Munich. BMW Group sales achieved their best ever
June, with sales in the month totalling 232,620, a 2.1% increase
year-on-year. It was also a record first half-year with sales of the
BMW Group’s three premium brands, BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce,
increasing by 5.0%; a total of 1,220,819 vehicles have been delivered
to customers around the world so far this year.
“June rounds off our best ever first half-year and the BMW Group
remains the world’s leading premium car company,” commented Dr Ian
Robertson, Member of the BMW AG Board of Management with
responsibility for Sales and Brand BMW. “We’ve already sold more than
a million BMW vehicles this year, which is a new first-half-year
record. June also saw our successful electrification strategy expand
still further to include the MINI brand, meaning customers can now
choose from nine electrified BMW Group vehicles. With sales of these
models up by eighty per cent compared with the first half of last
year, we’re looking forward to celebrating delivery of the
200,000th electrified BMW Group vehicle later this year,”
he continued.
The BMW brand achieved its best-ever first
half-year, topping the million mark for the first time ever by this
point in the year. Global BMW sales totalled 1,038,030 units, an
increase of 5.2% on the same period last year. Sales of BMW brand
vehicles in June totalled 192,873, up 2.0% compared with the same
month last year. A wide range of models throughout the range
contributed to this growth. Sales of the BMW X1 increased 45.2%
(136,748) in the first half-year while deliveries of the BMW X5
increased by 10.6% (89,958). BMW 1 Series sales grew by 6.5% (91,802)
in the first half-year, while deliveries of the flagship BMW 7 Series
increased during the same period by 26.9% (32,290).
June saw the arrival of the MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 in the
dealerships, the ninth electrified vehicle from the BMW Group which is
available to purchase today. The popularity of the BMW Group’s
innovative premium electrified vehicles continues to
grow at a rapid rate: in the first six months of the year, a total of
42,573 BMW i, BMW iPerformance and MINI Electric vehicles were
delivered to customers, an increase of 79.8% on the same period last
year. First-half-year production of electrified vehicles totalled
51,725. The BMW Group is well on track to achieve its target of
selling 100,000 electrified vehicles in 2017.
Sales of MINI brand vehicles achieved a new record
for June with 39,443 units delivered to customers around the world, an
increase of 3.0% compared with the same month last year. June rounded
off the brand’s record first half year, with sales totalling 181,214
(+3.6%). “MINI continues to achieve sustainable growth in sales around
the world,” said Peter Schwarzenbauer, Member of the BMW AG Board of
Management responsible for MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad. “Sales
of the new MINI Countryman are particularly pleasing and I’m delighted
that with the launch in June of the MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4,
electric mobility is now available on a large scale from the MINI
brand. Customer interest in this car has been extremely high and I’m
confident we will see continued growth across the brand in the second
half of the year,” he added.
In the first half of 2017, the Goodwood-based
Rolls-Royce brand delivered 1,575 (-6.5%) motor cars
to customers. The same period in 2016 was particularly strong due to
the popularity of the newly introduced Rolls-Royce Dawn. This base
effect, and the absence from the market of the Phantom pending the
introduction of the new Phantom later this year, account for the
decrease in sales year-on-year. Despite considerable ongoing headwinds
in the luxury sector in several regions, Rolls-Royce continues to
strive for long-term sustainable growth.
BMW Motorrad achieved its best-ever June with a total
of 17,260 motorcycles and maxi-scooters delivered to customers, an
increase of 15.1% on the same month last year. Those figures helped
BMW Motorrad achieve a record first half-year with sales totalling
88,389 in the first six months of the year, up 9.5% on the same period
last year.
BMW MINI sales in the regions/markets at a glance
With the automotive market experiencing challenges in several
significant markets, the BMW Group continues to follow its policy of
balancing sales around the world to achieve sustainable, profitable growth.
Europe is the BMW Group’s most significant sales area
and despite recent downturns in the region’s two largest markets,
Germany and the UK, overall BMW Group sales for the first half of 2017
are up 2.2%.
BMW Group sales in Asia continue to achieve
significant growth this year, driven mainly by China, where combined
BMW and MINI deliveries are up 18.4% in the first half-year. This
strong increase is largely due to full availability of the BMW X1 and
the popularity of the new BMW 1 Series sedan, a car designed
exclusively for China.
BMW and MINI sales in the Americas continue to be
affected by the decline in the overall automotive market in the USA.
Meanwhile sales in other markets in the region maintain their positive
growth, with BMW Group deliveries in Mexico and Latin America
achieving a further double-digit increase.
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MW Group sales in/ytd June 2017 at a glance
In June 2017
Compared with
previous year %
In ytd
June 2017
Compared with
previous year %
BMW Group Automotive
232,620
+2.1
1,220,819
+5.0
BMW
192,873
+2.0
1,038,030
+5.2
MINI
39,443
+3.0
181,214
+3.6
BMW Group electrified*
9,351
+77.0
42,573
+79.8
Rolls-Royce
304
-35.3
1,575
-6.5
BMW Motorrad
17,260
+15.1
88,389
+9.5
*BMW i, BMW iPerformance, MINI Electric
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