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BMW Group Sold 596,907 BMW, MINI And Rolls-Royce Vehicles In Q1 2022
In the first three months of the year, the BMW Group sold a total of 596,907 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles.
MINI and Rolls-Royce sales were up in Q1 2022, with 75,487 and 1,624 vehicles delivered worldwide respectively.
The BMW brand also performed well, after delivering more than half a million vehicles (519,796) around the globe.
The BMW Group more than doubled sales of fully-electric BMW and MINI vehicles worldwide in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year (+149.2%).
In the first three months of year 2022 , the German Autogiant sold a total of 596,907 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles around the world.
Compared with the same period of last year, which was the strongest first quarter in the company’s history, sales showed a moderate decrease (-6.2%).
“Our clear focus is on ramping up electromobility. In the first quarter, we stepped up the rapid pace of growth from 2021 even further and are fully on track to meet our ambitious growth targets for fully-electric vehicles in 2022,” said Pieter Nota, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Customer, Brands, Sales.
“The demand for our emotional and innovative products with a wide range of drivetrains covering all customer needs, remains high worldwide. Thanks to this strong product line-up and our high level of flexibility and operational excellence, we expect sales for the full year 2022 to be on a par with last year, despite the challenging global environment,” Nota continued.
BMW brand
The BMW brand also performed well in the first quarter of the year, after delivering more than half a million vehicles (519,796 units) around the globe. At 27,704 units (nearly doubled year-on-year), the BMW 4 Series delivered a particularly impressive performance.
MINI
The MINI brand delivered a total of 75,487 vehicles in the first quarter – slightly above (+1.1%) the comparatively high figure for the previous year. In the first three months of 2022, 8,925 fully-electric Cooper SEs.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
With 1,624 motor cars delivered to customers in the first three months of the year (+17.7%), Rolls-Royce Motor Cars achieved the brand’s highest first quarter sales result ever in its 117-year history. There was high demand for all models, with customer orders now extending into early 2023.
BMW & MINI sales in the regions/markets
The BMW Group was able to sell a total of 208,507 vehicles (-9.2%) in China in the first quarter, while BMW and MINI deliveries increased by 3.7 percent in the US to reach 80,590 units.
In Europe, combined sales for BMW and MINI totalled 220,076 units (-7.8%), whike a total of 61,552 vehicles were registered in its home market.