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BMW Group global sales for September 2006 up by 0.4%
DarkOneForce submitted on 10/11/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:35 AM
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BMW: 113,979 (+2.2%) ... YTD 874,208 (+5.5%)

MINI: 18,140 (-9.8%) ... YTD 146,851 (-7.9%)
Rolls-Royce: 75 +/-0% ... YTD 475 (+2.4%)
BMW Group: 132,194 (+0.4%) ... YTD 1,021,534 (+3.3%)


FRANKFURT -- BMW, the world's largest premium carmaker, posted a 0.4 percent increase in group sales to 132,194 vehicles in September, the company said on Monday.

"For the first time in the company's history, over a million automobiles were sold by the end of the third quarter," BMW said in a statement.

Deliveries at the group's core BMW brand rose 2.2 percent to 113,979 units in September, while Mini sales fell 9.8 percent to 18,140 cars. In the first nine months through September, group vehicle sales rose 3.3 percent to 1,021,534 units.

BMW expects further growth in the coming months thanks to the relaunch of the 3 Series coupe and the new-look X3 mid-size offroader. Deliveries for both started on Sept. 23.

It also forecasts record sales for its Mini brand, as the next generation of BMW's highly successful retro-subcompact will hit dealerships on Nov. 18.

Chief Executive Norbert Reithofer, who took over from Helmut Panke at the beginning of September, had already told reporters at the Paris car show late last month that group vehicle sales would rise both in September and for the first nine months.

The group remains on track to reach its 2006 target of earning a record 4 billion euros before tax, including a gain of 375 million euros from the sale of shares in British turbine engine maker Rolls-Royce Plc.

Analysts expect BMW's new CEO, who was formerly head of production, to focus more heavily on expanding BMW's automotive margins as well as to push forward with a rapid expansion into new segments and new derivatives for existing models.

Last week, DaimlerChrysler's premium arm Mercedes Car Group posted a 1.5 percent decline in vehicle sales to 116,100 units in September as a double-digit drop in Smart sales dragged on results.

Volkswagen's premium brand Audi meanwhile had said unit sales rose 7.3 percent last month to 83,200 units helped by the all-new Q7 full-size offroader. It raised its forecast for full-year brand sales late last month.

SOURCE: Automotive News
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By comparison :

BMW brand : 113,979 (+2.2%) ... YTD 874,208 (+5.5%)
MB brand: 106,600 (+0.0) ... YTD 846,300 (+9.4%)
Audi brand: 83,200 (+7.3%) ... YTD 684,700 (+8.4%)

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What this means to you:

- new models/variants were/are/will be introduced just about everywere (Europe, USA, Middle East, China and so on), so sales are finally begining to reflect that, but there are still capacity constrain problems;

- things will get better with time and USA and Europe sales
should go up again, perhaps by December (begining with Q2 2007 thing should get really hot for BMW);

- Audi and MB will, on a yearly basis outgrow, but not outsell BMW (brand) this year;

- MINI still sufering from capacity constrains, should be
down ~10% in 2006 vs. 2005, but in 2007 sales will go up again;

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