Hot! Global sales: December 2013 + Year 2013 total: Audi, BMW, MB

[EnI]

Audi: 130,700 (+18.4%) ... Y2013 total: 1,575,500 (+8.3%)
Press release: http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/company/news.detail.2014~01~audi__more_than_10.html

BMW: 155,835 (+2.3%) ... Y2013 total: 1,655,138 (+7.5%)
MINI: 30,455 (+5.9%) ... Y2013 total: 305,030 (+1.2%)
Rolls-Royce: ... Y2013 total: 3,630 (+1.5%)
BMW Group: 186,786 (+2.9%) ... Y2013 total: 1,963,798 6.4%
Press release: https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/glob...elId=6&id=T0163928EN&left_menu_item=node__804

MB: 139,180 cars (+11.2%) ... Y2013 total: 1,461,680 (+10.7%)
smart: 8,805 (+20.0%) ... Y2013 total: 100,792 (-2.8%)
MB Group: 147,985 (+11.7%) ... Y2013 total: 1,562,472 (+9.7%)
Press release: http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-656186-1-1663627-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Those figures confuse me. Does Audi typically have a weak end to the year and MB a strong end? Because in real terms MB outsold Audi in December, yet Audi had greater percentage increase for the month and higher annual tally.

 

[braaf]

Wow, congrats to Audi and Merc for their excellent growth. Bad year for BMW but 2% is better than nothing.

 

[EnI]

Some interesting figures:

C-class (sedan + wagon): 303,416 (-8.9%)
3er (sedan only): 348,540 (+18.5%) ... total 3-Series: 500,314 (+23.0%)

5er (sedan + wagon + GT): 366,992 (+2.2%)
E-class (sedan + wagon): 242,562 (+7.6%)
A6/A7: N/A

MB SUVs: 324,694 (+12.1%)
Audi SUVs: 438,400 (+23.8%)
BMW SUVs: N/A

Audi China (incl. Honk Kong & Taiwan): 491,989 (+21.2%)
BMW incl MINI China (Mainland China only): 390,713 (+19.7%)
MB China (incl. Hong Kong & Taiwan): 218,045 (+11.1%)

 

[braaf]

Wow, that's a crap load of SUVs.

 

[mini_cooper4]

Wow, congrats to Audi and Merc for their excellent growth. Bad year for BMW but 2% is better than nothing.

7.5% you mean?

PS: BMW is completely humiliating the competition where it matters...
It literally owns the segments with high profitability! Amazing!

 

[DblPen]

Wow, congrats to Audi and Merc for their excellent growth. Bad year for BMW but 2% is better than nothing.

Bad year? Its a superb year for BMW. Its a lot harder to sell more cars this year when you were selling tons of them last year

 

[LaArtist]

Did they release the profits for 2013 yet?

Good growth for all of them.. MB needs to do something about china though..

PS
C class numbers speak volumes..next year should be very different.
And i guess that expensive ass FL of the E class paid off.. Maybe BMW should have made more of an effort with their 5er FL

 

[Zafiro]

No need of a huge facelift when you sell more than 360.000 cars/year. Did I read it right they sold more than E's?

 

[dalab]

And remeber in 2013 BMW presents one new car every month in 2014 all see the result of that.-

 

[SCOTT27]

Full sales runs for BMW i3 , BMW 4er Coupe and BMW X5.

Product expansion for 2014.
BMW 1er Life Cycle Impulse .All new BMW 2er Coupe and Cabrio. BMW 2er Active and Gran Tourer. BMW 4er Cabrio , BMW 4er Gran Coupe , BMW M3 , BMW M4 Coupe and Cabrio. BMW X3 Life Cycle Impulse. BMW X4 , BMW X5 M /X5xDrive40e , BMW X6 , BMW X6M. And the progressive sports car , the BMW i8.

All new MINI , Rolls-Royce Ghost V-Specification , Rolls-Royce Wraith and Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II.

 

[Nicks]

Again poor results from Mercedes in China. And how much they've been talking about changing strategy there...doesn't seem to work.
At least it shows that in the other markets it's on par with bmw and audi.

 

[hovabongZA]

In South Africa ,BMW retained its luxury car lead for the fourth consecutive year selling 27371 vehicles which is a drop in the ocean compared to the US ,but a contributing figure to the sales success of BMW globally
http://motoring.iafrica.com/features/893203.html

 

[ACE]

7.5% you mean?

PS: BMW is completely humiliating the competition where it matters...
It literally owns the segments with high profitability! Amazing!

Not true. All 3 have similar profitability per vehicle, about €3-4k on average per car sold.

Porsche kicks ass, over €15k per car.

Did they release the profits for 2013 yet?

Daimler profit release is Feb, BMW and Audi are March.

 

[mini_cooper4]

Not true. All 3 have similar profitability per vehicle, about €3-4k on average per car sold.

Porsche kicks ass, over €15k per car.



Daimler profit release is Feb, BMW and Audi are March.

That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the most profitable segments.

 

[ACE]

That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the most profitable segments.

Which segments are those? And what is BMW's profitability per vehicle in those segments relative to its competitors?

 

[mini_cooper4]

Which segments are those? And what is BMW's profitability per vehicle in those segments relative to its competitors?

Compact(3er) and Mid-size(5er).
The 5-Series is the most profitable segment for BMW AG.
Same goes for the other companies. Most profits come from the Compact and Mid-size segments.
I think BMW owns the SUV segment too. @EnI might be able to give us "per vehicle" numbers for each segment.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Again poor results from Mercedes in China. And how much they've been talking about changing strategy there...doesn't seem to work.
At least it shows that in the other markets it's on par with bmw and audi.

What? Mercedes has made dramatic changes there and have started to post some impressive growth figures in China. Give it time. You don't just sell 200k more cars overnight.

Mercedes growth is also being hampered by production capacity with A, CLA, ML, E and S all in short supply.

 

[Nicks]

What? Mercedes has made dramatic changes there and have started to post some impressive growth figures in China. Give it time. You don't just sell 200k more cars overnight.

Mercedes growth is also being hampered by production capacity with A, CLA, ML, E and S all in short supply.

I don't think that lowest growth rate of all three brands might be called impressive.

 

[Merc1]

They just made the changes recently right? Again, what do you expect sales to do in a year or so, double?

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