In it's last year the 3 series is down about 4% year to date. In terms of
market performance...what a product! The A4 is down 10% year to date and the
C Class is down 3% but selling far fewer units that the E46.

The 5 is doing great and appears be the second best 5 series year (2003 E39
being the best) ever, and despite having two full months to go is already
better than the first full year of E39 sales. The E-Class still outsells
everybody in this segment in the US. They are down for the month but up for
the year. The A6 is way off track and down 20% year to date.

7 sales are down 19% for YTD but so is the market. Merc S Class sales are
down 37% for the month and 12% for the year. By comparison Audi sells very
few A8's..but their numbers are up about 68% 2004 vs. 2003.

Z4's are off 2003 numbers by 23%, But so is everyone else's roadster
numbers. There may be too much competition for the market levels. By
comparison Boxster numbers are off by 37% for 2004 vs. 2003. TT's off 31%,
SLK's off 17%.

Production must have ramped up for the 6 because like the 5 those sales
numbers are growing.

2004 X5/X3 combo has outdone the 2003 X5 numbers by 23,000+ year to date.
And given the sales figures for the sedans it sure doesn't seem like many of
those buyers were cannibalized from the 3 and 5 series cars. No one else
comes close to BMW in success with an SUV, but Porsche is selling the living
crap out of the Cayenne.

If my math is worth a **** BMW is having their best year ever and outselling
Merc in the US. Despite all the commotion over design and i-drive BMW is
doing great. And where BMW is suffering unit sales losses in certain
segments, so are their competitors, which seems to indicate it is the
market, rather than anyone's particular offering, that is dictating the
those reduced sales.

Despite bad press about design and almost constant criticism in forums like
this, BMW can only be happy about their performance this year and
particularly ecstatic about their performance compared to competitors in
various market segments that are suffering across the board.

Unlike some of the posters on this ng, I am really happy to see BMW selling
cars and pumping money.

http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cf...008/bmw/1.html

http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cf...porsche/1.html

http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cf...ercedes/1.html

http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cf...06/Audi/1.html

http://www.e60.net/information/ click "US Unit Sales"