The BMW Group is well on its way to a record year with another all-time sales high for the month of May. A total of 147,563 BMW, MINI and Rolls Royce brand vehicles were delivered to customers. Deliveries for the year to the end of May climbed 20.7% to 667,511 vehicles.

Ian Robertson, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for sales and marketing said, “This was the most successful May the company has ever reported in sales. Our young vehicle portfolio continues to perform strongly and we are seeing healthy balanced growth worldwide. There is a strong demand for BMW X vehicles and the BMW 5 Series, which has further strengthened its position as segment leader. Robertson added: “We are looking forward to even more momentum at the end of the year with the September launch of the new BMW 1 Series in Europe. We are well on course to maintain our position as the world’s leading manufacturer of premium vehicles throughout 2011.”

The BMW Group made strong retail gains across the globe, driven by its three most important markets Germany, USA and China, solid double-digit growth was also reported by the Group in all major European markets in May. as well as in the so-called BRIKT markets: Brazil (+57.3%), Russia (58.3%), India (+160.9%), Korea (+49.1%) and Turkey (130.2%).

BMW brand volumes increased by 19% in May, the new BMW X3 continued to perform strongly in May with 10,182 units sold and the BMW 5 Series solidified its position as the segment leader with total sales of 26,457 vehicles.

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