Sales of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce car totalled 173,195 units in July, a new high for the month and an increase of 5.6% year on year.
12 Aug 2015 | 3035 Views | By Autocar Professional Bureau
Sales of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce car totalled 173,195 units in July, a new high for the month and an increase of 5.6% year on year. A new high of 1,272,953 units for the first seven months of the year was also recorded, an increase of 7.5%.
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Sales of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce car totalled 173,195 units in July, a new high for the month and an increase of 5.6% year on year. A new high of 1,272,953 units for the first seven months of the year was also recorded, an increase of 7.5%.
“Despite the volatility we are seeing on some markets, the BMW Group continues to show steady sales growth around the world,” said Ian Robertson, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Sales and Marketing BMW. “With our outstanding brands, we are seeing strong momentum in Europe and buoyant markets in the NAFTA region and much of Asia. So I remain confident that the positive sales development we have achieved so far this year will continue through the rest of 2015,” he added.
In July, BMW sales rose 5.8% to total 147,513. Sales for the year-to-date climbed 5.2% to 1,079,563.Sales of the 1 Series were up 5.6% compared with the same month last year – a total of 14,275 units. The new 2 Series continues to sell strongly with a total of 14,580 delivered worldwide in July. The X family also notched growth with deliveries of the X5 totalling 14,938, an increase of 32.7% compared with July 2014. A year after it was launched, the X4 was delivered to a total of 4,102 customers in July while 3,648 customers took delivery of an X6, up 71.5% on the same month last year.
A total of 2,221 BMW i vehicles were delivered to customers in July, an increase of 79.4% year-on-year. In the first seven months of the year, 14,784 units were sold around the world.
A total of 25,416 Minis were sold worldwide in July, an increase of 4.8%. Year-to-date sales climbed 22.5% to total 191,355. Sales of the 3-door Mini grew by 24.0% in the first seven months of the year (73,226) while the new 5-door Mini was delivered to 51,666 customers worldwide in the same period.
SALES UP IN ALL REGIONS
In Asia, deliveries of BMW and Mini vehicles in the year-to-date total 389,015, an increase of 4.1%. Sales in Mainland China for the first seven months of the year are up 1.3% to total 265,215. Deliveries in Japan climbed 11.7% in the year-to-date (38,603) with sales in South Korea for the same period also seeing a double-digit increase, up 22.2% to total 31,453. BMW has not provided its India sales figures in its latest sales update.
In the Americas, a total of 281,432 BMW and Mini vehicles have been sold so far this year, an increase of 8.4%. In the USA, sales in the first seven months of 2015 rose 8.1% with a total of 231,044 vehicles sold. Sales in Canada over the same period rose 13.4% (23,785) while deliveries in Mexico climbed 19.8% (9,557).
Sales in Europe increased 9.7% compared with the first seven months of last year, with 563,670 BMW and Mini vehicles delivered to customers. The region’s biggest growth driver continues to be Great Britain, where sales grew 15.3% in the year-to-date (124,935). France is another market showing sustained growth this year – sales so far in 2015 are up 20.2% to total 44,017. BMW and Mini sales in southern Europe are also showing significant growth with Spain achieving a 17.0% increase (27,152).
BMW Motorrad’s global sales continued to grow in July with a total of 14,168 motorcycles and maxi-scooters delivered to customers (+21.5%). Deliveries for the first seven months total 92,586, an increase of 12.0% compared with the same period last year. Both monthly and year-to-date figures set new sales records for BMW Motorrad.