Global sales : March 2013 : Audi, BMW, MB

[EnI]

BMW: 159,195 (+4.0%) ... YTD 381,404 (+7.0%)
MINI: 31,763 (-2.0%) ... YTD 66,154 (-3.0%)
Rolls-Royce: 311 (+2.6%) ... YTD 642 (-16.6%)
BMW+MINI+RR: 191,269 (+3.0%) ... YTD 448,200 (+5.3%)

Details: https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/pres...lId=6&id=T0139838EN&left_menu_item=node__2201



AUDI: 147,700 (+3.0%) ... YTD 369,500 (+6.8%)

Details: http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/company/news.detail.2013~04~best-ever-opening-quarter-for-audi.html



MB: 139,920 (+6.5%) ... YTD 324,898 (+3.5%)
smart: 10,510 (-4.0%) ... YTD 25,632 (-5.0%)
MB+smart: 150,430 (+5.7%) ... YTD 350,530 (+2.8%)

Details: http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-...1-11700-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html?TS=1365525594702

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Mercedes is on fire here in Australia. The waiting list on the A-class has extended out to December, depending on the dealership you visit and the ML is up to September. Given that I wonder how supply constraints of the A, ML and GL are impacting on the brand globally.

An upcoming S, an aged C and a FL E still being rolled out, things should only get better from here.

 

[Merc1]

APRIL 2013 WORLDWIDE:

MERCEDES-BENZ - 116,566 + 11.7%
AUDI - 133,500 + 6.6%
BMW ?



http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-656186-1-1595830-1-0-0-0-0-0-439-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html

https://www.audi-mediaservices.com/...rther_sales.standard.gid-oeffentlichkeit.html



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[Mr. Mercedes]

Excellent. The momentum is building at Mercedes, but Audi and BMW are not sitting still either. Good news for all.

 

[ACE]

Excellent. The momentum is building at Mercedes, but Audi and BMW are not sitting still either. Good news for all.

Yes, it is good news for all. Except Kilcrohane who seems to thrive on doom and gloom!

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Well he may have a point. After all, for just how long can the UK, USA and Japan keep on printing money? Are we setting ourselves up for another BHGFC (Bloody Huge GFC)? lol

 

[Kilcrohane]

Yes, it is good news for all. Except Kilcrohane who seems to thrive on doom and gloom!

All I'll say is if things are going such great guns how come central banks are falling over themselves to cut interest rates, Australia, the ECB latterly?

Very happy to see Mercedes-Benz rebounding, but let's keep things in perspective. Mercedes' increase in China comes from a comparatively low base. The rises in the US and UK markets are driven by very low lease rates and generally ramped up lending for new car purchasing:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-...-entirely-and-then-some-student-and-car-loans

The general trend in the world economy is desperate window-dressing by the authorities, by way of record highs in stock markets primarily, to convince the hoi polloi there really is a recovery under way.

In the US/UK at least 20% of the population are having to borrow just to cover weekly food bills or receive food stamps and food bank charity, yet the media wants us to believe we're back to 2005-7 'irrational exuberance' levels of a consumer driven boom.

The collapse is there, it's just the usual suspects of the US and UK, dominated by their finance sectors and media power, that are making people believe that it is Europe and much of the rest of the world that is out of step.

 

[ACE]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-...-entirely-and-then-some-student-and-car-loans?

Zerohedge has no credibility. It's just a blog for anonymous conspiracy theorists and wannabe traders who like to lament about their losing short positions all day.

The general trend in the world economy is desperate window-dressing by the authorities, by way of record highs in stock markets primarily, to convince the hoi polloi there really is a recovery under way.

"The authorities"? in ALL countries? You are full of conspiracy theories. The funny thing is when the Chicago PMI (a fairly minor economic indicator) number was bad last week you believed the number was completely legitimate and credible.

 

[dalab]

8 th may - BMW global sales??

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

They must be working on the 'creative marketing' spin.

 

[Kilcrohane]

"The authorities"? in ALL countries? You are full of conspiracy theories

as opposed to just being full of it...

Here's a concrete example of "the authorities" openly frigging 'official' data to convince the plebs all is well, and to get out there and go shopping like good mindless consumers!:

Official statistics body of the UK has just announced that the output of the UK's manufacturing sector increased by 1.1% in March, compared to February 2013 - a surprisingly good figure - helped by the vehicle manufacture sub-sector being up by also 1.1% between Feb and Mar, and indeed up by a whopping 5.8% on a year go, Mar 2012 to Mar 2013.

source: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_309178.pdf

There's only one problem with this rosy picture - it's false.

We know this because the UK motor industry's trade body, the SMMT, publishes its own figures for cars, commercials and engines output each month, as follows:

http://www.smmt.co.uk/2013/04/car-output-falls-in-q1-but-growth-expected-in-full-year/ March 2013
http://www.smmt.co.uk/2013/03/car-output-stable-in-february-2013-prospects-positive/ Feb 2013
http://www.smmt.co.uk/2012/04/smmt-uk-automotive-manufacturing-march-2012/ March 2012

From the above we know that car output FELL by 7% between Feb and Mar 2013 whilst commercials and engines output was flat. So how did the government statisticians turn a significant fall of up to 7% in the vehicles sub-sector into a 1.1% RISE?

Also, comparing the Mar 2012 to Mar 2013 SMMT data we see a 6% FALL in car output, a near 20% FALL in commercials output, and a 6% FALL in engines output, as against an overall near 6% RISE as claimed by the govt.'s statisticians.

There cannot be a more stark representation of how the powers that be do and will lie to cover up the real situation, in order to keep their dumbed-down populations mindlessly consuming, in the belief things are getting better, and this time next year they'll have a safe, well-paying job, with which to pay off that 60/72/84 month long car loan, and so on.

 

[Kilcrohane]

"The authorities"? in ALL countries? You are full of conspiracy theories. .

some other crazy nutjob banging on about the conspiracy theory of "the authorities" rigging markets:

We would stress that we fully understand why the authorities wouldn't want free markets to operate today as the risk of a huge global default and unemployment cycle would still be very high.

- oh wait, the nutjob conspiracy theorist is Deutsche Bank:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-...uthorities-wouldnt-want-free-markets-operate-

'ACE' would have you believe there's such a thing as the free market out there and honest economic actors like governments and their official statistics bodies. Five years on from the 'Credit Crunch' even the banksters are having trouble in hiding the fact from their clients that the whole global market is rigged, by the owners of the central banks, and we're all living through the greatest ever Ponzi scheme in human history, designed to enrich the one percent of the one percent and impoverish the hitherto powerful and dangerous to the elite middle classes of the US and Europe.

 

[Giannis]

Guys, let me remind you that if there's one forum rule that we are very strict with, this is "no politics". GCF is a forum with members from all around the world, so, it's a "colourfull" community and given how easily things get heated up when talking about cars, you can imagine the mess that would come out of a political discussion.

So, let's please stick to discussing cars.

Thank you.

 

[dalab]

BMW Group posts best ever April global sales

155,419 vehicles sold last month, an increase of 6.8%

Highest sales in first four months with 603,619 vehicles

Strong gains in Asia and the Americas

Munich - May 13, 2013... The BMW Group continued on its successful course in April with an increase of 6.8% in sales. A total of 155,419 (prev. yr. 145,541) BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles were sold worldwide last month. Over the past four months the number of deliveries climbed 5.7% to a new all-time high of 603,619 vehicles (prev. yr. 571,084).

 

[Merc1]

At this rate BMW will be at like 1.8 million vehicles this year! WOW.

M

 

[Amat46]

Good going Mercedes, one step at a time.

Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz brand beat sales growth at larger German luxury-car manufacturing competitors Bayerische Motoren Werke and Audi last month as new versions of Mercedes’ A-and B-Class compacts attracted buyers.

http://www.bdlive.co.za/world/europe/2013/05/13/daimlers-mercedes-benz-beats-rivals

 

[LaArtist]

^Proper thread this time

 

[SCOTT27]

Good going Mercedes, one step at a time.
http://www.bdlive.co.za/world/europe/2013/05/13/daimlers-mercedes-benz-beats-rivals

Read this quote to understand what really happened in April.

"The title is misleading. Mercedes does not actually lead Audi or BMW on total sales numbers (April, year to date) or sales growth year-to-date -- or on anything that really matters.

Worldwide sales in April 2013 (and year-to-date):

1. Audi brand vehicles: 133,500 (YTD: 503,000)

2. BMW brand vehicles: 130,598 (YTD: 512,000)

3. Mercedes brand vehicles: 116,566 (YTD: 441,464)

So Mercedes grew 11.7% in April, woohoo. This is a clear case of Mercedes exaggerating with ONE cherry-pick statistic (April sales growth) while omitting to consider other more significant statistics:

- What's more interesting is sales growth for year to date 2013 compared to first four months of 2012: Audi 6.7%, BMW 5.7%, Mercedes 5.6%. Mercedes was the worst in sales growth this year compared to same period last yeae. Given the much higher total sales of Audi and BMW, this indicates that the total sales lead of BMW and Audi over Mercedes has actually widened.

- Mercedes is well behind Audi and BMW for total sales in both April and year-to-date 2013."

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Settle down Scott. This is an article written and posted by a NON affiliated entity in South Africa. It's not MB spin and any fool will know it's the real increase and totals, not percentage gains, that count.

Besides, you should know all about propaganda and how to stomach it.

 

[Merc1]

Read this quote to understand what really happened in April.

"The title is misleading. Mercedes does not actually lead Audi or BMW on total sales numbers (April, year to date) or sales growth year-to-date -- or on anything that really matters.

Worldwide sales in April 2013 (and year-to-date):

1. Audi brand vehicles: 133,500 (YTD: 503,000)

2. BMW brand vehicles: 130,598 (YTD: 512,000)

3. Mercedes brand vehicles: 116,566 (YTD: 441,464)

So Mercedes grew 11.7% in April, woohoo. This is a clear case of Mercedes exaggerating with ONE cherry-pick statistic (April sales growth) while omitting to consider other more significant statistics:

- What's more interesting is sales growth for year to date 2013 compared to first four months of 2012: Audi 6.7%, BMW 5.7%, Mercedes 5.6%. Mercedes was the worst in sales growth this year compared to same period last yeae. Given the much higher total sales of Audi and BMW, this indicates that the total sales lead of BMW and Audi over Mercedes has actually widened.

- Mercedes is well behind Audi and BMW for total sales in both April and year-to-date 2013."

All car companies do it, including you and BMW so man please. They said that they beat the sales growth of the competition, which they did percentage wise. Same type of bullshit you and EnI rave about with BMW.

M