BMW Group sales achieved their best ever June, with sales in the month totalling 232,620 units, a 2.1% increase year-on-year. It was also a record first half-year with sales of the BMW Group’s three premium brands, BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce, increasing by 5.0%; a total of 1,220,819 vehicles have been delivered to customers around the world so far this year.

Ian Robertson, member of the BMW AG Board of Management with responsibility for Sales and Brand BMW said: “We have already sold more than a million BMW vehicles this year, which is a new first-half-year record. June also saw our successful electrification strategy expand still further to include the Mini brand, meaning customers can now choose from nine electrified BMW Group vehicles. With sales of these models up by 80% compared with the first half of last year, we’re looking forward to celebrating delivery of the 200,000th electrified BMW Group vehicle later this year.”

The BMW brand achieved its best-ever first half-year, topping the million mark for the first time ever by this point in the year. Global BMW sales totalled 1,038,030 units, an increase of 5.2% on the same period last year. Sales of BMW brand vehicles in June totalled 192,873, up 2.0% compared with the same month last year. A wide range of models throughout the range contributed to growth – niche models were impotant. Sales of the BMW X1 increased 45.2% (136,748) in the first half-year while deliveries of the BMW X5 increased by 10.6% (89,958). BMW 1 Series sales grew by 6.5% (91,802) in the first half-year, while deliveries of the flagship BMW 7 Series increased during the same period by 26.9% (32,290).

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June saw the arrival of the Mini Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 in the dealerships, the ninth electrified vehicle from the BMW Group.

In the first six months of the year, a total of 42,573 BMW i, BMW iPerformance and Mini Electric vehicles were delivered to customers, an increase of 79.8% on the same period last year. First-half-year production of electrified vehicles totalled 51,725. The BMW Group is well on track to achieve its target of selling 100,000 electrified vehicles in 2017.

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Sales of Mini brand vehicles achieved a new record for June with 39,443 units delivered to customers around the world, an increase of 3.0% compared with the same month last year. June rounded off the brand’s record first half year, with sales totalling 181,214 (+3.6%).

“Mini continues to achieve sustainable growth in sales around the world,” said Peter Schwarzenbauer, member of the BMW AG Board of Management responsible for Mini, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad. “Sales of the new Mini Countryman are particularly pleasing and I’m delighted that with the launch in June of the Mini Cooper S E Countryman ALL4, electric mobility is now available on a large scale from the Mini brand. Customer interest in this car has been extremely high and I’m confident we will see continued growth across the brand in the second half of the year,” he added.

In the first half of 2017, the Goodwood-based Rolls-Royce brand delivered 1,575 (-6.5%) motor cars to customers. BMW said the same period in 2016 was particularly strong due to the popularity of the newly introduced Rolls-Royce Dawn. This base effect, and the absence from the market of the Phantom pending the introduction of the new Phantom later this year, account for the decrease in sales year-on-year. Despite considerable ongoing headwinds in the luxury sector in several regions, Rolls-Royce continues to strive for long-term sustainable growth, BMW said.

Europe is the BMW Group’s most significant sales area and despite recent downturns in the region’s two largest markets, Germany and the UK, overall BMW Group sales for the first half of 2017 are up 2.2%.

BMW Group sales in Asia continue to achieve significant growth this year, driven mainly by China, where combined BMW and Mini deliveries are up 18.4% in the first half-year. This strong increase is largely due to full availability of the BMW X1 and the popularity of the new BMW 1 Series sedan, a car designed exclusively for China.

BMW and Mini sales in the Americas continue to be affected by the decline in the overall automotive market in the US. Meanwhile sales in other markets in the region maintain their positive growth, with BMW Group deliveries in Mexico and Latin America achieving a further double-digit increase.

Europe: June 2017 – 108,785 units; change – (-)1.4%; YTD 2017 – 554,846 units; change – 2.2%
Germany: June 2017 – 27,480 units; change – (-)16.5%; YTD 2017 – 156,104 units; change – (-)1.4%%
UK: June 2017 – 28,618 units; change – (-)3.7%; YTD 2017 – 125,371 units; change – 2.3%
Asia: June 2017 – 75,388 units; change – 11.3%; YTD 2017 – 415,262 units; change – 15.1%
China (Mainland): June 2017 – 50,597 units; change – 11.7%; YTD 2017 – 293,280 units; change – 18.4%
Japan: June 2017 – 8,951 units; change – 7.8%; YTD 2017 – 38,833 units; change – 6.4%
Americas: June 2017 – 42,420 units; change – 0%; YTD 2017 – 216,993 units; change – (-)2.5%
US: June 2017 – 33,372 units; change – (-)1.2%; YTD 2017 – 171,291 units; change – (-)4.1%
Mexico / Latin America: June 2017 – 3,429 units; change – 8%; YTD 2017 – 17,987 units; change – 15.4%

B MW Group sales in/ytd June 2017 at a glance
BMW Group Automotive: June 2017 – 232,620 units; change – 2.1%; YTD 2017 – 1,220,819 units; change – 5%
BMW: June 2017 – 192,873 units; change – 2%; YTD 2017 – 1,038,030 units; change – 5.2%
MINI: June 2017 – 39,443 units; change – 3%; YTD 2017 – 181,214 units; change – 3.6%
BMW Group electrified: June 2017 – 9,351 units; change – 77%; YTD 2017 – 42,573 units; change – 79.8%
Rolls-Royce: June 2017 – 304 units; change – (-)35.3%; YTD 2017 – 1,575 units; change – (-)6.5%
BMW Motorrad: June 2017 – 17,260 units; change – 15.1%; YTD 2017 – 88,389 units; change – 9.5%