BMW Sales Rise 5.6% In April, Mini Sales Jump 29.9%

BMW Sales Rise 5.6% In April, Mini Sales Jump 29.9%
The BMW Group in the US

(BMW and MINI combined) today reported April vehicle sales of 31,448, an increase of 9.6 percent from the 28,692 vehicles sold in the same month of  2007. For the first four months of 2008, BMW Group sales are still down 4.0 percent, to 99,977 vehicles versus the 104,125 sold January through April of 2007.

    Among other factors, April sales results were positively affected by new products all launched this spring (BMW M3, BMW X6, BMW 1 Series, MINI Clubman).

    BMW Brand Sales

    BMW brand sales were up 5.6 percent, to 26,735 vehicles compared to 25,310 vehicles sold in April 2007. Year-to-date, BMW reported sales of 85,100 vehicles compared to the 92,670 reported in the same period a year ago, a decline of 8.2 percent.

    BMW Automobile Sales

    Monthly sales of BMW brand automobiles increased 3.2 percent in April, to 20,930 versus 20,290 in 2007. Year-to-date, BMW automobile sales are down 6.7 percent to 67,083 versus 71,906 reported in the same period last year.

    BMW Sports Activity Vehicles

    Sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were up 15.6 percent for the month, to 5,805 vehicles compared to the 5,020 reported in April 2007. Year-to-date, BMW SAV sales are down 13.2 percent to 18,017 vehicles from 20,764 in 2007.

    MINI Brand Sales

    MINI USA reported a 39.4 percent increase in April sales, to 4,713 cars compared to 3,382 cars sold in the same period a year ago. MINI USA also reported sales of 14,877 for the first four months of 2008, an increase of 29.9 percent over the 11,455 sold in the same period a year ago.

    BMW Certified Pre-Owned

CPO sales were up 25.4 percent in April, to 9,237 over the 7,368 reported in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 34,461 automobiles, an increase of 30.7 percent, compared to the 26,376 vehicles reported in the first four months of 2007.




polkbkkpolkbkk - 5/1/2008 4:06:34 PM
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Welcome to the American economy.


ericisamazing335ericisamazing335 - 5/1/2008 4:12:24 PM
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why does the headline reflect year to date sales? aren't the other sales stories based on month to month? or am i just reading it wrong?


AgentOrangeAgentOrange - 5/1/2008 4:13:24 PM
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What am I missing??????
April '08 sales are up over April '07 sales for BMW Cars, SUVs and Minis, but the headline says April sales are lower by 8.2%..
What's going on??????????????????????????????????


AdmiralT20AdmiralT20 - 5/1/2008 4:19:40 PM
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Fuzzy reporting it seems.
The numbers are actually up and not down.


ThierryHenry14ThierryHenry14 - 5/1/2008 4:21:43 PM
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Agent009 is posting Year to Date Sales figures, which are down 8.2%, but Sales for BMW April 2008 v. April 2007 are up 5.6%.

Good try 009, but next time, no more deceiving headlines...

YTD would include any sales in Jan, Feb, and Mar, which if BMW had down months, it would reflect that. In this case, the headline should read

"BMW Sales up 5.6% In April" otherwise, "BMW sales down 8.2% Year to Date/This Year"


Agent009Agent009 - 5/2/2008 12:23:41 PM
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Yeah I screwed up on the headline. I just fixed it.


BMW4me4everBMW4me4ever - 5/1/2008 6:04:37 PM
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It is official. BMW has overtaken Lexus as the Number 1 luxury in overall sales in the month of April ...


S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 5/1/2008 6:19:13 PM
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Wow! There goes their argument.


Agent009Agent009 - 5/2/2008 12:36:21 PM
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Actually they are still behind you looked at YTD sales for 2007 on BMW and YTD 2008 Lexus


S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 5/1/2008 6:19:34 PM
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They're doing great, of course. -8.2% for the year isn't so nice, but at least they're up for the month.


1evlaudi1evlaudi - 5/1/2008 9:52:02 PM
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add to that a $300 million or so write off for loss due to incentives and dropping values of BMW on the used car market and BMW will be soon the European Ford/GM financial disaster.
You can't keep inflating those residuals and pumping money into programs, it does not work the big 3 have more than proven it. And now they even have their own Aztec.
But hey, why should I care? LOL


BMW4me4everBMW4me4ever - 5/2/2008 10:17:39 AM
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huu .. you are just mad that your lexus baby is no longer #1. Your whole arguement is based upon cheap leases. Lexus is advertising $369 x 36 months for their RX models and $369 for the ES350. What about that? Or how bout the cheap lease deals on the lexus GS350 or GS450 that are going on? Both of those cars lease for about $100 less per month than a comparable BMW 5-series. The RX lease is about $300 cheaper than a lease on a X5. You forgot to mention that in your arguement.

CPO sales are up 45%. This allows BMW to use a higher residual. They are selling 80% of the off lease cars. Everyone in the industry knows that BMW wrote the book for the Certification Program. BMW was the first and they have the best program going.




ThierryHenry14ThierryHenry14 - 5/2/2008 11:11:55 AM
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Jealous are we? Whats your next arguement huu?

"BMW can't beat a Lexus because it only has 3 letters in its name, while Lexus has 5 letters?"

Theres always going to be something to argue about, it just depends on how dumb you look arguing your point...


AgentOrangeAgentOrange - 5/3/2008 12:22:13 PM
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Huu76;
Are you still driving that 5 year old Honda Civic?
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