In a press release issued a two days ago, BMW confirmed that the M sales were up this year compared to 2007. The 50 percent increase over last year and the 22, 340 vehicles sold worldwide is impressive, but in … Continue reading

Despite the economic downturn and recent drop in sales, BMW AG seems to have had a decent year overall. They sold 1,323,572 from January to November, only 1.8 percent down from last year (1,347,957).  BMW also reported selling approximately 100, … Continue reading

With all the recent news about BMW’s financial problems, slower sales, concepts cancellations and workforce layoffs, I thought it would be interesting to touch this subject one more time. Financial Times posted a few days ago an article on BMW’s … Continue reading

BMW sales in October were down 13.9% from last October, to 20,203 units compared to 23,451 the previous year. However, BMW Group’s MINI posted a 56.4% gain to 5,272 cars. As a group, BMW + MINI are only down 5% … Continue reading

It seems that BMW is adding to the list of Plants that are going “Idle” according to Industry Week. Leipzig, Munich, and Regensburg  will be “Idle” Also, Landshut and Dingolfing may be impacted as well.  “Idle” of course being code … Continue reading

The BMW Group in the US reported September sales of 18,506 vehicles, a decrease of 25.8 percent over the 24,932 vehicles sold in September 2007. The BMW Group also reported a year-to-date sales volume of 236,327 vehicles, down 4.8 percent, … Continue reading

Zach, a member of Bimmerfest, posted a unique experience with a BMW Dealership in his State. According to the post he has taken his BMW in to have a tire looked at. He was then asked to come with some … Continue reading

Mini USA reported an all-time record in May. The brand sold 6,312 cars, a 52.8 percent increase compared to 4,130 cars sold in the same period a year ago. MINI USA also reported sales of 21,189 cars for the first … Continue reading

"BMW GROUP (WORLDWIDE): 2007 SALES REVENUE RISES TO RECORD LEVEL 01/30/2008 Sales revenue up by 14.3% to euro 56,018 million+++ Sales volume set to reach new high level again in 2008+++ Munich. The BMW Group has achieved a new sales … Continue reading