BMW Group Reports Strong First-Half 2006 Sales
Year-to-Date BMW Group Sales up 8.6 Percent; June sales increase 2.7 Percent
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., July 3 -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported strong first-half sales of 157,246 vehicles, an increase of 8.6 percent, compared to 144,843 vehicles in the same period of 2005. The BMW Group also reported an increase of 2.7 percent in June sales for 27,735 vehicles over the 26,999 vehicles reported in June 2005.
BMW Brand Sales Increase in June
Sales of BMW brand vehicles rose 3.4 percent in June for a total of 24,179 compared to 23,392 reported in the same month a year ago.
Year-to-date BMW brand sales were up 11.7 percent, to 137,220 vehicles compared to 122,864 vehicles sold in first six months of 2005.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's automobile sales were up 12.8 percent in June to 19,695 versus 17,456 in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date sales also were up 18.8 percent, to 107,651 automobiles compared to 90,597 in the same period of 2005.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were down 24.5 percent in June to 4,484 vehicles over the 5,936 sold last May. Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were down 8.4 percent, to 29,569 vehicles compared to the 32,267 sold in the first six months of 2005.
Certified Pre-Owned
Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles were up 16.5 percent, to 7,550 vehicles versus 6,483 vehicles reported last June, making it the best June ever. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 22 percent, to 44,439 over the 36,412 reported in the same period in 2005.
MINI Brand MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported June sales of 3,556 automobiles, off 1.4 percent from the 3,607 cars sold in June 2005. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 20,026 automobiles, a drop of 8.9 percent, compared to the 21,979 cars reported in the first six 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 June 2006
2006 2005
June 19,695 17,456
Year-to-Date 107,651 90,597
Model June Year-to-Date June Year-to-Date
2006 2006 2005 2005
325i (E90 & E46) 4,342 25,632 4,884 21,363
325Ci 253 1,700 363 2,202
325Ci convertible 455 2,519 607 3,378
325i sports wagon 0 4 33 365
325xi (E90 & E46) 1,320 8,325 14 2,927
325xi sports wagon (E90 & E46) 239 1,276 40 428
330i (E90 & E46) 1,800 9,432 2,240 8,231
330Ci 106 946 275 1,587
330Ci convertible 477 2,627 559 2,884
330xi (E90 & E46) 1,090 5,636 4 2,460
M3 334 1,467 351 2,051
M3 convertible 145 792 212 1,077
3 Series 10,561 60,356 9,582 48,953
Z4 2.5i Roadster (US) 35 297 688 3,351
Z4 3.0i Roadster (US) 920 2,731 402 1,984
Z4 Roadster 3.0si (US) 486 1,420 0 0
Z4 M Roadster (US) 100 525 0 0
Z4 Coupe 3.0si 42 43 0 0
Z4 M Coupe 50 56 0 0
Z4 1,633 5,072 1,090 5,335
525i (E60) 1,353 6,670 1,381 8,969
525xi (E60) 411 2,797 145 163
530i (E60) 1,466 6,655 1,409 8,956
530xi (E60) 723 4,576 280 305
530xi sports wagon (E60) 259 1,437 159 236
545i (E60) 0 6 808 4,751
550i (E60) 792 3,803 0 0
M5 (E60 & E39) 195 1,891 1 4
5 Series 5,199 27,835 4,183 23,384
645Ci 0 21 318 1,829
650i coupe 178 1,395 0 0
645Ci convertible 0 16 508 3,192
650i convertible 499 2,985 0 0
M6 186 444 0 0
6 Series 863 4,861 826 5,021
745i 0 0 49 1,645
745Li 0 0 38 2,764
750i 359 2,240 459 1,035
750Li 1,048 7,069 1,133 2,177
760i 3 26 20 82
760Li 27 188 72 190
7 Series 1,437 9,523 1,771 7,893
Z8 1 3 1 5
Z8 Alpina 1 1 3 6
Z8 2 4 4 11
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales
Report for June 2006
2006 2005
June 4,484 5,936
Year-to-Date 29,569 32,267
Model June Year-to-Date June Year-to-Date
2006 2006 2005 2005
X3 2.5i 5 174 686 3,344
X3 3.0i 2,402 15,753 2,592 13,007
X3 2,407 15,927 3,278 16,351
X5 3.0i (US) 1,507 10,084 1,859 11,262
X5 4.4i (US) 495 3,048 686 4,013
X5 4.8is (US) 75 510 113 641
X5 2,077 13,642 2,658 15,916
MINI Sales Report for June 2006
2006 2005
June 3,556 3,607
Year-to-Date 20,026 21,979
Model June Year-to-Date June Year-to-Date
2006 2006 2005 2005
MINI Cooper 1,223 5,969 1,280 7,127
MINI Cooper S 1,268 8,299 1,378 8,229
MINI Cooper Convertible 339 1,813 268 3,305
MINI Cooper S Convertible 726 3,945 681 3,318
Total MINI 3,556 20,026 3,607 21,979