available to consumers via the World
Wide Web on the BMW homepage. The address is: http://www.bmwusa.com.
BMW Car Sales Report for January 2000
2000 1999
January 11644 10135
Year-to-Date 11644 10135
January Year-to-Date January Year-to-Date
2000 2000 1999 1999
318ti 2 2 69 69
318is 0 0 0 0
318i 4-door 5 5 34 34
318iC 0 0 1 1
323i (E46) 2791 2791 1955 1955
323is 0 0 287 287
323iC 143 0 366 366
323Ci (E46) 860 143 0 0
325is 0 0 0 0
328is 0 0 139 139
328Ci (E46) 718 718 0 0
328i 4-door 1 1 39 39
328i (E46) 1205 1205 1069 1069
328iC 9 9 290 290
M3 2-door 0 0 123 123
M3 4-door 0 0 18 18
M3 convertible 10 10 297 297
3 Series 5744 4884 4687 4687
Z3 1.9 (US) 6 6 18 18
Z3 2.3 (US) 753 753 773 773
Z3 2.8 Roadster (US) 211 211 159 159
Z3 2.8 Coupe (US) 11 11 75 75
M Roadster (US) 219 219 214 214
M Coupe (US) 59 59 64 64
Z3 1259 1259 1303 1303
525i 0 0 0 0
525iT 0 0 0 0
528i 2203 2203 2088 2088
528i sport wagon 313 313 316 316
530i 0 0 0 0
535i 0 0 0 0
540i 0 0 0 0
540i sport wagon 32 32 59 59
540i (E39) 526 526 608 608
M5 315 315 0 0
5 Series 3389 3389 3071 3071
740i 376 376 371 371
740iL 835 835 651 651
750iL 41 41 51 51
7 Series 1252 1252 1073 1073
840CiA 0 0 1 1
850CSi 0 0 0 0
850CSi 0 0 1 1
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for January 2000
2000 1999
January 836 0
Year-to-Date 836 0
January Year-to-Date January Year-to-Date
2000 2000 1999 1999
X5 4.4i (US) 836 836 0 0