January 2006 BMW Group Sales Report

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BMW Group vehicle sales this January were up 12.4% when compared to last January.

Sales of the X Series were down 9.8% when compared to January, 2005 while car sales were up 22.6% as the 3, 5 and 7 Series all had a good month.

Sales of the BMW brand were up 14.4% when compared to last January.

This January BMW outsold Mercedes-Benz by 6,805 units but still failed to out sell Lexus which sold a total of 19,658 units.

Last November I added a complete report for Lexus as I believe that the introduction of the new IS250 and IS350 models is going to give the BMW 3 Series a real challenge this year. January sales of the Lexus IS250 and IS350 held steady at just over 4,000 units while the new E90 3 Series sedans totaled 7,411 units. I'm betting that this sales gap will close in the coming months. It will be fun to see what happens.

Please visit my website for the complete Lexus and Mercedes-Benz sales reports.

Please note that I report only the United States sales data.