BMW predicts new records for 2012

13/03/2012
The BMW Group is confident about the current financial year after a record year in 2011. The chairman of the board of management, Norbert Reithofer, said at the automotive group’s annual accounts press conference in Munich on March 13 that it is “targeting new highs in sales volume and pre-tax earnings for 2012”, provided the global economic climate does not take a turn for the worse.

“We are starting the new year with a full order book and a highly attractive model range,” Mr Reithofer said. “The BMW Group plans to grow faster than the market as a whole in 2012 and expects to achieve new sales volume records for its BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands.”

He went on to say that the new BMW 3 Series, the sedan version of which has been available worldwide since 11 February 2012, would be an important driver for this growth.