Munich. The BMW Group had its best July ever, with
sales in the month totalling 180,726, a 0.4% increase year-on-year.
The company also sold more vehicles than ever before in the first
seven months of the year with a total of 1,401,551 (+4.3%) vehicles
delivered to customers around the world.
“Following a record first half-year, our sales in July remain at a
very high level, with profitability our primary focus,” said Dr Ian
Robertson, Management Board Member for Sales and Brand BMW. “Despite
continuing headwinds in the USA, as well as the model changeover of
the BMW X3 and the BMW 5 Series in China, we were still able to
achieve last year’s high sales levels, due to our policy of balanced
global sales growth. Sales of our electrified vehicles continue to
develop extremely well, with all nine of our electrified cars playing
their role in this success,” he continued.
July saw yet another milestone for the BMW Group’s unmatched range of
electrified vehicles: more than 50,000 BMW i, BMW
iPerformance and electrified MINI vehicles have been delivered to
customers around the world since the start of the year. The BMW Group
now has a total of nine electrified automobiles on the market: sales
of these vehicles totalled 50,711 in the first seven months of the
year, an increase of 74.8% on the same period last year. This makes
the BMW Group the world’s 3rd biggest BEV/PHEV
manufacturer. The BMW i3 is the best-selling compact battery-electric
vehicle in the Premium Segment worldwide since 2014, with the sales
curve showing a clear upward trend.
Global BMW brand sales in July were at last year’s
extremely high level. A total of 153,511 (+0.1%) BMW automobiles were
delivered to customers around the world. The first seven months of the
year were the most successful ever for the brand with 1,191,547
vehicles sold, an increase of 4.5%. A wide range of models throughout
the portfolio contributed to this growth. The BMW X family continues
to be a major growth driver – despite the current model changeover of
the BMW X3 – with overall BMW X sales up 15.4% (407,492). The BMW 1
Series (107,460 / +8.5%) and BMW 7 Series (37,159 / +21.9%) also
achieved notable growth. Meanwhile in July, the new BMW 5 Series
achieved sales growth of 34.9% (17,712) in markets excluding China.
The BMW 5 Series is currently in model changeover in China, where BMW
5 Series sales in July are down 47.2% (6,766) year-on-year.
Sales of MINI brand vehicles also continued to grow
in July, with 26,974 units delivered to customers around the world, an
increase of 2.0% compared with the same month last year. In the first
seven months of 2017, a total of 208,188 MINI vehicles were sold, an
increase of 3.4% year on year. The MINI Convertible (21,248 / +23.4%)
and MINI Clubman (34,086 / +6.5%) showed very positive sales growth in
the year to date. The new MINI Countryman was the main growth driver
with sales up 33.5% (6,810) in July.
In July, BMW Motorrad once again achieved an
all-time high with 14,835 motorbikes and maxi-scooters delivered to
customers. This was an increase of 7.6% compared to the previous year.
With 103,224 units delivered in the first seven months of the year and
an increase of 9.2% compared to the same period last year, BMW
Motorrad is well on its way to a further record sales year in 2017.
BMW MINI sales in the regions/markets at a glance
With an increasingly volatile economic situation in several markets,
the BMW Group continues to follow its policy of balancing sales around
the world, in order to achieve profitable, sustainable growth.
Headwinds in the significant UK market led to a slight decrease in
sales in Europe in July, but sales in the region in
the year to date remain slightly above the very high level of last
year, with growth of 1.7%. France (51,569 / +3.6%) and Spain (35,731 /
+8.9%) were two of the regions more significant growth drivers.
BMW Group sales in Asia continue to grow this year,
driven mainly by China, where combined BMW and MINI deliveries are up
17.0% in the first seven months of the year.
The downturn in the US automotive market is reflected in the BMW
Group’s figures for the Americas, which in the year
to date are 3.5% below last year’s level.
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MW Group sales in/ytd June 2017 at a glance
*BMW i, BMW iPerformance, MINI Electric
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