Following its most successful sales year ever, Munich’s BMW Group achieved a record numbers of customer deliveries in the first month of the new year. A total of 152,879 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles were handed over to customers around the world in January 2016, an increase of 7.5% on the same period last year.

First month sees sales grow 7.5% to total 152,879 worldwide

BMW delivers 133,883 units – increase of 7.5%

New BMW X1 grows sales 60.4%

New BMW 7 Series: sales increase 26.3%

MINI sales climb 8.6% to total 18,867

MINI 5 door deliveries up 49.2% on previous year

Sales in Europe and Asia increase by around 10%

BMW Motorrad sales grow 19.6% with 7,488 units delivered

“We are pleased to see the sustainable levels of growth we achieved in 2015 continuing into this year,” said Dr Ian Robertson, member of the board of management of BMW AG responsible for global sales and marketing BMW. “Despite many markets showing continuing volatility, we remain optimistic that this positive trend will continue through 2016, our company’s centenary year,” he added.