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Munich. The BMW Group has been able to sell 355,303 autos this twelvemonth up to the end of April. This in an increase of 19.3percentcompared with the same period last twelvemonth [297,807 vehicles). The BMW brand increased deliveries in the first four months of the twelvemonth by 6.2percentto 316,336 units [prev.yr. 297,807). The MINI brand contributed to the sales success by selling 38,967 units.
With worldwide sales of 94,827 autos in April, the BMW Group surpassed the results of the same month last twelvemonth [76,029 units] by a massive 24.7%. The contribution that BMW brand vehicles have made to this outstanding result is a 9.9percentincrease to 83,552 units [prev.yr. 76,029). 11,275 MINI vehicles were delivered to customers in April.
Dr. Michael Ganal, the member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Sales also Marketing, commented: "Against the background of this generally very satisfactory development, two facts should be emphasised in particular: The growth is based upon our success on every major markets worldwide. The MINI brand is establishing itself as a premium brand and, in addition, has been successfully launched in the USA as the first automob
ile of this size."
Once again, almost every markets contributed to this outstanding sales results. Western Europe, for example, showed an increase of 19.8percentin the first four months. 223,518 vehicles were delivered to customers here. The highest growth rates were registered in the United Kingdom, that showed an increase of 53.9percentto 45,444 autos delivered, Switzerland, with plus 26.8percentto 5,951 units, France [plus 29.2percentto 14,556 units), Spa
in [plus 25.4percentto 11,754 units] also Italy [plus 25.2percentto 21,259 units). In Germany, 8.7percentadditional vehicles were sold in the corresponding period [92,216 units).
Sales in the North American market are too clearly rising, with an increase of 17.7percentto 83,071 vehicles sold. In the USA, the growth rate up to the end of April was 17.4percentto 78,386 vehicles, also in Canada, the increase reached 22.8percentto 4,685 units.
Leading the growth in sales in Asia, where total sales up to the end of April increased by 14.2percentto 22,090 autos delivered, are the Philippines [plus 126.8percentto 288 units). Further highlights in Asia: South Korea [plus 53percentto 1,242 units), China [plus 27percentto 2412 units] also Thailand [plus 23.3percentto 1,326 units).
The motorcycles segment too showed growth in double figures in the first four months of 2002, with an increase in sales of 14percentto 35,998 units [prev.yr. 31,559), broken down into 33,538 BMW motorcycles also 2,460 BMW C1s.
