Munich. The BMW Group continued the positive sales
trend of the past months, with sales in May totalling 208,447
vehicles, a 5.1% increase year-on-year. With its three premium brands,
BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce, the BMW Group sold 988,185 vehicles in the
first five months, up 5.7%.
“Customers around the world are excited by our innovative, new
products,” commented Dr Ian Robertson, BMW AG Management Board Member
responsible for Sales and Brand BMW. “In May, we once again achieved
sustainable, profitable growth across our three premium automotive
brands, as well as at BMW Motorrad,” he continued. “Growth at BMW has
been in part driven by our expanding electrified range – sales of
these vehicles have risen over 80% in the first five months. With
eight models, the BMW Group offers its customers the broadest range of
electrified premium vehicles available on the market today.”
BMW brand sales in the first five months increased by
6.0% compared with the same period last year, to 845,147 units. This
growth is particularly attributable to the good sales figures of the
BMW X family, with the BMW X1 as the most popular: By the end of May,
113,367 BMW X1 were delivered. This reflects a growth of 47.0%
compared to the same period last year. Sales of the BMW X3 increased
by 8.9% (67,490), while those of the BMW X5 were up 11.1% (73,418).
The flagship BMW 7 Series continues to be very popular among customers
worldwide: 26,292 vehicles were delivered in the first five months,
37.3% more than the prior year.
Customer demand for automobiles with alternative drive trains
continues to evolve in an extremely dynamic way: Sales of BMW
i and BMW iPerformance models increased by
73.4% in May (7,336 vehicles). Year-to-date deliveries of electrified
models reached 33,221, up 80.6%. Among other factors, this strong
growth is driven by the BMW 530e iPerformance, which has been
available since March. Beginning in late June, the MINI Cooper SE
Countryman ALL4 plug-in hybrid will expand the product line-up of
electrified vehicles.
Sales of the MINI brand continue to show stable
growth: 141,767 vehicles were delivered in the first five months of
the year, an increase of 3.8%. The main growth drivers here remain the
MINI Cabrio with 14,373 units sold (up 52.3%) and the MINI Clubman
with 23,899 vehicles sold (+13.3%) in the first five months of the
year. The MINI Countryman, which had its market launch in March, also
contributed to the positive trend with 7,035 vehicles sold in May (up 26.4%).
After an excellent start to the year, BMW Motorrad
has grown continuously and steadily. In May, 17,578
motorcycles and maxi-scooters were delivered to customers, an increase
of 15.8% compared with the same month last year. In the first five
months of the year, sales at BMW Motorrad were up by 8.2% (71,129).
Within the BMW Motorrad model line-up, the highly emotive R nineT
family has continued to contribute decisively to this growth,
alongside high demand for the GS models.
BMW MINI
sales in the regions
/markets at a glance
Europe is the largest sales market for BMW and MINI, with 446,050
deliveries in the first five months of the year (up 3.1%).
The positive trend in BMW Group worldwide sales since the start of
the year is also due to the growing market in Asia. Unusually strong
sales growth, with a year-to-date increase of 19.9%, was seen in China
(242,683). In May, deliveries there increased by 27.1% (50,986 units).
This is largely due to full availability of the BMW X1 and the
popularity of the new BMW 1 Series sedan, which is produced
exclusively for the Chinese market.
Sales in the Americas were significantly influenced by the declining
market in the United States. By the end of May, 174,570 vehicles were
delivered to customers (down by 3.1%). The sales figures in Mexico and
Latin America developed very positively, with growth of 17.3% to
14,558 vehicles.
BMW Group sales in/ytd May 2017 at a glance
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In 2016, the BMW Group sold approximately 2.367 million cars and
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