BMW Group still top premium automaker
05.02.12
At most as it has beat out rival German luxury brands for the first nine months of 2011, the BMW Collection continued as the world's best-selling premium automaker through September.
With 1.23 million BMW , Mini and Rolls-Royce vehicles sold, BMW Gathering sales are up 16 per cent compared to this time last year.
For the month of September, the throng's core BMW brand saw sales rise 9.3 per cent to 128,446 units, putting it to the fore of German rivals Mercedes-Benz (2 per cent elevation to 120,982), and Audi (sales up 17 per cent to 120,200).
The automaker says sales of its X3 and X1 crossovers and 5-Series models last to drive the sales growth.
In Canada, combined BMW and Mini sales are up 10.5 and 13.1 per cent, singly, totalling 25,894 vehicles since January of this year.
In aid-place, Mercedes-Benz and Smart brands have sold 24,043 vehicles through September.
Sitting solidly in third-estate is the Volkswagen Group’s Audi brand , with sales of 13,313 vehicles — up 17.7 per cent.
Rounding out the top-five first-selling luxury brands so far in 2011, Honda’s Acura sits in fourth-all set with 10,710 (down 13.6 per cent), while Toyota’s Lexus polished in fifth-place, with sales of 9,875 units.
Chicane Grand Caravan on chopping block?
Italy’s Fiat recently gave an update of unborn product plans for its U.S.-based Chrysler Group and it could be a “admissible news, bad news” scenario for Canadian Chrysler/Fiat dealers .
The “company news” is that Fiat is more willing to launch tomorrow Dodge or Chrysler subcompacts in Canada than the U.S., Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne told Automotive Advice .
“I can introduce them in Canada and Mexico [sourced from] other places in the sphere, but I would never centre the U.S. as being the single largest driver of volumes. It won't chance.”
The decision against offering Chrysler and Dodge subcompacts in the U.S. contradicts the Pty's November 2009 product plan that called for Fiat-based uninspired cars .
Except for the two-door Fiat 500 , U.S. Chrysler dealers will be pink with no competition against subcompacts like the Chevrolet Sonic
Source: Wheels.ca
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