Munich. Worldwide sales of BMW Group
vehicles continue to grow, with more vehicles delivered to customers
last month than in any previous July. A total of 181,051 (+0.2%) BMW,
MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles were sold in the month, bringing
year-to-date sales up to 1,423,565 (+1.6%).
“Our focus on sustainable, profitable sales growth is proving
successful, as we continue to attract more customers than ever,
despite the various headwinds currently affecting the industry,” said
Pieter Nota, Member of the Board of Management of
BMW AG responsible for Sales and Brand BMW. “Customer demand for our X
vehicles continues to be very high and now we’ve increased production
capacity by localising the BMW X3 in China and South Africa, we can
already see the positive effect that additional availability has on
sales. The continuing, growing demand for our electrified vehicles is
also very pleasing, with deliveries of BMW i, BMW iPerformance and
MINI Electric vehicles up by over 40% in the year to date,” Nota continued.
In the first seven months of the year, deliveries of BMW
Group electrified vehicles totalled 71,310 vehicles
worldwide, an increase of 40.6% on the same period last year. July
sales of BMW i, BMW iPerformance and MINI Electric vehicles totalled
10,649 (+30.9%), confirming the BMW Group’s position as a leading
global provider of premium electrified mobility. Improved availability
of the locally-built BMW 5 Series plug-in hybrid (fuel consumption
combined: 2.3-2.1 l/100 km; electricity consumption combined:
13.9-13.3 kWh/100 km, CO2 emissions combined: 52-47 g/km) in China,
helped electrified sales in the BMW Group’s largest overall market
increase more than six-fold in the year to date, with a total of 8,078
units sold so far in 2018. Several other major markets also achieved
significant growth in year-to-date electrified sales, including the
USA (13,874 / +39.5%) and the UK (9,923 / +34.3%).
July sales of all BMW brand vehicles edged up on
last year’s result with a total of 154,531 vehicles delivered
worldwide (+0.7%). Sales in the year-to-date are up 1.9% (1,213,833).
All major sales regions contributed to the increase in deliveries.
With production of the BMW X3 ramping up in South Africa and China, in
addition to existing capacity in the USA, worldwide sales of that
model totalled 15,482 in July, an increase of 52.3% compared with the
same month last year. Full worldwide availability of the BMW 5 Series
since the beginning of the year has also led to significantly
increased sales of that model in the first seven months: 221,732 (+16.2%).
Year-to-date sales at MINI achieved almost the same
high level as last year, with a total of 207,675 (-0.2%) vehicles
delivered to customers worldwide. MINI deliveries in July were down
2.7% (26,244).
2018 is a significant year for BMW Motorrad, with
nine new models being introduced. This required some adjustments to
production, which in some cases can affect deliveries. Nonetheless,
BMW Motorrad continues to strive for sales growth across the full
calendar year. In the year-to-date, a total of 101,839 units were
delivered to customers, a decrease of 1.3% year-on-year.
BMW MINI sales in the regions/markets
All three major sales regions contributed to the increase in BMW
Group sales in the first seven months of the year, despite headwinds
in some significant markets.
*Provisional registration figures
BMW Group sales in/ytd July 2018 at a glance
*BMW i, BMW iPerformance, MINI Electric
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The BMW Group production network comprises 30 production and assembly
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In 2017, the BMW Group sold over 2,463,500 passenger vehicles and
more than 164,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the
financial year 2017 was € 10.655 billion on revenues amounting to
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workforce of 129,932 employees.
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