BMW sales at record on demand from China, U.S

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By Christoph Rauwald
BERLIN (MarketWatch)

-- BMW AG said Wednesday it sold more than 400,000 BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce cars worldwide in the first three months of the year due to surging demand in China and the U.S., marking a new quarterly sales record for the German auto maker.

"We have had an outstanding first quarter and the best ever in the company's history," BMW sales chief Ian Robertson said at the New York auto show, according to a prepared statement.

"We have seen over 16% growth in the U.S. this quarter and we expect further momentum with the new BMW 3 Series Sedan on the market, as well as the introduction of the BMW X1 to the U.S. in September this year," he said.

The introduction of the X1 small sports utility vehicle to the U.S. market is expected to build upon the company's recent success in this fast-growing segment. Since the product's launch at the end of 2009, BMW has sold more than 264,000 X1 vehicles worldwide.

BMW said it sold more than 75,000 vehicles in China in the first quarter, after 58,506 in the same period last year.
BMW said will release detailed global sales data for the first quarter on April 11.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bmw...-us-2012-04-04

 

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Ingolstadt/Changchun, 2012-04-04
Audi in China: most successful quarter with over 90,000 deliveries

• Sales in China rose by 40 percent to 90,063 cars
• Head of Marketing and Sales, Peter Schwarzenbauer: “New Audi A6L will
further boost growth”
• 31,505 vehicles delivered in March sets new record

Audi continues its success story in China: The company sold 90,063 automobiles in China and Hong Kong in the first quarter of 2012 – a year-on-year increase of 40 percent.

“This figure sets a new record. Audi just had its most successful quarter ever in China,” says Peter Schwarzenbauer, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for Marketing and Sales. “And we plan on generating double-digit sales growth in coming months in the Chinese market.”

Substantial growth was achieved for the long-wheelbase Audi A4, built locally in China: 24,536 deliveries (a rise of 68 percent). Sales of the Audi Q5 nearly doubled (93 percent) to 20,870 units. The third-generation of the long-wheelbase Audi A6L, which is being introduced onto the market at the moment, will further boost sales. Sales of imported Audi models rose by 51 percent to 17,379 units (excluding Hong Kong).

With 31,505 vehicles delivered in March, yet another sales record was broken. This represents a year-on-year increase of 37 percent.

The Audi world will return its focus to China again at the end of April. In conjunction with its joint venture partner FAW, Audi will present the next-generation Audi A6L, among other models, at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2012, from April 23 to May 2.

http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/en/news/2012/04/Audi_in_China_most_successful_quarter_with_over_90_000_deliveries.html

 

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Volkswagen AG (VOW) (VOW), Europe’s largest carmaker, said its sales in China and Hong Kong climbed 18 percent last year to a record, led by deliveries of Lavida and Sagitar sedans and demand for Audi luxury cars.

The VW group, which also owns the Skoda and Bentley brands, sold 2.26 million vehicles in the two markets in 2011, the Wolfsburg, Germany-based carmaker said in an e-mailed statement today. General Motors Co. (GM), the biggest foreign automaker in China, increased sales in the nation by 8.3 percent last year to a record 2.55 million vehicles

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US auto giant General Motors said Thursday that its China sales set a record for March, despite an overall slowdown in the world's biggest car market.

The company, the world's biggest automaker by sales, sold 257,944 vehicles in March, up more than 10 percent from the same month last year, and its highest total for the month, according to a company statement.

Strong March sales -- helped by demand for the Buick brand -- brought total sales for the first quarter to 745,152 vehicles,which is also a quarterly record, it said.

GM's China sales hit record high for March - Yahoo! News Malaysia

 

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai February 6) -

Nissan China has recently released its sales performance results for 2011, Beijing News reported today. According to the results, a total of 1.24 million Nissan and Infiniti branded vehicles were sold in China last year, representing a 21.9 percent increase from 2010.

Dongfeng Nissan was responsible for the majority of the sales, selling a total of 808,440 vehicles, while sister joint venture Zhengzhou Nissan sold 115,518 vehicles, increasing 22.4 percent and 15.4 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Infiniti sales in 2011 totaled 19,075 units.

Nissan has set a Chinese sales target of 1.35 million vehicles for this year.

http://www.researchinchina.com/Htmls/News/201202/30073.html

 

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Beijing Hyundai sold around 740,000 vehicles in 2011, while approximately 38,000 imported Hyundais were sold. Dongfeng Yueda Kia sold around 440,000 units.


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How many cars do local car manufacturers sell?

Also, i would love to hear a Chinese perspective on European vs. American cars.

 

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How many cars do local car manufacturers sell?

Also, i would love to hear a Chinese perspective on European vs. American cars.

From the German perspective, American cars are a piece of sh**. Chinese can right now only compete in low price and they will need at least a decade to reach the level of our middle class cars.

 

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From an American's perspective, German cars are the best although Japanese cars are worthwhile for the money; American cars are improving. China's, well I'll let you know in a few years.

 

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Our 1% are doing well but what about the 99%?!