(November 12, 2015) MUNICH — Following on from the best ever first three quarters in the company’s sales history, October was another record month for BMW Group deliveries. Sales of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles totaled 191,651 for the month, an increase of 4% compared with the same period last year. In the first 10 months of the year, total sales of BMW Group vehicles increased by 7.1%.

“Our sales continue to grow steadily in all regions of the world, despite ongoing volatility in some markets,” said Ian Robertson, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Sales and Marketing BMW.

“Sales of our trend-setting BMW X models are showing particularly good growth in a competitive environment and the new BMW X1 is in extremely high demand. Customers around the world are responding very positively to the new BMW 7 Series, which has also just arrived in the showrooms, so we are expecting to see additional momentum going towards the end of the year,” he continued.

BMW brand sales increased by 6.3% in October, with 164,915 vehicles sold to customers in the month. Deliveries in the first 10 months of the year rose 5.8% compared to the same period last year, with a total of 1,560,697 BMW brand vehicles sold.

The BMW 2 Series range continues to grow its sales with 15,615 delivered worldwide in October. The best-seller remains the 2 Series Active Tourer, which more than quadrupled its monthly sales to 7,915. Meanwhile with 11,575 units delivered worldwide in October, sales of the BMW 4 Series range are up 6.3% on the same month last year.

The brand’s biggest growth drivers, however, continue to be the ever-popular X vehicles. October sales of the BMW X3 increased by 7.3% (11,915) while the X4 grew sales by 5.0% in the month, with a total of 4,428 delivered worldwide. A total of 13,541 BMW X5 vehicles were delivered to customers in October (+9.1%) while sales of the BMW X6 almost tripled to a total of 4,335 in the month.

2,553 BMW i vehicles were delivered to customers in October, 6.2% more than in the same month last year. BMW i sales in the first ten months are up 78.6% year-on-year (23,133).

Sales volume in the Americas continues to increase steadily; a total of 402,276 BMW and Mini vehicles have been delivered to customers in the region so far this year, an increase of 5.6%. In the U.S., sales in the first 10 months of 2015 totaled 328,456, up 5.4%.