BMW Jan-Sept sales in China up 37 percent

Shanghai. October 16 (Gasgoo.com) - The BMW Group sold 36,300 vehicles (BMW and MINI brands combined) in mainland China in the first three quarters of 2007, an increase of 37 percent from a year earlier, the company said.

The company said in a statement that sales of BMW-branded cars in the country rose 35 pct from a year earlier to 34,876 units, with MINI up 101 percent to 1,424 from a year earlier.

Of BMW-branded cars, sales of BMW 3 and 5 series rose 38 percent year on year to 22,204 units, while the lengthened version of BMW 5-series saw increase of 53 percent to 12,236 units just one year after it came to Chinese market.

In the Greater China area, which covers the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, BMW sales during the January-September period rose 32 percent year-on-year to 43,215 units.