January sales numbers USA: BMW Group Starts the New Year With Strong Sales

Gustav · 1st February 2005, 23:50

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WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI
brands combined) reported sales of 19,764 vehicles in January 2005, an
increase of 22.5% percent over the January 2004 sales of 16,135.

BMW Brand Sales
BMW reported sales of 16,847 automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles
(SAV), up 25.9 percent compared to the 13,379 vehicles reported the same
month last year.

BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's monthly automobile sales were up 18.9 percent, to 12,611 versus
10,607 in January 2004. An increase in sales for the 3 Series, Z4
Roadster, 5 Series and SAV models contributed to a strong kick-off for
the fiscal year.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Combining sales of the X3, introduced in September 2003 and the popular
X5 Sports Activity Vehicles, BMW reported sales of 4,236 vehicles
compared to 2,772 vehicles sold in the same month of 2004. Sales of
BMW's Sports Activity Vehicles increased 52.8 percent in January 2005.

Certified Pre-owned
BMW reported a decrease of 5.5 percent in Certified Pre-owned vehicles
sold; 4,745 in January 2005 compared to 5,020 vehicles in 2004.

MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported a rise in January sales with 2,917, compared to the
2,756 sold in 2004. The MINI Cooper Convertible and MINI Cooper S
Convertible models were introduced in September 2004.

BMW Group in America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since
1975. ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in
2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing,
sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand, the MINI
brand, and the ROLLS-ROYCE brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, an
industrial design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon
Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW
Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's global
manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all Z4
Roadster and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales
organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 340 BMW
passenger car centers, 327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 148 BMW
motorcycle retailers, 76 MINI passenger car dealers, and 25 ROLLS-ROYCE
Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group's sales
headquarters for North, Central and South America, is located in
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the
Internet at:

http://www.bmwusa.com

http://www.bmwmotorradusa.com

http://www.miniusa.com

http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com

BMW Car Sales Report for January 2005

2005 2004

January 12,611 10,607
Year-to-Date 12,611 10,607

Year-to- Year-to-
Model January Date January Date
2005 2005 2004 2004

325i 3,086 3,086 2,269 2,269
325Ci 322 322 423 423
325Ci convertible 363 363 403 403
325i sport wagon 92 92 100 100
325xi 848 848 1,001 1,001
325xi sport wagon 124 124 63 63
330i 809 809 513 513
330Ci 259 259 302 302
330Ci convertible 311 311 404 404
330xi 437 437 361 361
M3 259 259 349 349
M3 convertible 123 123 203 203
3 Series 7,033 7,033 6,391 6,391

Z4 2.5i roadster (US) 310 310 200 200
Z4 3.0i roadster (US) 139 139 133 133
Z3 and Z4 449 449 333 333

525i sport wagon (E39) 0 0 0 0
525i (E60) 1,226 1,226 1,077 1,077
530i (E60) 1,395 1,395 1,154 1,154
540i Sports Wagon (E39) 0 0 0 0
545i (E60) 657 657 430 430
M5 (E39) 0 0 14 14
5 Series 3,278 3,278 2,675 2,675

645Ci 253 253 0 0
645Ci Convertible 408 408 0 0
6 Series 661 661 0 0

745i 345 345 431 431
745Li 790 790 705 705
760i 9 9 0 0
760Li 45 45 61 61
7 Series 1,189 1,189 1,197 1,197

Z8 0 0 1 1
Z8 Alpina 1 1 10 10
Z8 1 1 11 11

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for January 2005

2005 2004

January 4,236 2,772
Year-to-Date 4,236 2,772

Model January Year-to-Date January Year-to-Date
2005 2005 2004 2004

X3 2.5i 394 394 9 9
X3 3.0i 1,417 1,417 774 774
X3 1811 1811 783 783

X5 3.0i (US) 1,731 1,731 1,568 1,568
X5 4.4i (US) 626 626 416 416
X5 4.6is (US) 0 0 5 5
X5 4.8is (US) 68 68 0 0
X5 2,425 2,425 1,989 1,989

MINI Sales Report for January 2005

2005 2004

January 2,917 2,756
Year-to-Date 2,917 2,756

Model January Year-to-Date January Year-to-Date
2005 2005 2004 2004

MINI Cooper 1,087 1,087 1,457 1,457
MINI Cooper S 982 982 1,299 1,299
MINI Cooper Convertible 460 460 0 0
MINI Cooper S Convertible 388 388 0 0

Total MINI 2,917 2,917 2,756 2,756

MEnthusiast · 2nd February 2005, 03:18

Boy, they sure don't waste any time getting the numbers out!

vndkshn · 2nd February 2005, 05:04

Kinda interesting too... Mini down except for the cabrio, Z8 still on the market, X5 and X3 looking good, 5 series up across the board, 7 basically holding. Kinda strange numbers on the 3.

I agree that is quick turnaround!

Terk · 2nd February 2005, 21:37

Canadian numbers were up also (6.6%) but nothing like the results BMWNA are reporting. They indicated X5 and X3 sales were up 12.5% and Mini was up 22.1% There was no breakdown on the Mini mix nor mention of the other BMW lines which would lead one to believe the 3, 5, 7 and Z did not fair as well.