The group delivered 139,276 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand automobiles worldwide (plus 8.3% / previous year (PY) 128,598). A total of 1,371,863 (PY 1,190,796) vehicles have been delivered to customers since the start of the year – an increase of 15.2% compared with the first 10 months of the previous year.
The BMW brand sold 115,136 (PY 107,796) vehicles worldwide in October and grew at a rate of 6.8% year-on-year. Over 1.1 million BMW vehicles have been delivered to customers (1,137,065 units, +13.6%) since January 2011.
The new X3 continued to be popular with customers, with worldwide sales soaring 333.8% last month to 10,949 vehicles (PY 2,524). The X3 was ramping up its manufacturing of the X3 last October.
The BMW X5 remains the market leader worldwide in its segment and celebrated an important milestone in October by reaching sales of over 500,000 vehicles since its launch in December 2006. With 8,290 vehicles sold last month, sales for the BMW X5 remain close to last year’s level (PY 8,585/-3.4%).
Ian Robertson, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing: “Our vehicles continue to be in strong demand worldwide and once again we achieved record sales for the month of October.
The BMW Group is well on its way to reaching its target of more than 1.6 million units and achieving an all-time high for sales in 2011.”