For the first three months of this year, BMW Motorrad sold 23,109 motorcycles — an increase of 10.9% compared to the previous year — which is its best quarterly result in its history. Husqvarna Motorcycles likewise had a good quarterly showing delivering 1,940 motorcycles to customers in its first quarter — an increase of 18.3%….
Given the devastating consequences of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, the BMW Group has pledged to donate aid totaling 1 million euros to the victims of the catastrophe. The company’s Board of Management expressed their shock at the tragedy unfolding in Japan. “We are deeply moved by the horrific suffering in the affected regions,”…
If you’re interested in the health of BMW, and really enjoy financial numbers, then this new press release makes interesting reading. For those who just want the basics, let me summarize. BMW Group’s revenues climbed 19.3% and profit was up 11.7% in 2010 (both record highs). Total sales volume for BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce automobiles…
After a dip in motorcycle sales in December, BMW has seen increases in January and now February sales. BMW reports global sales in February grew 22.5% to reach 6,720 motorcycles (compared with 5,485 sales in February 2010). Year to date, the company sold 11,434 BMW motorcycles which is up 23%. The BMW Group’s second motorcycle…
BMW reported it’s January 2011 sales today with impressive motorcycle results—year-on-year sales increased 23.6%. That’s 4,714 units delivered to customers worldwide in January 2011 compared to 3,814 in January 2010. This continues the steady growth from last year where BMW recorded a sales increase of 12.3% for the year. It’s also going against the overall…
BMW Motorrad UK is again, for their fourth year in a row, celebrating its most successful sales year ever. The 2010 registration data, published by the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA), shows BMW Motorrad UK sold a record-breaking 6,703 new bikes last year. Which is great news in a motorcycle market that fell 15.9 percent overall…
BMW Motorrad USA today announced they saw a nearly four percent growth in sales in 2010. This may not sound impressive given the 12.3% growth BMW Motorrad saw globally, but motorcycles sales in the US overall continued their downward slide by double digits in 2010. BMW sales were helped by the February launch of the…
BMW Motorrad can look back on 2010 as a successful motorcycle sales year. As we mentioned last week when we brought you the BMW Group sales numbers for December, 98,047 motorcycles were delivered worldwide to customers in 2010. That’s a growth of 12.3% compared to the 87,306 units delivered in 2009. In a challenging economic…
BMW introduced their new automobiles to the world including a new BMW 6 Series Convertible, 1 Series and 1 Series M Coupe at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. They also used the opportunity to release their latest sales numbers. For December 2010, BMW Motorrad saw sales of 3,764 units which was…
BMW Motorrad released their October sales numbers which showed they exceeded their already strong sales result of the previous October by 1.7%. BMW Motorrad delivered 6,845 motorcycles to customers worldwide in October. So far this year, deliveries rose to 88,353 motorcycles (prev. yr. 76,443). This represents an increase of 15.6% over the previous year. Sales…