Sales For First Three Quarters Up 2 PercentWOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported year-to-date sales of 229,833 vehicles, an increase of 2 percent over the 225,641 vehicles sold in the first three quarters of 2005. September sales were off 7 percent, with the Group reporting 23,303 vehicles over the 25,079 reported in 2005.BMW Brand Sales Increase 3 Percent Year-to-date BMW brand sales were up 3 percent year-to-date, to 200,063 vehicles compared to 193,631 vehicles sold in the same period in 2005. BMW brand sales were down 8 percent in September for a total of 20,339 vehicles compared to 22,052 reported in the same month a year ago. BMW Automobile Sales Sales of BMW brand automobiles were up 11 percent in the first three quarters of 2006, to 155,525 automobiles over 140,015 in the same period of 2005. Automobile sales dipped 2 percent in September to 15,275 cars versus 15,609 in the same month a year ago. BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales Sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were down 21 percent in September, to 5,064 vehicles over the 6,443 sold in the same month last year, as BMW prepares to introduce its all-new X5 Sports Activity Vehicles later this year. The new X3 Sports Activity Vehicles just went on sale, too, and inventories of both brands are low as a result. Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were also off 17 percent, to 44,538 vehicles compared to the 53,616 sold in the same period in 2005. Certified Pre-Owned Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles were up 3 percent, and the company reported its best September ever, with sales of 5,913 CPO vehicles versus 5,760 vehicles reported last year. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 16 percent, to 64,042 over the 55,380 reported in the same period in 2005. MINI Brand MINI Automobiles MINI USA reported September sales of 2,964 automobiles, off 2 percent from the 3,027 cars sold last September. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 29,770 automobiles, a drop of 7 percent, compared to the 32,010 cars reported in the first three quarters of 2005. The MINI factory in Oxford was closed for part of August in preparation for the new model year, resulting in extremely low inventories of MINI automobiles. 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: www.bmwgroupna.com www.bmwusa.com www.bmwmotorradusa.com www.miniusa.com www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com BMW Car Sales Report for September 2006 2006 2005 September 15,275 15,609 Year-to-Date 155,525 140,015 Year-to- Year-to- Model September Date September Date 2006 2006 2005 2005 325i (E90 & E46) 3,300 36,343 4,745 35,456 325Ci (E46) 139 2,347 379 3,130 325Ci Convertible (E46) 467 3,950 588 5,095 325i Sports Wagon (E91) 0 4 28 444 325xi (E90 & E46) 632 11,018 71 3,006 325xi Sports Wagon (E90 & E46) 66 1,624 13 492 328i (E90) 72 72 0 0 328i Coupe (E92) 710 1,116 0 0 328xi (E90) 181 181 0 0 328xi Coupe (E92) 7 7 0 0 328xi Sports Wagon (E91) 2 2 0 0 330i (E90 & E46) 1,254 13,363 1,814 14,331 330Ci (E46) 40 1,114 218 2,200 330Ci Convertible (E46) 634 4,236 533 4,404 330xi (E90 & E46) 410 7,382 41 2,508 335i (E90) 65 65 0 0 335i Coupe (E92) 1,408 1,597 0 0 M3 (E46) 44 1,752 161 2,807 M3 Convertible (E46) 185 1,226 102 1,493 3 Series 9,616 87,399 8,693 75,366 Z4 2.5i Roadster (E85) - US 26 393 455 5,039 Z4 3.0i Roadster (E85) - US 585 4,898 334 3,185 Z4 Roadster 3.0si (E85) - US 325 2,605 0 0 Z4 M Roadster (E85) - US 48 981 0 0 Z4 Coupe 3.0si (E86) - US 35 178 0 0 Z4 M Coupe (E86) - US 26 166 0 0 Z4 1,045 9,221 789 8,224 525i (E60) 1,056 10,018 970 12,325 525xi (E60) 296 3,803 406 1,458 530i (E60) 899 9,698 1,117 12,748 530xi (E60) 424 6,239 798 2,247 530xi Sports Wagon (E60) 78 1,728 543 1,224 545i (E60) 0 6 291 6,243 550i (E60) 338 5,039 11 11 M5 (E60) 99 2,413 1 5 5 Series 3,190 38,944 4,137 36,261 645Ci (E63) 0 21 306 2,732 650i Coupe (E63) 91 1,776 11 11 645Ci Convertible (E64) 0 16 441 4,612 650i Convertible (E64) 252 4,032 21 21 M6 (E63) 66 870 0 0 6 Series 409 6,715 779 7,376 745i (E65) 0 0 10 1,696 745Li (E65) 0 0 10 2,811 750i (E65) 212 3,123 307 2,252 750Li (E65) 786 9,841 845 5,601 760i (E65) 2 33 7 111 760Li (E65) 15 244 30 302 7 Series 1,015 13,241 1,209 12,773 Z8 0 4 0 7 Z8 Alpina 0 1 2 8 Z8 0 5 2 15 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for September 2006 2006 2005 September 5,064 6,443 Year-to-Date 44,538 53,616 Year-to- Year-to- Model September Date September Date 2006 2006 2005 2005 X3 2.5i (E83) 0 182 662 5,715 X3 3.0i (E83) 2,650 22,940 1,338 19,694 X3 3.0si (E83) 173 173 0 0 X3 2,823 23,295 2,000 25,409 X5 3.0i (E53) - US 1,626 15,616 3,254 20,307 X5 4.4i (E53) - US 551 4,914 1,052 6,917 X5 4.8is (E53) - US 64 713 137 983 X5 2,241 21,243 4,443 28,207 MINI Sales Report for September 2006 2006 2005 September 2,964 3,027 Year-to-Date 29,770 32,010 Model September Year-to- September Year-to- Date Date 2006 2006 2005 2005 MINI Cooper 1,192 9,615 591 10,125 MINI Cooper S 1,048 11,773 1,620 12,853 MINI Cooper Convertible 319 2,653 407 4,300 MINI Cooper S Convertible 402 5,688 409 4,732 MINI Cooper S JCW GP 3 41 0 0 Total MINI 2,964 29,770 3,027 32,010 Source: BMW Group |