BMW Group increases worldwide sales in November

Munich. The BMW Group has achieved sales growth both
in November and the year to date, despite the current very volatile
market situation. In November, the company delivered 222,462 vehicles
to customers around the world, an increase of 0.8% compared with the
same month last year. That result brings the company’s year-to-date
sales total to 2,258,159, up 1.3% compared with the same period last year.

 

“As this challenging year draws to a close, we have sold more cars
than ever before in November and the first eleven months of the year,”
said Pieter Nota, Member of the Board of Management
of BMW AG responsible for Sales and Brand BMW. “Our clear priority in
a volatile market is profitable growth. November saw the launch of the
new BMW X5, which has achieved significant sales in the few weeks it’s
been available. In the USA, for example, over 5,000 X5 vehicles were
delivered to customers last month. Meanwhile, November was also the
best-ever single month for sales of our electrified vehicles, with
almost 15,000 delivered worldwide,” Nota concluded.

 

November deliveries of BMW i, BMW iPerformance and MINI Electric
vehicles totalled 14,767 units worldwide, an increase of 26.1% on the
same month last year. Sales of BMW Group electrified
vehicles in the year to date total 125,365 (+39.6%). Exactly five
years after it was initially launched, the BMW i3 continues to achieve
increased sales. In November, 3,468 (+17.0%) fully-electric i3 cars
were sold worldwide – a monthly result almost equal to the car’s
best-ever month, which was in March this year (3,490 units). Sales of
the company’s plug-in hybrid vehicles continue to increase
significantly, with the plug-in versions of the MINI Countryman, the 2
Series Active Tourer, and the BMW X1 (Mainland China only) accounting
for well over 10% of those models’ overall sales. Meanwhile, every
fifth BMW 5 Series sedan sold worldwide in November was a plug-in
hybrid. The BMW Group is well on track to achieve its target of
delivering 140,000 electrified vehicles in 2018; by the end of next
year, an overall total of over half a million electrified BMW Group
vehicles will have been sold around the world.

 

Despite the current volatile market situation in a number of key
countries, sales of BMW brand vehicles increased both
in November and in the year-to-date. A total of 189,281 BMW vehicles
were delivered to customers in November, an increase of 1.6%. In the
first eleven months of the year, 1,926,631 (+1.8%) customers took
delivery of a new BMW. The Year of X continues apace with over 59,000
units of the all-new BMW X2 sold since it was launched in the spring,
while the now fully-available BMW X3 almost doubled its sales compared
with the same month last year (22,547 / +96.9). In November, its
launch month, the BMW X5 joined the X3 at the top of the BMW sales
chart in its home market USA, with a total of 5,191 units delivered.
Globally, over 13,000 BMW X5 were sold in November. At the end of the
month, the all-new BMW X7 attracted huge attention as it celebrated
its world premiere at the LA Auto Show; pre-orders of the X7 are
already beating expectations.

 

November sales at MINI were slightly down on last
year’s very high level, with a total of 32,745 (-3.7%) units sold
worldwide. Year-to-date figures also show a slight decrease (328,099 /
-1.8%). The MINI Countryman, however, grew its sales by 2.1% (9,530)
in November.

 

BMW Motorrad sales grew by 2.3% in November, with a
total of 12,336 units delivered. Year to date, 152,181 (-0.1%)
customers around the world have taken delivery of a new BMW Motorrad
motorcycle or maxi-scooter.

 

Regions and markets

All three major sales regions have contributed to the BMW Group’s
increased sales in November, with Asia the biggest
growth driver. Sales in Mainland China, the company’s largest single
market, increased by 10.3% (60,990). The BMW Group’s home market,
Germany, also achieved double-digit growth in November, increasing
sales by 12.6% to total 29,340. In Europe as a whole,
the BMW Group has for the first time ever sold more than a million
vehicles in the first eleven months of the year. In the USA, the
largest market in the Americas, the BMW brand
achieved its 13th consecutive month of sales growth, with
November deliveries totalling 28,330 (+1.0%).

 

*Provisional registration figures

 

 

BMW Group sales in/ytd November 2018 at a glance


 

*BMW i, BMW iPerformance, MINI Electric

 

 

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The BMW Group

 

With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW
Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and
motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services.
The BMW Group production network comprises 30 production and assembly
facilities in 14 countries; the company has a global sales network in
more than 140 countries.

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
€ 98.678 billion. As of 31 December 2017, the BMW Group had a
workforce of 129,932 employees.

The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term
thinking and responsible action. The company has therefore established
ecological and social sustainability throughout the value chain,
comprehensive product responsibility and a clear commitment to
conserving resources as an integral part of its strategy.

 

 

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