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BMW Reports U.S. June 2014 Sales

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BMW Group U.S. Reports June 2014 Sales

July 1, 2014

BMW brand sales up 11.5 percent
MINI brand sales down 18.2 percent
BMW Motorcycle sales up 3.4 percent

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – July 1, 2014… The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported June sales of 35,577 vehicles, an increase of 5.7 percent from the 33,645 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, the BMW Group (BMW and MINI combined) is up 5.1 percent on sales of 181,534 in the first half of 2014 compared to 172,787 in the same period in 2013.

BMW Brand Sales - Best First Half Ever
Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 11.5 percent in June for a total of 30,201 compared to 27,074 vehicles sold in June, 2013. Year-to-date, the BMW brand is up 12.1 percent on sales of 157,382 compared to 140,431 sold in the first half of 2013.

“The June and first-half results prove again that customer demand is solid and stronger than many have thought and we fully expect confidence and demand to stay strong through the end of the year,” said Ludwig Willisch, President and CEO, BMW of North America. “I am particularly pleased with the results for our 2 and 4 Series models; these are driving machines at the core of the BMW brand.”

BMW Pre-Owned Vehicles
In June, sales of BMW used vehicles (including certified pre-owned and pre-owned) increased 10.0 percent to 15,241 vehicles compared to the 13,859 vehicles sold in June 2013. Year-to-date, BMW used vehicles (including certified pre-owned) are up 13.1 percent on sales of 97,939 compared to 86,559 sold in the first half of 2013.

MINI Brand Sales
For June, MINI USA reported 5,376 automobiles, a decrease of 18.2 percent from the 6,571 automobiles sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, MINI USA reported a sales total of 24,152 automobiles, a decrease of 25.4 percent from the 32,356 automobiles sold in the first half of 2013.

MINI Pre-Owned Vehicles
In June, MINI used automobiles (including MINI NEXT certified pre-owned and pre-owned) reported sales of 1,924 automobiles, an increase of 2.5 percent from the 1,877 automobiles sold in June, 2013. Year-to-date, MINI used automobiles (including MINI NEXT certified pre-owned) reported sales of 12,339 automobiles, an increase of 19.5 percent from the 10,324 automobiles sold in the first half of 2013.

[Suave]

Not surprised but would love to see a breakdown of M Cars sold in these reports.

[r3dbimmer89]

Originally Posted by Suave

Not surprised but would love to see a breakdown of M Cars sold in these reports.

+1

[flyga3]

Its like every month, quarter, YTD, its always UP!
Man, it must be in the schnitzel!

[desertfox73]

Not good for Mini. Someone is sweating.

[brisance]

Originally Posted by desertfox73

Not good for Mini. Someone is sweating.

My wife used to own an R56 MCS that she drove for almost 5 years… nice car when it's working. Reliability was terrible though. Water pump failures on multiple occasions, turbo failure, gearbox failure and a list too long to bother typing up. Would not recommend.

[X3paul]

not complaining but these post would be more interesting with rival brand sales compared. I just looked somewhere else that audi sold 2500 A3's in June against the 600 bmw did for the 1/2. ouch but no surprise there I guess with those looks...anyone know the Aclass sales figure?

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by brisance

My wife used to own an R56 MCS that she drove for almost 5 years… nice car when it's working. Reliability was terrible though. Water pump failures on multiple occasions, turbo failure, gearbox failure and a list too long to bother typing up. Would not recommend.

That's a shame to hear. The R50/R53 were sooooo good. I had an R50, literally not one single problem in 60K miles of driving. I sold it only because I had too many cars and the MINI drew shortest straw. They really ruined a good thing with MINI.

[MrPrena]

It's not just bmw, but all across the manufacturers per cnbc.

[CirrusSR22]

The BMW NA CEO is not happy with diesel sales.

Also interesting that the percentage of 3 & 4 series cars (non-M) sold with a manual transmission has fallen to the "low single digits".

http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-ceo-...ies-in-us.html

[vladberca]

I don't see the point of diesels in US
Low numbers for 2 series

[CirrusSR22]

I'm not too surprised with low 2-series sales. It's basically the new 1-series and the 1-series sold terribly.

[tallshortguy]

Audi and MB showed that people in that segment are usually looking for badge and looks rather than driving quality. I think the CLA is actually losing steam, we'll see if the A3 can hold up but yeah a lot of those entry level buyers don't seem to care (or even aware) that they're FWD (though there is an AWD option). Actually I've read the A3 is a pretty good drive for a FWD car.

Then again, the 2 series is a coupe exclusively so that really limits sales to those looking for more practicality. The 320i sort of makes a 2 series sedan moot from a sales/marketing perspective.