May 2006 BMW Group Sales Report

[FDMeloan]

BMW Group vehicle sales this May were up 5.3% when compared to May of last year. YTD sales for the first 5 months of 2006 were up 9.9% based primarily on sales on the 3, 5, and 7 Series.

Sales of the X Series decreased 4.9% while car sales were up 10.7% when compared to last May. This month marks the first anniversary for sales of the E90 3 Series in the United States.

Sales of the BMW brand were up 7.1% this month when compared to last May.

Total Mercedes Benz sales of 21,621 units this month represents a 21.4% increase in sales when compared to the total of 17,811 sold in May, 2005. YTD 2006 sales for MB are also up some 17.1%. MB trucks were up 84.0% in May and 105.3% YTD when compared to the respective periods of last year. This improvement in MB truck sales is due to the introduction of the R Class and GL Class which were not available in May, 2005.

Please note that I report only United States sales data.

[X3eme]

Originally Posted by FDMeloan

Sales of the X Series decreased 4.9% while car sales were up 10.7% when compared to last May.

Cool! Sales of X3s increased 4.1%. The X5s decreased 14.7%. Together they create the 4.9% decrease.

[donald_duck]

I just received a complete report... FYI.
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BMW GROUP REPORTS 5 PERCENT INCREASE IN MAY SALES06/01/2006 Woodcliff Lake, NJ - June 1, 2006... The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported strong demand for its vehicles in May, with sales of 28,360 vehicles, up 5.3 percent over the 26,926 vehicles sold in the same month of 2005. The BMW Group also reported an increase of 10 percent in year-to-date sales, for 129,511 vehicles over the 117,844 vehicles reported in May 2005.
BMW Brand Sales Increase in May
Sales of BMW brand vehicles rose 7 percent in May for a total of 24,688 compared to 23,048 reported in the same month a year ago.

BMW brand sales were up 13.6 percent year-to-date, as the company reported sales of 113,041 vehicles compared to 99,472 vehicles sold in first five months of 2005.

BMW Automobile Sales
BMW’s automobile sales were up 11 percent in May to 19,645 versus 17,744 in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date sales also were up 20 percent, to 87,956 automobiles compared to 73,141 in the same period of 2005.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were down 5 percent in May to 5,043 vehicles over the 5,304 sold last May. Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were also off 5 percent, to 25,085 vehicles compared to the 26,331 sold in the same period of 2005.

Certified Pre-Owned
Sales of BMW’s Certified Pre-Owned vehicles were up 31 percent, and the company reported its second-best sales month ever with 8,259 CPO vehicles versus 6,298 vehicles reported last May. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 23 percent, to 36,889 over the 29,929 reported in the same period in 2005.

MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported May sales of 3,672 automobiles, down 5.3 percent from the 3,878 cars sold in May 2005. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 16,470 automobiles, a drop of 10 percent, compared to the 18,372 cars reported in the first five months of 2005.