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BMW Group's sales figures in August hit new record

Xinhua, September 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

German car producer BMW Group reported on Thursday that 156,437 vehicles were sold in August, hitting a new record of its August sales.

A total of 1,429,390 group vehicles have been delivered to customers in the first eight months, an increase of 7.4 percent, representing the best ever first eight months sales in the group's history, according to the Bavarian company.

"Whilst the general economic situation remains challenging in some markets, we are consistently selling more vehicles than ever before around the world," said Ian Robertson, member of the board of management for sales and marketing.

Robertson reiterated that he remains confident that the group's current global sales growth will continue through 2015.

According to BMW, sales growth in August was driven most strongly by the BMW brand's many recently introduced or refreshed models.

In addition, BMW Group has achieved sales growth in August in all major global regions. For the first time ever, sales figures in Chinese mainland have achieved over 300,000 in the first eight months of a year, with deliveries up 0.9 percent to 301,529. Endit