Playing the sales games is something that BMW is clearly apt at but it’s also something they’re ready to share information about.

Within their company at least, things seem to be passed about. The corporate folks have just released some information on what their motorcycle division should do.

Knowing all this stuff, BMW Motorrad posted some clearly capable results with 2012 having gone out the window. December in particular was a success.

That’s not to say that the rest of the year was shoddy but it seems highly unlikely that a season reserved for cold and snow sells a lot of bikes.

Compared to December 2011, there was a 43.4% sales increase last month. Now that’s not something to sniff at, even if you’re BMW.

When analyzing the entire year from a global perspective, a growth factor of 2% remains. That translates into a record setting 106.358 motorcycles and maxi scooters sold.
The Husqvarna division also did brilliantly as it managed to up its game by 15.7% compared to what they have on record for 2011.

A few models did stand out among the two-wheeled runners of the company, these are the R1200GS, the F800GS and the S1000RR.

The F800GS was always a steady seller and the R1200GS’ air-cooled has sent into the garages of a lot of new owners.

Next year it’s going for liquid cooling so it might attract even more enthusiasts. Speaking of which, the S1000RR surprised by managing nearly 9000 units.

That really is remarkably, given the fact that we’re talking about a superbike that really loves hitting track days above anything else.

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October ended sufficiently long ago for the sales numbers to be available for this month that passed. In short, things really look good for BMW..

If it’s detail that worries you, it shouldn’t be a major concern since things look pretty good when under the microscope as well.

Unsurprisingly, it’s once again the Asian market that really put the Bavarians over the top in terms of units shifted in October.

Since the Japanese car makers are facing a bit of a crisis in China, German car makers, our favorite included, got a bit of an unexpected boost.

2012’s October saw BMW sell 157.618 units overall, which, by comparison to last year’s 139.284 units means the increase was 13.2 percent.

When doing the sums for the entire year, the growth so far is 8.8%. Not only is that nothing to snuff at, it makes for a brand new record overall.

The first 10 months of 2012 saw BMW manage to sell a total of 1.493.153 units which is somewhat nearer to the round figure of 1.5 million.

Certainly happens when compared to last year’s 1.371.903 units. Ian Robertson, Member of BMW’s Board of Management was the first to talk about the result.

There’s a natural moment of joy with the results and particularly the growth, but he didn’t want to say things are easy.

Yes, China, and Asia in general, offered a good source of sales, but so did the Americas whereas Europe is still considerably lagging behind its brethren continents.

Ah well, I suppose we can’t all be doing as well as BMW.

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Somebody at BMW sales department is well on their way for a major Christmas bonus. After getting word from China about their sales, they’ve now rounded up the totals.

The results are simply put as BMW’s best September sales ever so they have decent reason to be proud of their work last month, don’t they?

This new record stands at 177.716 vehicles sold worldwide, thus an increase of 11.6 percent compared to the same month of 2011.

This month, coupled with plenty of other successes we’ve seen so far have BMW looking at their best first nine months so far.

Hard numbers speak of a considerably chunky 8.3 percent improvement over 2011’s first nine months and, so far, BMW have shifted a total of 1.335.502 units.

This includes the BMW sub-brands but as Mini is still growing and Rolls Royce hardly sell a few cars these days, you know where the bulk of sales exists.

Actual BMW products have come to 146.843 units with Mini managing to sell 30.562 units and, finally, Rolls Royce managed to chip in with 2326 units.

Unsurprisingly these days, the star seller is the X1 mini crossover.

The remaining 10.000 units sold come from BMW’s motorcycle divisions. The BMW two-wheel products are actually down by 1.1% but Husqvarna ones are up by 21 percent.

Or at least those are the stats for the nine month situation because September itself is pretty much the other way round with +7% and -7.1% respectively.

At the end of the day, these are mere details. The important part is that BMW sales are doing great, putting the company in great shape for the future.

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Not that I’m the sort of guy who can’t be humble but boy did BMW stick it to the economy last month. Even in China where things are a melting pot, the Bavarians sold a lot of cars.

China is an enormous market anyway but for last month BMW got a hike of 59%. Quiet is rolling in at Audi and Mercedes as their statistics folks are coming up with results.

A total of 29.631 units of BMW and Mini-branded vehicles were bought by the Chinese and so far we’re yet to hear anything about complaints.

Having rounded up September, the figures are also available for the first nine months of 2012 and they speak of a 37 percent year-on-year increase so far.

At the most important part of these sales is the strong demand they’ve been getting for the extended version of the F30 3 Series and the X1 crossover.

According to the analysts, the economic results of the country aren’t all so positive. Just about everybody in China is going up.

Nobody is hitting the same levels as BMW and there’s a good chance that not even the Bavarians will be able to keep things up for longer.

The immense economic growth that used to have us all looking at China is slowing down. The finance crowd is saying that the results are headed for a normalization.

In other words, nobody, regardless of their market, will be breaking any more records. The acceleration of the train has stopped, from now on, it will be cruising.

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Life in the luxury car market sales isn’t the most certain thing out there these days. After a while of domination from Lexus, BMW took over and the battle is once again heating up.

Last month’s results saw our favorite Bavarian brand struggle and this one isn’t looking up either. The majority of hope lies on the 3 Series.

The F30 3 Series is one of the largest volume cars BMW makes and still it has its work cut out. Not only that, the car itself isn’t the main attraction.

The company’s analysts say that the most important selling point of the 3 Series is the newly available xDrive four wheel drive option.

It’s interesting to note that the major rivalries here are over the US market and that the main competitors are actually two other German companies.

Obviously, there’s still some of the European and Asian markets to consider. Trouble is, both these markets have seen better days.

Whereas Europe is dealing with a financial crisis the likes of which we rarely see, China’s problem is on a different field.

A lot of civil unrest is going on as the economy is shaking and the automotive market is seriously shaken up by the entire thing.

This is a major problem for just about everybody but especially for the Japanese car makers. Meanwhile in the USA, dealers are having a nicer time.

It seems that the most capable fight in the segment of the F30 BMW 3 Series xDrive is going to be the Mercedes C Class. Unusual since Audi is actually the runner up these days.

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And as another month kicks off, the previously ended one will be coming out with its sales results. For the Bavarians we love so much things are split.

On the one hand, the BMW brand declined its sales last month but on the other the BMW Group did quite alright. In fact, the Mini brand actually had it’s best August month ever.

Obviously, the US market is where the battle is at its fiercest level. Unfortunately, that’s where Lexus is making a comeback.

Apart from the Japanese company’s comeback, BMW’s sales are down because in recent months the figures have been going up so much that there have been some stock keeping issues.

When the books were closed 16.835 BMW vehicles were sold in August, which is a significant drop from the 20.815 units sold in August 2011.

The 19 percent shortage was felt but the Bavarians are not put off. They claim they will be back for this month with more sales.

Apparently, the F30 3 Series stock problems will soon be sorted out and dealers will have plenty of compact executive sedans to sell.

On the brighter side, Mini sales for August were through the roof. The compact specializing British brand registered a jump of 83.9 percent.

That brought the total for them to 5.718 units sold and also affected the year to date growth by 15.9 percent.

With Rolls Royce sales kind of neither here nor there, the BMW Group’s US sales went down for August. The decrease was of 5.7 percent overall.

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The Bavarians are seriously capable when it comes to engine building. We say it and a lot of people who aren’t necessarily fans also say it.

Today we also got some confirmation from a panel of journalists that actually know what they’re doing. The guys behind the Car of the Year awards may have no clue but the guys behind the Engine of the Year sure do.

The grand prize winner was Ford’s 1.0 liter EcoBoost turbocharged three cylinder which took three categories.

Best performance engine went to Ferrari for the 4.5 liter V8 engine in the 458 and there were a few exceptions in the smaller categories.

Otherwise, BMW have once again dominated the whole affair. They got the 1.4 liter to 1.8 liter engine for the engine they put in the Mini.

Then BMW won the 1.8 liter to 2 liter category for the N20 engine they put in the Z4, the X1 and a host of other models.

The creme-de-la-creme was the 2.5 liter to 3 liter category where BMW’s 3.0 liter straight six TwinPower turbo from the 1 Series M Coupe won.

However, In the same category BMW also got second, third and fourth place for the rest of their 3.0 liter engines regardless of the fuel they use.

Here’s another impressive achievement. BMW also won the 3.0 liter to 4.0 liter category with the engine in the M3. That’s remarkable given how the E93 M3 is soon to go out of production and that engine is now five years old.

Winning this category when you’re a five year old engine is like winning the Mr Universe contest when you’re a 50 year old.

Well done BMW.

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It seems like the initial concerns over the finances of our favorite Bavarian company have been greatly exaggerated when rumors and reports came in about R&D costs of the F30 BMW 3 Series.

On the other hand, the news about the BMW X3 chipping into some great sales figures over the third quarter only paved the way for the financial results BMW achieved last month.

The tenth month of 2011 actually turned out as the best ever October in not only the company’s history in terms of sales, but of the entire BMW Group.

The BMW Group managed to sell a total of 139.276 vehicles worldwide last month, which signifies an increase of 8.3 percent over what they’ve managed last year.

Naturally, most of the weight comes from the BMW brand itself as its sales volumes went up by a tasty 12.4% with 107.789.

Some of the success also comes from the British subsidiary at Mini, they’ve managed to shift 23.839 units, a bump of 16.2 percent over last year.

This was mostly achieved thanks to the increased success of the Mini Countryman crossover. And then there’s the incredibly low figures of Rolls Royce.

The legendary luxury manufacturer managed to make 279 deliveries, which sounds almost pitiful but it makes up for an incredible 298.6% increase over 2010. In this case, it’s obviously that the increase fell on the shoulders of the Ghost.

Finally, a less than important percentage increase (1.7%) but a decent chunk of units sold for the BMW Group saw them deliver 6.845 motorcycles in October.

With the new posted figures for October, the remaining two months of the year seem to be going according to plan for BMW and the BMW Group, which means that it seems like there’s close to no chance that Audi or Mercedes ends up catching up in terms of sales.

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Despite some initial concerns about the costs of coming up with the F30 BMW 3 Series, the Bavarians have a decent portfolio to rely upon in terms of sales.

Apart from the bread and butter F10 BMW 5 Series, the Germans have ridden out the third quarter of 2011 on the impressive sales of the recently refreshed BMW X3.

Third quarter figures for BMW actually managed to come in better than analysts anticipated based on the economic problems still plaguing Europe at the moment.

In hard numbers BMW’s third-quarter profits have grown by $2.35 billion when compared to 2010, on the basis of a 24 percent raise in net income.

While overall revenue is up by 3.8 percent (translated, that means they made 16.5 billion euros) and operating profit was at a healthy 11.9 BMW didn’t have as good a time as they did in the second quarter.

Reasoning behind this being the aforementioned crisis, the fact that sales of the BMW 1 and BMW 3 Series dropped in expectation of the new F20 and F30 models and the BMW X5’s major rival, the Mercedes ML getting a new version.

The F25 BMW X3 is credited with rescuing the situation over this period and the new 1 and 3 Series are expected to chip in for the rest of the year.

Mind you, while BMW isn’t having the best of times, they are still the overall market leader by quite the margin and despite analysts worries, nobody is exactly expecting blinding deals from them by the end of the year.

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