BMW China sales in May double to 14,000 vehicles

Shanghai, June 10 (Gasgoo.com) German luxury car maker BMW AG recently said that its vehicle sales in China last month more than doubled from a year earlier to nearly 14,000 units, media reported.

The world's largest luxury car maker sold 13,998 BMW and MINI cars in China in May, up from 6,752 in May 2009. In the first five months of the year, BMW's China sales came to a total of 60,617 cars, up from 29,121 of a year earlier.

BMW group's China sales in May, including the BMW and Mini brands, were less than the 121% growth (to 11,500 units) posted by Mercedes-Benz in the country while beating Audi's 40% gain (to 17,396).

BMW's Chinese venture BMW Brilliance will more than double its annual production to 300,000 vehicles in 2012. There are also reports that BMW will open a Mini factory in China.

China is overtaking the UK as BMW's third largest market (after Germany and the U.S.). BMW plans to sell over 100,000 cars in China this year, up from 90,536 in 2009.