BMW brand sales were down 8 percent in September for a total of 20,339 vehicles compared to 22,052 reported in the same month a year ago
Automobile sales dipped 2 percent in September to 15,275 cars versus 15,609 in the same month a year ago.
Sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were down 21 percent in September, to 5,064 vehicles over the 6,443 sold in the same month last year.
MINI USA also reported September sales of 2,964 automobiles, off 2 percent from the 3,027 cars sold last September.
This is attributed to the MINI factory in Oxford being closed for part of August in preparation for the new model year, resulting in extremely low inventories of MINI automobiles.