BMW Sales Up 10.2% in November, 4.5% Year-to-date

BMW sales are up 4.5% year-to-date versus 2018 despite passenger car sales dropping by 14.4%. The difference? Light truck sales are up 37.5% this year.

BMW sales totaled 31,213 vehicles in November 2019, an increase of 10.2 percent over the 28,330 vehicles sold in November 2018.  Year-to-date, BMW sales in the U.S. are up 4.5 percent.

November highlights include the seventh generation BMW 3 Series sedan (6,283 units), as well as the BMW X3 (5,948 units) and X5 (5,359 units) Sports Activity Vehicles.  The BMW X7 Sports Activity Vehicle, which represents the pinnacle of BMW’s X model lineup and features range-topping luxury with seating for up to seven, enjoyed its best month since its launch in March (2,614 units).

“We enter the final month of 2019 in the midst of our annual ‘Road Home’ sales event with optimism for a strong year-end and a prosperous year ahead,” said Bernhard Kuhnt, President and CEO, BMW of North America.  “We at BMW would like to wish all of our customers and dealers a very happy and healthy holiday season.”

Despite BMW’s overall positivity, BMW passenger car sales have declined by 14.4% year-to-date, selling 25 thousand fewer sedans and wagons. However, BMW light truck sales are up a whopping 37.5%.

New Vehicle Sales BMW of North America, LLC, November 2019

MINI Brand Sales

• For November, MINI USA reported 3,067 vehicles sold, a decrease of 13.1 percent from the 3,528 in the same month a year ago.

BMW Pre-Owned Vehicles

• BMW Certified Pre-Owned sold 10,758 vehicles, an increase of 26.4 percent from November 2018.
• Total BMW Pre-Owned sold 21,998 vehicles, an increase of 20.4 percent from November 2018.

MINI Pre-Owned Vehicles

• MINI Certified Pre-Owned sold 952 vehicles, a decrease of 2.0 percent from November 2018.
• Total MINI Pre-Owned sold 2,367 vehicles, an increase of 7.7 percent from November 2018.

Pre-Owned Vehicle Sales BMW of North America, LLC, November 2019