The BMW Group continued its successful course in September 2013 with another record month in sales.

With 189,675 (previous year 177,726) BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered worldwide, sales were 6.7% higher than in the same month last year. In the first nine months of 2013, sales increased by 7.5% to the new all-time high of 1,436,178 vehicles (previous year 1,335,502).

A member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing BMW said "We achieved record global deliveries for the month of September and the first nine months of the year. Despite initial signs of stabilization in the European automobile market, conditions in many countries remain challenging. However we have been able to keep our European sales on a similar level year-on-year and once again reported major gains in the U.S. and Asia. We are therefore well on our way to another increase in deliveries for the full year 2013 and a new sales record."

Year-to-date, the BMW brand has delivered 1,209,598 vehicles, an increase of 9% on the same period in 2012 (1,109,962).

Demand for the BMW X1 remained strong with 116,451 vehicles sold in the first nine months, an increase of 13.6% on the previous year (102,519). The BMW X1 has proven to be yet another success story for the BMW Group with over 500,000 units delivered to customers since its launch at the end of 2009.

The BMW 3 Series increased sales by 27.6% year-to-date, with a total of 365,772 vehicles delivered (previous year 286,622). Sales of the BMW X3 continued to be strong, climbing 5.7% to 113,945 vehicles (previous year 107,833).

In Asia, sales grew by 18% in September to 54,014 vehicles (previous year 45,782). The BMW Group made strong gains in Asia in the first nine months of 2013, with sales climbing 17.8% to 421,456 vehicles (previous year 357,841).

The company achieved robust growth in Mainland China, which accounted for 35,804 deliveries in September, an increase of 20.8% over the same month in the previous year (29,631). Year-to-date, 284,964 BMW and MINI vehicles have been sold in Mainland China (previous year 237,056) which reflects an increase of 20.2%.

The BMW Group posted solid gains in other Asian markets in the first nine months of 2013, including Japan (46,502 / +10.8%) and South Korea (29,409 / +19.8%).