Record quarter for BMW, again

06/05/2015
The BMW Group continued to perform strongly in the first three months of 2015, with sales volume, revenues and profit before tax all rising to new highs for the first-quarter period.

Group revenues rose by 14.7% to €20.9 billion and, across all its brands, BMW sold 526,669 vehicles, an increase in volume of 8.1% and a new record for the period. Of these, more than 450,000 vehicles were BMW, while Mini contributed sales of almost 75,000 and Rolls-Royce 781.

The figure for Rolls-Royce represents a fall of 12.9% compared to the first quarter of 2014, but the group pointed out that the 2014 figure is the only time in the super-luxury automotive brand’s history that first-quarter sales of Rolls-Royce were higher than they were in 2015.