BMW Group boosted sales 11% to 447,819 cars year on year in the first four months of 2006.
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April deliveries rose 3.2% to 114,885 units. The automaker said that its growth rate was lower due to reduced BMW brand sales a year ago and restraints on Mini output while the factory is re-tooled to boost output.
So far this year, BMW brand sales are up 15.2% to 382,855. The 3-series sedan, with 114,018 vehicles sold, was up 74.7% and total 3 sales of 164,972 were 47.7% up. This is due to the redesigned models and the latest coupe-cabriolet, due on sale shortly, is yet to contribute.
The 7-series, no longer a new model by any measure, was up 44.4% to 16,167 units, impressive given competition from Mercedes’ recently redesigned S-class.
Mini fell 8.7% to 64,806 vehicles due to plant constraints.
Rolls-Royce’s 158 Phantoms were down 13.2% on the 182 delivered in the first four months of last year.
BMW group sales head Michael Ganal said: “We have once again come a step closer to our goal of continuing to stay ahead of all relevant competitors for the year 2006 as a whole.”
