BMW Group sales figures by model - Q3 2007

[KokkenTor]

YTD (Q3) figures by model:

RollsRoyce: 579 +21,9%
Mini: 164 891 +12,3%
BMW: 929 379 +6,3%

1-series: 114 330 -2,0%

3-series: 418 247 +11,5%
Sedan: 238 665 -7,8%
Touring: 75 281 -3,9%
Coupe: 65 326 +242,4%
Cabrio: 38 912 +92,8%

5-series: 165 109 -2,6%
Sedan: 130 292 -1,8%
Touring: 34 817 -5,7%

6-series: 14 325 -12,4%
Coupe: 6 859 -23,7%
Cabrio: 7 466 +1,5%

7-series: 31 386 -14,9%

X3: 83 001 +4,4%

X5: 80 540 +40,2%

Z4: 22 541 -1,2%

 

[PanterroR]

I see a lot of minuses there...

 

[CorpusCallosum]

Most due to new model roll out I believe?

 

[PanterroR]

3er sedan and touring? All 5er variants? 7er? 6er?

Hardly...

 

[CorpusCallosum]

I'd say 3 series sedan now because all of the three seriis varients are now availible... 5er yes the new one has not been out long certainly this quarter... 7 series is old.... New 6 series has just been released... im referring to the face lifts obviously

 

[Beemer B773ER]

I see a lot of minuses there...

Those were literally the exact words running through my mind as well.

Seems like only the SAVs and the 3er Coupe/Cab are really providing any means of sales-push. Suprised that the X3 is a tad ahead of the X5 in sales, but then again the new X5 hasn't been on sales for a whole year yet.
The only new injection into those sales figures will be the 1er Coupe soon enough, but until the arrival of the new 7er, are there any more volume sellers going to be introduced (by volume sellers I mean non-M cars since there's the strong rumour of a newer M5 soon)... 3er facelift coming any time soon?

Great to see RR and Mini still going strong though.

 

[merve_extreme]

Mini still going strong though

i think the Mini sales will get affected by the Fiat 500 in the near future.

 

[Zafiro]

In sweden sales for 1-series is up with 63% compare to last year

 

[Beemer B773ER]

i think the Mini sales will get affected by the Fiat 500 in the near future.

Fair enough... you're entitled to your opinion.

Just gotta remember though, BMW will be bringing out a new Mini soon enough, so we can expect that to keep Mini sales going steady.

 

[PanterroR]

I've told you i see a lot of minuses...:

BMW profits worse than expected

Posted on Tuesday 6 November 2007



We’re used to seeing reports about BMW’s strong sales success and numerous model launches, so it’s a bit of surprise to hear the carmaker’s profit levels for the third quarter came in much lower than expected. BMW has since seen its share price fall more than 4% because of the poor result, which is being blamed on a strong euro, higher raw material costs and a significantly higher loss on its ‘reconciliations’ line.

BMW’s pre-tax figure of €765 million (US $1.1 billion) was well short of the expected €913 million from a Reuters poll of 20 analysts. Automotive News reports that brokerage firm Equinet believed the €135 million loss made by the reconciliations was over €100 million worse than estimated by the poll.

A statement issued by the company said, “segment earnings were adversely affected by exchange rate fluctuations, higher raw material prices, market launch and production start-up costs for new models and higher research and development costs.”

This is the second major drop in BMW’s share price in recent times. In September the share price fell 8% following the release of an official strategy document, which was deemed unambitious by investors.

 

[PanterroR]

From Carscoop:

The BMW Group has announced increased sales volume and revenues and earnings figures for the third quarter of 2007. However, despite the improvement in third quarter profits before tax (+6,3%), the group’s overall profit before tax during the first nine months of the year is still down by a whopping 17,4% (€2,682 million) compared to 2006.

In terms of car sales, the Bavarian carmaker saw its third-quarter sales rise by 12.8% to 364,564 units (third quarter 2006: 323,064 units) while the number of cars sold during the first nine months of the year (January to September) increased by 7.2% to 1,094,849 units (first nine months 2006: 1,021,534 units).

The number of BMW brand cars sold in the nine-month period to September went up by 6.3% to 929,379 units (first nine months 2006: 874,208 units) whilst the sales volume for the period from July to September rose by 10.8% to 306,964 units (third quarter 2006: 277,088 units).

MINI also showed sharp sales volume growth rates in the third quarter, with the number of cars sold rising by 25.2% to 57,315 units (third quarter 2006: 45,788 units). Sales volume for the nine-month period increased by 12.3% to 164,891 units (first nine months 2006: 146,851 units).

Finally, the number of Rolls-Royce brand vehicles delivered to customers during the nine-month period rose by 21.9% to 579 units (first nine months 2006: 475 units) while sales volume for the third quarter jumped by 51.6% to 285 units (third quarter 2006: 188 units).

Third-quarter revenues of the BMW Group rose by 19.2% to euro 13,778 million (third quarter 2006: euro 11,557 million). Profit before tax improved by 6.3% to euro 765 million (third quarter 2006: euro 720 million), whilst the net profit rose by 77.7% to euro 803 million (third quarter 2006: euro 452 million) partly as a result of tax effects.

During the first nine-months of the year, the Bavarian carmaker saw its revenues grow by 11.1% to euro 40,412 million (first nine months 2006: euro 36,368 million). The group profit before tax amounted to euro 2,682 million (first nine months 2006: euro 3,248 million /-17.4%). The group profit after tax was euro 2,143 million (first nine months 2006: euro 2,187 million /-2.0%).

BMW Group: Increased Sales & Revenues For Third-Quarter