Record sales for BMW, MINI, BMW Motorrad
BMW Group automobile sales up 1.9% in April: 179,285 units
Year-to-date sales total 736,931, up 4.9%
Europe and Asia lead sales growth in first four months
BMW i3 sales up 50.7% on same month last year
Strong start for BMW X5 Plug-in Hybrid
Munich. April saw the BMW Group’s steady growth in
sales continue with BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad all achieving new
records. In April, a total of 179,285 BMW Group automobiles were
delivered to customers around the world, an increase of 1.9% on the
same month last year. This on-going, sustainable growth is reflected
in the year-to-date figures, with a total of 736,931 BMW Group
vehicles sold in the first four months of 2016, 4.9% more than in the
same period last year.
“Following on from our best-ever sales month in March, we have once
again achieved sustainable and profitable levels of growth across the
BMW Group product line-up,” said Dr Ian Robertson, member of the Board
of Management of BMW AG responsible for sales and marketing BMW.
“Despite headwinds in some markets, the overall global picture remains
positive for the year,” he added.
BMW brand sales achieved a new April sales high with
a total of 150,542 vehicles delivered to customers worldwide, an
increase of 1.1% compared with the very high sales of the same month
last year. The brand’s year-to-date figures stand at 629,325
deliveries, an increase of 4.8% on the previous year. Whilst many
vehicles within the product line-up have achieved increased sales this
year, the BMW X models are the biggest growth drivers. Sales of the
new BMW X1 have increased by 60.6% compared with the first four months
of 2015, with a total of 63,243 delivered to customers worldwide.
Double-digit growth was also achieved by the BMW X3: worldwide sales
have climbed 18.4% to total 49,325. Other BMW models which achieved
double-digit sales growth include the BMW 2 Series, with sales up
54.8% (59,407) and the BMW 7 Series, which grew sales by 15.8% in the
first four months of the year (14,609).
April saw growing demand for the BMW Group’s increasing number of
innovative vehicles with electric drive – a total of 4,504 pure
electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold around the world in the
month. The top three markets for these vehicles were the USA,
Scandinavia and the UK. Sales of the all-electric BMW i3 increased
50.7% compared with the same month last year (1,854), with overall
sales for BMW i up 29.4% on the month (2,181). Six months after market
launch of the BMW X5 xDrive 40e plug-in hybrid, nearly 10% of all BMW
X5s sold in April were the electrified version, with a total of 1,196
delivered to customers worldwide in the month.
Customer deliveries of MINI vehicles in April
totalled 28,441 worldwide, an increase of 6.3% on the same month last
year and a new record for the month. Year-to-date sales of the brand
rose 5.6% to 106,753. The two newest members of the MINI line-up are
driving the sales growth: sales of the MINI Convertible are up 12.0%
to total 5,849 worldwide in the first four months of the year while
sales of the MINI Clubman in the same period total 16,409.
Europe continues to be a strong growth driver for BMW
and MINI sales, with deliveries in the first four months of 2016
totalling 341,195 units, an increase of 9.9% compared with the same
period last year. Almost all markets in the region have achieved sales
growth in the year-to-date, with double-digit increases recorded in
several markets including France (27,784 / +12.2%), Spain (17,884 /
+20.6%) and Scandinavia (17,491 / +14.4%).
Year-to-date deliveries of BMW and MINI vehicles in
Asia increased by 6.2% compared with the same period
last year, with a total of 234,463 units delivered to customers in the
region. In Mainland China, deliveries rose 6.0% (162,221), sales in
South Korea climbed 15.6% (19,550) and deliveries in Japan rose 6.7% (22,936).
In the Americas, year-to-date sales of BMW and MINI
vehicles are down 8.1%, with a total of 138,033 units delivered to
customers. Total sales of 111,199 in the USA are 10.1% down on the
same period last year, as supply to the market is currently being
rebalanced in order to take account of increasing demand for SAV
models. Deliveries in Canada are up 9.3% (13,197) and sales in Mexico
in the year-to-date rose 7.1% (9,766).
BMW Motorrad continued its run of record sales in
April with deliveries up 1.4% (16,793). Around the world, a total of
50,581 BMW motorcycles and maxi-scooters have been delivered to
customers so far in 2016 (+5.5%).
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MW Group sales in / ytd April 2016 at a glance
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