. BMW Group Reports 11 Percent Increase In
First Quarter Sales
BMW Brand Sales
Jump 14 Percent Year-To-Date
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- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported year-to-date
sales of 72,588 vehicles, an 11 percent increase over the 65,536
sold in the first quarter of 2005. The BMW Group also reported an
increase of 17 percent in March sales, for 28,352 vehicles over
the 24,276 vehicles reported in March 2005.
BMW Brand
Reports Sales
Year-to-date,
sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 14 percent, as the company
reported sales of 63,103 vehicles compared to 55,352 vehicles
sold in first quarter of 2005.
March sales
jumped 22 percent for a total of 24,501 vehicles compared
to 20,149 reported last March.
BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's automobile sales
rose 31 percent in March, to 18,966 versus 14,475 in the same month
a year ago. First quarter sales were up 23 percent, to 49,884 automobiles
compared to 40,427 in the first three months of 2005.
BMW Sports Activity
Vehicle Sales
March sales of BMW
Sports Activity Vehicles are off slightly, down 2 percent to 5,535
vehicles over the 5,674 sold last March. Year-to-date, sales of
BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are down 11 percent, to 13,219 vehicles
compared to the 14,925 sold in the first three months of 2005.
Certified Pre-Owned
BMW experienced its
strongest month ever for Certified Pre-Owned BMW sales. The company
reported sales of 8,137 CPO sales in March 2006, almost 1,400 vehicles
higher than the previous record set in April 2005, and an increase
of 24 percent over March 2005. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 20
percent, to 20,262 over the 16,878 reported in the same period in
2005.
MINI Brand
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MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported March sales
of 3,851 automobiles, down 7 percent from the 4,127 cars sold in March 2005.
Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 9,485 automobiles, 7 percent
less than the 10,184 cars reported in the first quarter of 2005.
