This September BMW sold only 3,190 units of the 5 Series; down 22.9% from the 4,137 sold last September. YTD sales for the first 9 months of 2006 were up 7.4% compared to the same period of 2005.

By way of comparison, sales of the Mercedes-Benz E Class were down 9.5% with sales of 4,112 units this month and 4,544 units last September. YTD sales of the MB E Class were down 26.3% for the first 9 months of 2006.

Please note that I report only United States sales data.

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Thanks Fred...as always!

 

Maybe people are just waiting for the facelifted version.

 

Maybe it is the crappy economy and high fuel prices???

Diesels will have fix part of that problem...getting rid of your George W. might help the other...

 

I dont think its either. Gas prices here in the states are higher than a couple of years ago, but still much lower than europe..etc..As for the economy, the past week the dow has been hitting record highs. I didnt look at Lexus sales or Mercedes...if they are up, than BMW has something to worry about with all these software problems. People dont care that its only software causing problems, its the same as if major mechanical components were going bad.... we all just want quality from our beamers the way it used to be

 

Di I smell sweet lease deals forthcoming?

 

Yeah, good old Democratic higher taxes and brutal over-regulation...that'll fix everything!

 

Maybe one of the best comeback lines ever. Nice.

 

Diesel would certainly boost sales somewhat, but for whatever reason every one I sepak to here hates Diesels and would never buy one....
It definitely can't be the gas prices, to families in our neighborhood just bought Dummer H3s.

 

Most people have never driven one of the new generation diesels. They'll change their opinions in a hurry.