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BMW Group Announces Strong Increase in April 2006 Sales


May 2006
 Filed under: BMW CORPORATE Car News | BMW CORPORATE Headlines

BMW Brand Sales Jump 16 Percent Year-To-Date

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) crossed the 100,000-vehicle sales threshold in April, reporting year-to-date sales of 101,151 vehicles, an 11 percent increase over the 90,918 vehicles sold in the same period of 2005. Almost ten years ago, in December 1996, BMW's U.S. sales exceeded the 100,000-vehicle milestone for the first time after nearly a full calendar year of sales.
The BMW Group also reported an increase of 13 percent in April sales, for 28,563 vehicles over the 25,382 vehicles reported in April 2005.

BMW Brand Reports Jump in April Sales

April sales of BMW brand vehicles rose 20 percent for a total of 25,250 compared to 21,072 reported in the same month a year ago.

BMW brand sales were up 16 percent year-to-date, as the company reported sales of 88,353 vehicles compared to 76,424 vehicles sold in first four months of 2005.

BMW Automobile Sales

BMW's automobile sales were up 23 percent in April to 18,427 versus 14,970 in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date sales also were up 23 percent, to 68,311 automobiles compared to 55,397 in the same period of 2005.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

April sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are off slightly, up 12 percent to 6,823 vehicles over the 6,102 sold last April. Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are down 5 percent, to 20,042 vehicles compared to the 21,027 sold in the same period of 2005.

Certified Pre-Owned

Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles reached an all-time record. The company reported sales of 8,368 CPO sales in April 2006, an increase of 24 percent over April of 2005. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 21 percent, to 28,630 over the 23,631 reported in the same period in 2005.

MINI Brand

MINI Automobiles

MINI USA reported April sales of 3,313 automobiles, down 23 percent from the 4,310 cars sold in April 2005. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 12,798 automobiles, a drop of 12 percent, compared to the 14,494 cars reported in the first four months of 2005.

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 339 BMW passenger car centers, 334 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 143 BMW motorcycle retailers, 80 MINI passenger car dealers, and 30 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.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet at:

http://www.bmwgroupna.com/
http://www.bmwusa.com/
http://www.bmwmotorradusa.com/
http://www.miniusa.com/
http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/




BMW Car Sales Report for April 2006 2006 2005 April 18,427 14,970 Year-to-Date 68,311 55,397 Model April Year-to- Year-to- Date April Date 2006 2006 2005 2005 325i (E90 & E46) 4,888 16,914 2,504 11,609 325Ci 304 1,162 424 1,459 325Ci convertible 513 1,531 663 2,162 325i sports wagon 0 4 53 284 325xi (E90 & E46) 1,489 5,785 394 2,500 325xi sports wagon (E90 & E46) 209 820 63 338 330i (E90 & E46) 1,572 5,571 820 3,458 330Ci 164 696 327 1,037 330Ci convertible 525 1,633 599 1,806 330xi (E90 & E46) 1,074 3,504 507 2,087 M3 255 817 427 1,356 M3 convertible 158 493 213 667 3 Series 11,151 38,930 6,994 28,763 Z4 2.5i Roadster (US) 41 221 753 2,017 Z4 3.0i Roadster (US) 628 1,119 480 1,125 Z4 Roadster 3.0si (US) 357 541 0 0 Z4 M Roadster (US) 154 299 0 0 Z4 1,180 2,180 1,233 3,142 525i (E60) 993 4,160 1,923 6,162 525xi (E60) 306 1,961 0 0 530i (E60) 813 3,899 1,651 6,233 530xi (E60) 574 3,007 0 0 530xi sports wagon (E60) 188 1,000 9 9 545i (E60) 0 6 988 3,184 550i (E60) 643 2,341 0 0 M5 (E60 & E39) 182 1,424 0 2 5 Series 3,699 17,798 4,571 15,590 645Ci 0 21 324 1,211 650i coupe 242 956 0 0 645Ci convertible 0 16 664 2,076 650i convertible 473 1,863 0 0 M6 58 58 0 0 6 Series 773 2,914 988 3,287 745i 0 0 324 1,471 745Li 0 0 410 2,572 750i 386 1,465 179 179 750Li 1,195 4,866 246 246 760i 4 21 10 44 760Li 39 136 13 96 7 Series 1,624 6,488 1,182 4,608 Z8 0 1 2 4 Z8 Alpina 0 0 0 3 Z8 0 1 2 7 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for April 2006 2006 2005 April 6,823 6,102 Year-to-Date 20,042 21,027 Model April Year-to- Year-to- Date April Date 2006 2006 2005 2005 X3 2.5i 28 156 608 2,051 X3 3.0i 4,568 10,483 2,562 8,254 X3 4,596 10,639 3,170 10,305 X5 3.0i (US) 1,643 7,023 2,038 7,579 X5 4.4i (US) 495 2,014 768 2,723 X5 4.8is (US) 89 366 126 420 X5 2,227 9,403 2,932 10,722 MINI Sales Report for April 2006 2006 2005 April 3,313 4,310 Year-to-Date 12,798 14,494 Model April Year-to- Year-to- Date April Date 2006 2006 2005 2005 MINI Cooper 892 3,673 1,302 4,541 MINI Cooper S 1,340 5,638 1,480 5,403 MINI Cooper Convertible 334 1,086 871 2,490 MINI Cooper S Convertible 747 2,401 657 2,060 Total MINI 3,313 12,798 4,310 14,494



Source: BMW Group

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