BMW Group Reports Best October Ever
BMW Brand Sales Jump 15.4 Percent; MINI Sales Up 3.2 Percent
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Nov. 3 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported strong October sales of 25,807 vehicles compared to 22,685 vehicles in the same month in 2003, up 14 percent. The BMW Group also reported an increase of 7 percent in year-to-date sales, for 242,724 vehicles compared to the 226,868 sold in the same period of 2003.
BMW Brand Reports Sales
BMW reported sales of 22,618 automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles, up 15.4 percent compared to the 19,594 vehicles reported the same month last year.
Year-to-date, sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 8 percent, to 213,865 vehicles compared to 198,057 vehicles sold in the same period a year ago.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's automobile sales were up 7 percent, to 16,753 versus 15,683 in October of 2003. Year-to-date, sales were down 4.5 percent, to 158,692 automobiles compared to 166,099 sold in the same period in 2003.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW's Sports Activity Vehicles jumped 50 percent last month, with sales of 5,865 vehicles compared to 3,911 vehicles sold in October of 2003. Year-to-date, sales of BMW's SAV models were up 73 percent, to 55,173 vehicles compared to 31,958 for the same period in 2003.
Certified Pre-owned
BMW also reported its best October ever, with monthly sales of 6,121 Certified Pre-owned vehicles compared to 5,099 vehicles that month in 2003, a 20 percent increase. For the first ten months of 2004, BMW CPO sales were up 8 percent to 59,731 vehicles over 55,436 in the same period a year ago.
MINI Brand MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported an increase of 3.2 percent in October sales, with 3,189 MINI automobiles compared to the 3,091 sold in the same month of 2003. Year- to-date, MINI sales were nearly level, with 28,859 cars compared to 28,811 sold a year ago.
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, 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 Roadster and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 340 BMW passenger car centers, 327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 148 BMW motorcycle retailers, 76 MINI passenger car dealers, and 25 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.
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BMW Car Sales Report for October 2004
2004 2003
October 16,753 15,683
Year-to-Date 158,692 166,099
Model Year-to Year-to
October -Date October -Date
2004 2004 2003 2003
325i 3,358 34,052 3,997 36,874
325Ci 616 6,622 433 6,470
325Ci Convertible 539 6,411 453 6,248
325i Sports Wagon 218 1,277 123 1,707
325xi 966 10,545 770 9,978
325xi Sports Wagon 161 1,151 130 1,624
330i 844 7,110 754 7,724
330Ci 489 4,751 328 5,219
330Ci Convertible 430 5,424 500 6,096
330xi 434 5,065 513 4,949
M3 376 4,003 347 3,820
M3 Convertible 283 2,731 215 2,903
3 Series 8,714 89,142 8,563 93,612
Z3 2.5 roadster (US) 0 0 0 105
Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 0 0 1 22
Z3 3.0 Coupe (US) 0 0 0 5
Z4 2.5i roadster (US) 790 7,393 1,169 9,899
Z4 3.0i roadster (US) 694 5,407 791 6,637
M roadster (US) 0 0 1 14
M Coupe (US) 0 0 0 2
Z3 and Z4 1,484 12,800 1,962 16,684
525i (E39) 0 0 55 14,028
525i Sports Wagon (E39) 0 19 15 1,144
525i (E60) 1,111 13,192 454 454
530i (E39) 0 0 24 14,742
530i (E60) 2,172 16,500 2,154 2,970
540i Sports Wagon (E39) 0 2 5 258
540i (E39) 0 0 3 3,625
545i (E60) 946 7,069 232 232
M5 (E39) 0 64 42 1,398
5 Series 4,229 36,846 2,984 38,851
645Ci 370 2,760 0 0
645Ci Convertible 613 3,596 0 0
6 Series 983 6,356 0 0
745i 367 4,445 746 5,390
745Li 933 8,597 1,363 10,598
760i 8 31 0 0
760Li 34 369 42 573
7 Series 1,342 13,442 2,151 16,561
Z8 0 7 1 172
Z8 Alpina 1 99 22 219
Z8 1 106 23 391
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks)
Sales Report for October 2004
2004 2003
October 5,865 3,911
Year-to-Date 55,173 31,958
Model Year-to Year-to
October -Date October -Date
2004 2004 2003 2003
X3 2.5i 1,674 16,389 0 0
X3 3.0i 1,266 11,581 0 0
X3 2,940 27,970 0 0
X5 3.0i (US) 1,899 19,498 2,794 23,734
X5 4.4i (US) 886 6,884 1,053 7,172
X5 4.6is (US) 0 23 64 1,052
X5 4.8is (US) 140 798 0 0
X5 2,925 27,203 3,911 31,958
MINI Sales Report for October 2004
2004 2003
October 3,189 3,091
Year-to-Date 28,859 28,811
Model Year-to Year-to
October -Date October -Date
2004 2004 2003 2003
MINI Cooper 944 14,147 1,560 16,062
MINI Cooper S 1,208 12,828 1,531 12,749
Cooper Convertible 559 957 0 0
Cooper S Convertible 478 927 0 0
Total MINI 3,189 28,859 3,091 28,811
