BMW Year-To-Date Sales Exceed 100,000
2 August 2000
Increases in Monthly and Year-To-Date Sales Reported
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. - BMW of North America, Inc. has surpassed the 100,000
mark in year-to-date sales, reporting year-to-date vehicle sales of 103,951, a
14 percent increase compared to 91,401 sales in 1999. That figure exceeds
BMW's 1995 annual sales of 93,309. BMW also reported sales of 15,168 vehicles,
also an increase of 14 percent over the 13,298 reported for the same period a
year ago.
Year-to-date automobile sales increased 3 percent, to 93,909 compared to
91,401 in 1999. Monthly sales were relatively even -- 13,290 in July 2000
compared to 13,298 a year ago. A 27 percent increase in 3 Series sales
contributed to BMW's strong automobile sales this month with June 2000 sales
of 8,052 compared to 6,358 a year ago.
The company also reported monthly Sports Activity Vehicle sales of 1,878
and year-to-date SAV sales of 10,042.
Certified Pre-owned (CPO) sales were strong, too. BMW reported July sales
of 4,205, up 40 percent compared to July 1999. Year-to-date, sales of CPO
BMWs jumped 88 percent to 27,213.
BMW IN AMERICA
BMW of North America, Inc. was established 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;
DESIGNWORKS/USA, an industrial 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.
BMW Car Sales Report for July 2000
2000 1999
July 13290 13298
Year-to-Date 93909 91401
July Year-to-Date July Year-to-Date
2000 2000 1999 1999
318ti 0 3 57 565
318is 0 0 0 12
318i 4-door 1 32 7 186
318i convertible 0 2 1 4
323i (E46) 2887 19749 2233 17342
323is 0 2 188 2696
323i sport wagon (E46) 760 2182 0 0
323i convertible 3 349 492 3348
323Ci (E46) 588 6390 486 493
323Ci convertible (E46) 1097 4623 0 0
325i (E46) 0 0 0 0
325Ci (E46) 0 0 0 0
325Ci convertible (E46) 0 0 0 0
325i sport wagon (E46) 0 0 0 0
328is 0 4 92 1515
328Ci (E46) 51 3290 362 392
328i 4-door 0 8 8 258
328i (E46) 672 9231 1403 10122
328i convertible 2 32 332 2164
330i 817 822 0 0
330Ci 573 574 0 0
330Ci convertible 601 607 0 0
M3Ci (E46) 0 0 0 0
M3Cic (E46) 0 0 0 0
M3 2-door 0 1 366 2974
M3 4-door 0 1 1 50
M3 convertible 0 24 330 2442
3 Series 8052 47926 6358 44563
Z3 1.9 (US) 0 34 40 221
Z3 2.3 (US) 646 6425 952 6252
Z3 2.5 (US) 0 0 0 0
Z3 2.8 roadster (US) 65 1686 417 2605
Z3 2.8 coupe (US) 8 87 19 502
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 342 422 0 0
Z3 3.0 coupe (US) 11 12 0 0
M roadster (US) 54 1684 318 1901
M coupe (US) 67 493 31 445
Z3 Series 1193 10843 1777 11926
525i 0 0 1 1
525i sport wagon 0 0 0 0
528i 1673 17527 2166 15939
528i sport wagon 68 1405 646 2942
530i 0 0 1 1
540i sport wagon 36 262 148 658
540i 0 0 0 0
540i (E39) 515 3962 549 4171
M5 270 1891 0 0
5 Series 2562 25047 3511 23712
740i 461 3150 500 3279
740iL 959 6574 1093 7475
740iL Protection 0 9 0 0
750iL 62 352 59 442
750iL Protection 1 7 0 0
7 Series 1483 10092 1652 11196
840CiA 0 0 0 4
850CiA 0 1 0 0
850CSi 0 0 0 0
8 Series 0 1 0 4