BMW Group sales reach all-time high in June

Munich, Germany:

The BMW Group delivered more vehicles in June than ever before in a month. A total of 165.855 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles were sold, which is an increase of +15.9 per cent on sales in June last year (previous year 143,156 units) and also a new all-time high.

The company also achieved a new high for the first six months: Group retail volume for the year to the end of June increased by more than 137.000 units to 833.366 vehicles, which represents a growth of 19.7 per cent compared to the first half of 2010.

In June, the BMW brand delivered 134,432 (previous year 119,663) vehicles to customers worldwide - an increase of 12.3 per cent. Year-to-date, BMW brand sales rose 17.8 per cent to 689,861 automobiles (previous year 585,750).

MINI reported sales of 31,111 vehicles in June, a new record for the month and an increase of 34.1 per cent over the 23,202 cars sold in June, 2010. Year-to-date, MINI sales are up 29.8 per cent on volume with 141,913 compared to 109,302 in the first six months of 2010.

Best six months

Rolls-Royce had a record first half of the year with 1,592 motor cars sold (previous year 970, an increase of 64.1 per cent).

Ian Robertson, member of the board of management of BMW AG, responsible for sales and marketing: "We have just achieved another record month in sales and the best six months in our company's history. These figures reflect the strong global demand for BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce cars and motorcycles. We aim to continue our balanced growth, in both mature and emerging markets. Due to the model cycle and the year-on-year base effect, we do anticipate a somewhat slower rate of growth in the second half of the year."

Double-digit growth across all continents contributed to the Group's record first half in 2011: Sales rose in Europe (437,373 vehicles, an increase of 12.3 per cent) and in the Americas (178,903 vehicles, an increase of 18.7 per cent) as well as in Asia (189,254 vehicles, an increase of 47.3 per cent).

In the first half of 2011, the Group had more vehicle registrations in its home market of Germany (149,786, an increase of 10.6 over previous year), than in any other country. The US reported the sale of 143,521 vehicles in the same period, which represents a growth of 18% over the first half of 2010.