BMW Delivers Strongest Sales Success Ever in 2000
4 January 2001
BMW Delivers Strongest Sales Success Ever in 2000
BMW Sales Jump 22 Percent for Calendar Year;
December Sales Skyrocket With 58 Percent Increase
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Jan. 3 BMW of North America, Inc.
has continued its winning streak for calendar year 2000 and surpassed all
previous U.S. sales figures, reporting 189,423 vehicles, an increase of
22 percent over 154,970 vehicles sold a year ago. Sales of automobile and
light trucks combined skyrocketed 58 percent in December, to 20,720, up from
13,094 a year ago.
Automobile sales
BMW also reported its best December in history with sales of
16,465 vehicles, an increase of 40 percent over the 11,783 cars sold last
December.
"BMW sold more than 20,700 vehicles this past month, an incredible result
for a luxury import distributor in this country," explained Tom Purves,
chairman and CEO of BMW US Holding Corp. "This marks the 27th consecutive
month that we've surpassed monthly sales records."
Especially strong sales were reported in the 3 Series, with an increase in
year-to-date sales of 16 percent to almost 90,000, up from 77,138 in 1999.
Increases were also noted in annual sales of the 5 Series, a segment that
has seen increased competition during 2000.
Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
BMW sold 26,720 X5 Sports Activity Vehicles in the first full year the
award-winning X5 has been on sale. December sales of BMW's X5 were 4,255,
compared to 1,312 sold in the same period a year ago and 3,408 sold last
month.
Certified Pre-owned Vehicle Sales
Sales of Certified Pre-owned (CPO) BMW cars also continued to set records.
In December, BMW reported sales of 3,228 CPO vehicles, up 47 percent from last
December and year-end sales totaled 44,687, an increase of 58 percent over
1999 levels, when 28,253 vehicles were sold.
BMW Car Sales Report for December 2000
2000 1999
December 16465 11783
Year-to-Date 162703 153658
December Year-to-Date December Year-to-Date
2000 2000 1999 1999
318ti 0 7 9 656
318is 0 2 0 14
318i 4-door 1 34 1 225
318i convertible 0 2 0 1
323i (E46) 409 27076 2483 29821
323is 0 2 1 2720
323i sport wagon (E46) 72 3422 0 0
323i convertible 0 351 201 5321
323Ci (E46) 67 7364 798 5066
323Ci convertible (E46) 9 5797 0 0
325i (E46) 4123 9567 0 0
325Ci (E46) 972 1923 0 0
325Ci convertible (E46) 993 2224 0 0
325i sport wagon (E46) 379 838 0 0
328is 1 6 0 1538
328Ci (E46) 9 3364 626 4468
328i 4-door 1 12 1 286
328i (E46) 29 9681 987 17573
328i convertible 3 39 27 2892
330i 1355 8110 0 0
330Ci 735 4714 0 0
330Ci convertible 837 5120 0 0
M3Ci (E46) 0 0 0 0
M3Cic (E46) 0 0 0 0
M3 2-door 0 1 4 3170
M3 4-door 0 0 0 52
M3 convertible 0 25 30 3335
3 Series 9995 89681 5168 77138
Z3 1.9 (US) 0 38 2 255
Z3 2.3 (US) 181 7736 923 10959
Z3 2.5 (US) 422 1141 0 0
Z3 2.8 roadster (US) 40 1849 252 4114
Z3 2.8 coupe (US) 4 121 27 628
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 385 3004 0 0
Z3 3.0 coupe (US) 38 183 0 0
M roadster (US) 3 1712 252 3328
M coupe (US) 11 598 89 778
Z3 Series 1084 16382 1545 20062
525i 1432 2744 0 0
525i sport wagon 138 359 0 0
528i 121 22283 2202 25584
528i sport wagon 26 1712 179 4068
530i 1570 3416 0 0
540i sport wagon 40 447 63 879
540i 0 0 0 0
540i (E39) 388 5779 532 6987
M5 299 2963 443 700
5 Series 4014 39703 3419 38218
740i 383 5189 541 5390
740iL 899 10825 1054 12138
740iL Protection 0 17 2 11
750iL 32 577 48 679
750iL Protection 1 11 4 15
7 Series 1315 16619 1649 18233
840CiA 0 0 0 5
850CiA 0 1 2 2
850CSi 0 0 0 0
8 Series 0 1 2 7
Z8 57 317 0 0
Z8 Series 57 317 0 0
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for December 2000
2000 1999
December 4255 1311
Year-to-Date 26720 1312
December Year-to-Date December Year-to-Date
2000 2000 1999 1999
X5 3.0i (US) 2853 15849 0 0
X5 4.4i (US) 1402 10871 1311 1312
Total 4255 26720 1311 1312