Munich’s BMW Group has achieved new record sales for November with a total of 197,480 (+4.9%) vehicles delivered to customers worldwide. 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.
The past month was also 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.
Deliveries at BMW Motorrad also continued to grow in November. A total of 7,844 units were sold in the month, an increase of 5.8% compared with the same month last year. In the year-to-date, 129,466 customers worldwide have taken delivery of a BMW Motorrad vehicle, an increase of 11.2%.