The BMW Group sets new sales record in June 2007, with over 150,000 automobiles delivered in a single month, with growth speeding up am impressive 15%.

The MINI brand set a new historic record for the month. In June this year, 22,465 (prev.yr.: 18,819) of the world’s most successful premium small car were sold, which is 19.4% more than in the same month last year. For the six months to June, 107,576 MINI automobiles were sold (prev.yr.: 101,065/+6.4%).

The growth in sales recorded by the BMW Group has accelerated noticeably as of the end of the first six months of 2007. In a June monthly comparison, the company increased the number of automobiles delivered to customers by 15.1% to 150,285 (prev.yr.: 130,542). Never before in its history the world’s leading manufacturer of premium vehicles has sold so many automobiles in one month. The Chinese markets were once again characterised by above-average growth rates in June 2007 with an increase of 63.2% to 5,925 units (prev.yr.: 3,631). Russia also recorded particularly dynamic sales growth, with an increase of 77.8% to 1,502 vehicles delivered (prev.yr.: 845). But Western Europe also showed healthy growth in two digits (15.9%). Here, the BMW Group delivered 90,310 automobiles to customers in June (prev.yr.: 77,926).

For the six months to June, a total of 730,285 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles were handed over to customers worldwide (prev.yr.: 698,482), corresponding to an increase of 4.6%.

Impressive stuff, we’re sure you’ll agree!