BMW Group Reports Best First Half Ever
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., July 2 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) continued to set sales records, reporting the best first-half ever in the U.S. with 124,475 vehicles and a 16 percent increase over the same period a year ago. The BMW Group also recorded June sales of 22,465 vehicles, up 10 percent over the 20,250 reported a year ago. It was the best June sales month ever recorded in the U.S.
BMW Brand
BMW of North America, LLC reported year-to-date sales of 117,736, a jump of 10 percent over the 107,257 vehicles sold in the first half of 2001. The company also reported June sales of 19,868, down 2 percent over the 20,250 in the same month in 2001.
BMW Automobile Sales
Year-to-date, automobile sales were up 8.4 percent, with sales of 96,038 compared to the 88,574 cars reported in June 2001. BMW also reported June automobile sales of 15,999, down 6 percent from the 17,054 cars sold in the same month a year ago.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Year-to-date sales of BMW's X5 Sports Activity Vehicles increased 16 percent, with 21,698 vehicles reported compared to 18,683 in the first half of 2001. Monthly SAV sales were up 21 percent, to 3,869 vehicles compared to the 3,196 reported last year.
BMW Certified Pre-owned Vehicles Sales
Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-owned vehicles skyrocketed, with a 51 percent increase in year-to-date sales of 28,977 compared to 19,238 a year ago. June sales were up 48 percent, to 4,900 versus 3,304 reported a year ago.
MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
The company reported sales of 1,432 MINI Coopers and 1,165 MINI Cooper S' in June for a total of 2,597. Year-to-date, the company reported sales of 4,990 MINI Coopers and 1,749 MINI Cooper S' for combined sales of 6,739. MINI automobiles went on sale March 22, marking the return of the MINI brand to the US for the first time in 35 years.
BMW GROUP IN AMERICA
BMW of North America has been present in the United States since 1975. Since then, the BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales and financial service organizations for the BMW and MINI brands; a South Carolina manufacturing operation; DESIGNWORKS/USA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. The BMW Group is represented in the U.S. through networks of 340 BMW car, 327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle, 148 BMW motorcycle retailers and 59 MINI car dealers. BMW US Holding Corp., the Group's 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 http://www.bmwusa.com, http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com and http://www.miniusa.com .
BMW Car Sales Report for June 2002
2002 2001
June 15999 17054
Year-to-Date 96038 88574
June Year-to- Year-to-
Date June Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
323i (E46) 0 0 0 102
325i (E46) 3878 20096 3111 20535
325Ci (E46) 564 4365 806 4857
325Ci convertible (E46) 578 4944 786 4529
325i sport wagon (E46) 83 489 325 1950
325xi 1007 5484 0 0
325xi sport wagon 146 997 0 0
330i 995 6122 1759 9939
330Ci 589 3889 866 4463
330Ci convertible 649 4497 861 4441
330xi 443 2551 0 0
M3 (E46) 381 2829 214 1561
M3 convertible (E46) 320 2024 243 660
3 Series 9633 58287 8971 53037
Z3 2.5 (US) 412 2434 1452 4880
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 281 1181 642 2859
Z3 3.0 coupe (US) 17 112 66 328
M roadster (US) 44 421 99 200
M coupe (US) 35 206 51 78
Z3 Series 789 4354 2310 8345
525i 956 7077 1113 5973
525i sport wagon 126 732 211 1146
528i 0 0 0 0
528i sport wagon 0 0 0 0
530i 1864 10549 1571 7761
540i sport wagon 25 182 27 195
540i 581 2873 499 2638
540i(E39) 0 0 0 0
M5 138 956 166 1107
5 Series 3690 22339 3587 18820
740i 3 27 1012 3152
740iL 6 35 1039 4554
740iL Protection 0 0 0 6
745i 695 7998 0 0
750iL 2 9 24 160
750iL Protection 0 0 2 6
745Li 1149 2674 0 0
760Li 0 0 0 0
7 Series 1855 10743 2077 7878
Z8 32 315 109 494
Z8 Series 32 315 109 494
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks)
Sales Report for June 2002
2002 2001
June 3869 3196
Year-to-Date 21698 18683
June Year-to- Year-to-
Date June Date
2002 2002 2001 2001
X5 3.0i (US) 2772 16531 1850 11526
X5 4.4i (US) 985 4632 1346 7157
X5 4.6is (US) 112 535 0 0
Total 3869 21698 3196 18683
MINI Sales Report for June 2002
2002
June 2597
Year-to-Date 6739
June Year-to-Date
2002 2002
MINI Cooper 1432 4990
MINI Cooper S 1165 1749
Total 2597 6739
