The BMW Group has achieved new record sales for November with a total of 197,480 (+4.9%) vehicles delivered to customers worldwide. This brings the total number of vehicles sold by the company so far in 2015 to 2,033,948 (+6.9%). It’s the first time the company has sold over 2 million vehicles by this stage in the year.
Sales of BMW brand vehicles in November were 5.6% higher than in the same month last year, with a total of 167,853 vehicles delivered to customers. In the year-to-date, 1,728,553 BMW vehicles were sold around the world, an increase of 5.8% on the same period last year.
Products throughout the BMW range achieved sales growth. Monthly deliveries of the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, for example, are 55.8% up on November last year (6,088) while sales of the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé are 36.7% higher than the same month last year (5,997). The BMW X Family continues to be a strong growth driver with sales of BMW X3 climbing 22.8% in November (14,115) while monthly sales of the BMW X6 more than doubled to total 4,209.
In the year-to-date, a total of 21,052 BMW i3s have been delivered to customers worldwide, with 2,194 of those sales made in November, an increase of 32.2% on the same month last year. So far this year, 4,549 BMW i8s have been handed over to customers, making the BMW i total for the year-to-date 25,601.
November was a record month for the MINI brand with sales totalling 29,271, just above the extremely high sales result achieved in November last year (+0.9%). MINI sales for the year-to-date are also higher than ever, with a total of 302,091 delivered to customers so far in 2015 (+13.8%). Monthly sales of the 5 door MINI are more than twice what they were in November last year, with a total of 8,510 delivered to customers worldwide.
Steady sales growth continues in Europe, where deliveries were up 6.8% in November (85,999); the year-to-date figure for the region is 9.7% higher than the same period last year (902,223). In Germany, the BMW Group’s home market, sales increased 5.7% in November, with a total of 24,056 new BMW and MINIs registered. Sales in southern Europe are showing sustained growth with deliveries in Italy, for example, up 15.8% in November to total 7,036 while sales in Spain increased 18.6% to a total of 4,227 vehicles.
In the Americas, sales of BMW and MINI vehicles rose by 2.5% compared with November last year (45,169), whilst year-to-date sales in the region are up 5.3% (447,445). Deliveries to customers in the company’s second biggest market, the USA, were 1.2% up on November last year, totalling 36,447. In Canada, deliveries rose 19.4% compared with the same month last year (4,111) while monthly sales in Mexico increased by 22.5% to total 1,654.
Sales of BMW and MINI vehicles also increased in Asia, where deliveries in November were up 4.7% compared with the same month last year (60,547). So far this year, a total of 621,671 BMW and MINIs have been sold in the region, an increase of 4.5%. Monthly sales in Mainland China totalled 41,090 (+3.2%).
Sales in the Middle East region climbed 34.2% compared with November last year, with a total of 3,271 vehicles delivered to customers.
BMW Group sales in/up to November 2015 at a glance
| In November 2015 | Compared with previous year | Up to/including November 2015 | Compared with previous year | |
| BMW Group Automobiles | 197,480 | +4.9% | 2,033,948 | +6.9% |
| BMW | 167,853 | +5.6% | 1,728,553 | +5.8% |
| MINI | 29,271 | +0.9% | 302,091 | +13.8% |
