Sales in the United States of America of BMW Group product, namely BMW and Mini have registered a 9% increase over the past month.

The increase posted 21,111 vehicles sold and is recorded by comparison to sales of the same month of the past year .

Statistics on a year-to-date level indicate that the two brands of the BMW Group were able to sell a total of 76,162 units, or to put it in perspective, there’s a 7.9% growth when put against the sales volume registered in the first four months of 2009. Last month, the BMW brand recorded a 10% sales increase, sales reaching 17,268 vehicles, the year to date sales figures meanwhile post an expansion of 8.8% to total up 63,591 units.

Jim O’Donnell, President of BMW of North America is completely pleased with the result of the past month especially when considering the short supply of the two high volume models as they near the end of their life cycles. For now, O’Donnell is eagerly expecting the new 5 Series and the new X3 to hit the showroom floor unsurprisingly since the F10 5 Series got superb early reviews for the new models.

MINI was able to sell 3,843 units last month, posting a 5.1% sales increase and if you bump the level to a Year to date, MINI posted a 3.3% sales growth reaching 12,571 units shifted.

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As we are just getting familiar with the new 5 Series Sedan BMW is announcing the most eagerly awaited version of its mid-size executive car.

The next generation of BMW M5 will take the “horsepower wars” to a next level.

The 2012 BMW M5 will come to the game with a different engine comparing to the last, no longer do you get a 5 liter V10 engine that puts out 507 horsepower but what you get instead will be a 4.4 liter V8 engine with twin turbocharging. This engine isn’t entirely new as it is available on the X5M and X6M already but in the F10 BMW M5 it will be better.

For starters, the output will go up to 570 horsepower and 480 lbs/ft of torque thus enabling it to get from 0 to 60 mph in about 4.4 seconds, 0.3 seconds faster than the previous model, faster then the E63 AMG Mercedes and faster than the Audi RS6. And then, there’s even more good news, the next model will be more fuel efficient and more environmentally friendly. Specifications set by BMW for the next generation of M5 state that this version should be 30% less of a pollution agent.

If these figures are achieved, the next BMW M5 will not only be faster than all it’s rivals but it will also be cleaner as well.

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