BMW finally shows us they're human. Sales drop in July.

I just saw that if you take away MINI, BMW sales are down 13.4%.

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/01/by-the-numbers-july-2006/

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 8/1/2006 8:05:10 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Audi's sales are down too.....

— SixxFive (View Profile)

Posted on 8/1/2006 8:27:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

SixxFive,

I know, but they were down by only 2.6%, not 13.4 like BMW.

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 8/1/2006 8:28:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

YTD is still up... when 328/335 comes, numbers will pick up again...

— Jovi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/1/2006 9:20:08 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

IS350 has arrived, and delivers. Don't suppose this has anything to do with the sales ratio going from 5-1 to 2-1?

Anyways, the numbers speak for themselves.

I remember a month or two back everyone was saying how the end of cycle Sequioa, LX etc. gas guzzlers were doing so poorly. It appears BMW X5 owners aren't immune to gas shocks either.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/1/2006 10:16:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

God diablo did you have to write a novel. And the bad thing about it is that NO ONE CARES!!

— Y2006 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/1/2006 11:53:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Well Diablo, that's good that Audi is doing so well but in the end you still are driving a jetta and thats embarrassing.

— MBKing (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 3:35:51 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

MBKing:Is that everything you can say to protect your MB. You can't say anything based on facts(except for the first part of your post) because MB hasn't been doing better than audi, so you write some shitty things with no back up.

— AUTO_UNION (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 4:12:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Do not celebrate too early BMW bashers.

This year still to come to US market: new 3er coupe, new X5, fecelifted X3.
Next year: facelifted 5er, facelifted 6er, 3er cabrio, 2er cabrio, and perhaps 2er coupe.

Also MINI 3G is coming.

And BTW Huu76 the 3er wasn't touched and the X5 is being replaced hence the sales drop. Duhhh...

When Lexus sells over 1.1 million cars in over 140 countries then we can talk.

BTW BMW bashers:
- for first half worldwide BMW brand sales increased by 11% to 597,120 units.

— DarkOneForce (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 7:07:09 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Freakin BMW fans, you guys crack me up man for real. Watch the loosing streak start, things are changing out there. Diablo69, even though it was a noval well said homie.

— TLOTR (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 8:48:27 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

You would be surprised how many of BMW Financial Service customers coming off their current leases are extending their contracts for the anticipation of the New X5, 328, 335 and even in some cases the revamped X3. Sales will definitely increase in the ladder half of the year.

— BavarianMotorrad (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 9:43:10 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I think it has to do with the fact that the new coupe isn't out yet. The coupe is a big seller for BMW, and nobody wants to get the e46 when the new model is a month away.

— phantom330 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 9:47:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

BMW has several new products in the line....A new MINI Cooper is about to bow as well as the 3 series coupe, X5 and refreshened X3. There is even spyshots floating around of a facelifted 5 Series. I think this is just a lull while people wait for the new products to come out.

— atomicbri (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 10:12:07 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

BMW will recover like any good German car company would. It is just a blip for them.

— PlanoA4 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 11:33:42 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Yeah but their profits are up!! Here is the headlines from Bloomberg....

"Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the world's largest maker of luxury cars, reported second-quarter profit rose 18 percent, exceeding analysts' estimates, as its new midsized car outsold models from Mercedes-Benz and Audi"

— BM3W (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 11:48:56 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Auto_Union: You say I use no facts, but is it not a fact that Audi is owned by VW and therefore uses the same parts in their cars? Just as a Lexus is a Toyota and a Mercedes is a Chrysler, Audi is a VW. And is it not fact that VW makes the jetta?
Let me ask you a question, if you had something embarrassing, lets say a jetta, and you're not a jetta kinda person. When people would ask you why you drove a jetta you'd say things like... oh well it has a great interior and it wins all these awards, or you got stuck with it cause your cars in the shop or whatever. Point being that you try to hype things up when you're embarrassed, and I'm sorry that you're embarrassed by your jetta but hey you bought it and if you don't even have an audi then you're just trying to argue because you feel bad for diablo cause he has a jetta and you shouldn't have even commented in the first place.

— MBKing (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 6:21:05 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

MBKing

First, for its price/category the Jetta is a fine car, especially the ones with the 200 hp 2.0 TFSI engine. The GLI has beaten the Acura TSX in several comparisons. Also, Audis are not related to the Jetta (the A3 is, but as we know the Golf is a better car than the BMW equivalent, the 1 series)

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 7:45:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

looks like end of X5 gen brings down BMW sales
5 is def.ly in trouble ...

mini gets more companies these days and getting old i teeth

— thecar (View Profile)

Posted on 8/2/2006 8:22:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

G35 is old and near end of current generation ....
3 is selling like a hot cake pal ,
did u read the numbers ?

— thecar (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2006 2:50:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

MBKing...
Toyota created Lexus just as Honda did Acura and Nissan did Infinity.
You will not see the same body panel on a VW and an Audi.
To say that an Audi is just a rebadged VW is very ignorant of you. They don't even have the same engine layout anymore!

— AlexTx (View Profile)

Posted on 8/3/2006 6:39:30 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Darkforceone,
Didn't get touched? 325i and 330i sales shifted to the 325xi and 330xi. Their customer base stayed the same. If BMWs are so great, should their sales not go up? Where are the new 325/330i customers?

I didn't notice before but looks like the 5 is taking a hit as well.
But their profits didn't go anywhere last year. So basically it took new models to get them to improve from 2 years ago.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/4/2006 12:31:36 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The 325 and 330 are replaced in the USA by the 328 and 335 models.
Also the Coupe/Cabrio are out of prduction due to retooling/new generations.

3 series are under-supplied in the USA to keep prices up, so that the can slot the the 2 series bellow it.

Also X5 and FL X3 are coming, as is the new MINI and FL 5 and 6 series, not too mention the 3 series coupe and Cabrio, and later the 1 series 3 doors and 2 series coupe and cabrio.

Profits didn't increase last years due to special circumstances related to RR Plc. shares. For what they lost last year, they more than compensated/gained this year.

— DarkOneForce (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2006 1:25:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1