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The BMW Group fared well with vehicle sales in June, delivering 127,546 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand automobiles to buyers. It marked the company’s highest monthly sales figures so far for 2009. Still, sales were down 12.7% compared with June 2008.
Staff Report
Published July 8, 2009
The BMW Group fared well with vehicle sales in June, delivering 127,546 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand automobiles to buyers. It marked the company’s highest monthly sales figures so far for 2009. Still, sales were down 12.7% compared with June 2008.
“There are first indications of a slight recovery on the automobile markets. It remains to be seen whether this trend will be sustained,” said Ian Robertson, a member of the Board of Management of BMW AG. “With 12.7%, the BMW Group saw a much smaller decline in sales volumes in June than in previous months. In the first half of the year we were able to gain market share in the global premium segment, as we had planned. With a decrease of 18% in the second quarter, we also performed better than in the first, where sales were down about 21%.”
The BMW brand recorded 105,220 sales in June, down 13.4% from June 2008. MINI also reported a decrease in sales of 8.9%, while the Rolls-Royce brand sold 53 automobiles in June, down 53.5% from the previous year.
Global sales for the BMW Group reached 615,454 vehicles in the first half of the year, down 19.5% from the 764,874 vehicles sold in the first half of 2008.
BMW Group sales in/up to June 2009 at a glance:
| Unit | June ’09 | Compared to previous year | Up to and incl. June ’09 | Compared to previous year |
| BMW Group Automobiles | 127,546 | -12.70% | 615,454 | -19.50% |
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