BMW Brand's September 2014 Global Sales Rise 6.1% With YTD Sales Up 9.1% But Audi and Mercedes-Benz See Higher Growth Rates

September saw worldwide sales of BMW brand vehicles grow by 6.1% to total 167,584 vehicles (prev. yr. 158,017). Global sales of the brand in the first three quarters of 2014 rose 9.1% on the same period last year with 1,319,492 vehicles delivered to customers (prev. yr. 1,209,584).

Steady sales growth has been seen across many segments in the first nine months of the year. Sales of the BMW 2 Series Convertible and Coupé total 19,941. The BMW 3 Series saw sales increase 3.7% in the year-to-date (349,930 / prev. yr. 337,544). A total of 81,876 BMW 4 Series vehicles have been delivered to customers this year and the BMW 5 Series has achieved a sales increase of 2.8% in the first three quarters of the year (278,479 / prev. yr. 270,904). The new BMW X5 also continues to enjoy a significant increase in customer interest with sales up 34.2% so far this year (104,997 / prev. yr. 78,247).
BMW i sales total 10,540 for the year to date with 10,199 BMW i3s and 341 BMW i8s having been delivered to customers.
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GermanNut - 10/10/2014 3:01:31 PM

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Looks like BMW's ugly designs are starting to take a toll on its sales.

Audi is closing in on BMW and could very well surpass it in global sales for the full year in 2015. If Audi executes its all-new aggressive and differentiated design philosophy very well for the next Q7 and A4 sedan models and eventually extends that design to the next A6 and A8, BMW could easily be relegated to second place globally.

Car4Life - 10/10/2014 5:33:54 PM

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Audi made up the gap between them and BMW by about 8,000 units compared to this time last year, while Mercedes made up the gap by over 20,000 units...

This is very telling, sit back and enjoy the sales show Mercedes is about to put on for the next 6 months, they created the ultimate trickle down effect by having the most desirable and best selling high end luxury car, the S Class, reinforcing their brand's "higher society" image, causing flocks of consumers, especially dreamers, to stop by their nearest Mercedes dealer for a chance at that "image" whether it come in the form of an S,E,C, or CLA class, they now have a piece of their dream

Benz is about to take the industry to school again

MDarringer - 10/11/2014 5:34:14 PM

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USA model year 2013 sales figures show that Audi is not in the race:

Mercedes 334,350 units
BMW 309,280
Audi 158,061

Supposedly Audi is on fire and Cadillac is dying...umm not so fast

Cadillac 182,543

DTMFan - 10/12/2014 10:20:56 AM

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GermanNut still needs anesthetic for his butt I see.

GermanNut - 10/13/2014 10:15:11 AM

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Look at the numbers in China. Neither BMW nor Mercedes-Benz are in the race and are getting outsold by a similar almost 2:1 margin the way Audi is in the U.S.