BMW group vehicle sales rose 6.6% year on year to 112,163 units worldwide.
The BMW brand had its best January ever with sales up 5.9% to 96,183 vehicles with the revamped 1 series, up 19.1% to 13,070, worthy of note though 3 series volume slipped 3.3% to 22,710.
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Mini volume rose 11.6% to 15,768.
In Asia, group deliveries climbed 25.6% to 36,422 with China up 30.5% to 26,505.
US sales increased 5.8% to 19,739 units.
In Europe, deliveries climbed 12.4% in Italy to 5,445; by 10.6% in France to 3,342; by 34.7% in Switzerland to 1,316; by 31.8% in the Netherlands to 1,550; and by 19.0% in Austria to 1,184 units.
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“We anticipate even more dynamic growth in the second half of the year in light of the launch of additional new models,” said sales and marketing chief Ian Robertson.
