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BMW NA Reports Q1 2021 Sales Increase of 20%
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04-02-2021, 08:53 AM | #2 |
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Wow ! 20%
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04-02-2021, 08:57 AM | #4 |
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Well it shouldn't be too shocking considering Q1 2020 was the beginning of the pandemic with dealers closing and many customers not spending money on new cars.
Most brands have reported sales growth, some had even triple digits of growth. And then we have the unfortunate brands (such as Infiniti) who are reporting year after year of loss despite the economy and buying market returning back to normal.
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04-02-2021, 09:23 AM | #7 |
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Well you can get covid driving with the top down
Seriously the main reason is the Z4 is mainly an extra car for people that buy it or an "extra spend". Which most people cut out with the pandemic. I am sure all cars like this were crushed in sales. We also need to remember these are US numbers, in other parts of the world certain cars sell much better (I am sure x1/x2 have nice numbers in Europe) X3 huge sales increases. X4, yikes that's a low take rate, wonder what their expectations were. If only it looked a little better in the rear. I picked X3M just because it looked so much better, didn't need the full cargo space (really want a M3 wagon). |
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04-02-2021, 09:30 AM | #8 |
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Should look at Q1 2019 as well as baseline..
Not a true comp especially against March 2020 where the economy was shut down. Regardless, encouraging to see people spending money again.
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04-02-2021, 09:47 AM | #9 |
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I think a more than a few of us here contributed to this uptick in sales on certain models. Will be interesting to see if the trend continues for the next 1/4.
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04-02-2021, 09:49 AM | #10 |
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Somehow irrelevant growth taking into account the last year pandemic situation with dealers closed and so on...
Z4 might have better sales once the temperature will raise 🤔 |
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04-02-2021, 09:57 AM | #11 |
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March/Q1 2019 Sales for Comparison*
*BMW had not switched to quarterly reports at this time.
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04-02-2021, 10:09 AM | #12 |
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Good news to be sure, but off a low base
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04-03-2021, 07:14 AM | #19 |
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They sold as many X5 in Q1 2021 as they did in Q1 2018, which was above Q1 2019, which is when I believe the G05 was introduced. I was under the impression that the G05 led to significantly higher X5 sales, but looks like it's been steady for a few years now. This is to BMWs credit since it is a very competitive segment.
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04-03-2021, 12:57 PM | #21 |
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Only thing I'm sad to see is the 2-series doing well. That thing is a total POS.
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04-03-2021, 02:14 PM | #22 |
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Probably should compare against Q4 2019, as that was the last full non-pandemic quarter.
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