BMW Group sales continues to remains positive through the month of October as they registered 5.2% growth with 165,851 units sold worldwide against 157,621 units sold during the same month of previous year. The group sales witnessed a new all time height of 7.3% growth at 1,602,018 vehicles sold against 1,493,154 vehicles sold during the same period of previous year.
Sales of BMW grew by 5.4% at 140,057 vehicles sold against 132,826 units sold during the same month of previous year. In the first ten months of the year, The year to date (Jan-Oct) sales stood at 1,349,642 vehicles against 1,242,819 units during corresponding period of previous year registering a growth of 8.6%.
For October 2013, MINI reported all-time sales high of 25,420 vehicles worldwide against 24,483 units during October 2012, registering 3.8% growth.
The year to date sales for year 2013 stood at 249,702 cars worldwide against 247,697units sold during the same period of year 2012 representing 0.8% growth.
BMW Motorrad reported 10.3% increase in October with 8,376 units sold against 7,596 units sold during October 2012. A total of 101,530 motorcycles and maxi scooters were delivered year-to-date in year 2013 against 93,540 units during same period of previous year, representing 8.5% hike.
BMW Group sales in Europe remained stable for January to October. In Asia the sales grew by 17.7% with encouraging growth in China at 20% year-on-year. In the Americas, the BMW Group achieved 10.6% growth in sales.
Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing BMW: “We remain on track with a new all-time high in sales in October and in the first ten months, despite the continued headwinds in some European markets. We are confident that sales will continue to develop positively until the end of the year and we will continue to strive for profitable growth. The BMW Group maintains its position as the leading manufacturer of premium vehicles worldwide.”
Source – Autobei, BMW
