- MINI sales up 7.3% in first ten months: 292,823 delivered
“All the BMW Group’s premium brands have contributed to this latest set of record sales results and I am confident this will continue as we head towards year-end,” said Dr Ian Robertson, Member of the BMW AG Board of Management with responsibility for Sales and Marketing BMW. “We’ve just seen the sale of our 100,000th electrified vehicle, underlining our success in the increasingly important electro-mobility segment,” he continued. “Our strategy of flexible, global sales enabled us to offset headwinds in some markets by strengthening sales in other regions, ensuring that profit can remain our focus worldwide.”
Sales of MINI brand vehicles increased by 8.9% in October with a total of 28,746 delivered to customers worldwide. The premium brand’s two most recent models continue to be the biggest growth drivers. A total of 5,411 customers took delivery of a MINI Clubman in October, with year-to-date sales totalling 49,218 units worldwide. October sales of the MINI Convertible totalled 2,152 (+159.6%); sales of this model in the first ten months of the year totalled 25,144 (+92.0%).
Combined monthly sales of BMW and MINI in Europe totalled 90,574 in October, up 6.4% compared with the same month last year. Year-to-date sales in the region are up 10.0%, with a total of 897,493 vehicles delivered. All markets in the region have contributed to this year’s strong growth with many achieving double-digit increases including Italy (68,282 / +18.0%), Spain (45,141 / +19.9%) and Scandinavia (43,433 / +14.4%).
Sales of BMW and MINI vehicles in Asia also saw strong growth last month with a total of 63,006 vehicles delivered to customers in October (+6.6%). In the first ten months of the year, a total of 611,020 BMW and MINI vehicles were sold in Asia, an increase of 8.9% compared with the same period last year. The region’s biggest market, Mainland China, achieved a 10.2% increase compared with the first ten months of last year, with a total of 423,330 vehicles sold so far in 2016. Year-to-date sales in many other markets in the region also show strong growth: Japan (60,484 / +9.1%) and South Korea (49,016 / +10.0%) are just two examples.
Sales of BMW and MINI in the Americas decreased 11.6% in October compared with the same month last year: a total of 36,743 vehicles were delivered to customers in the region. Year-to-date sales of BMW and MINI vehicles in the region total 373,822, which is down 7.1% compared with the same period last year. While year-to-date sales are up in Canada (37,373 / +7.0%) and Mexico (27,858 / +14.0%), the exceptionally competitive market in the USA has seen deliveries decrease by 9.6% (297,015).
BMW Group sales in / ytd October 2016 at a glance
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