[FDMeloan]

BMW Group vehicle sales this February were up a mere 2.4% when compared to last February. However, for the YTD BMW Group sales were up 7.2% over sales of the first two months of 2005.

Sales of the X Series were down 22.9% when compared to February, 2005 while car sales were up 15.9% as the 3 and 7 Series all had a good month.

Sales of the BMW brand were up 5.3% when compared to February, 2005.

This month BMW outsold Mercedes-Benz by only 1,972 units and still failed to out sell Lexus which sold a total of 21,127 units.

Last November I added a complete report for Lexus as I believe that the introduction of the new IS250 and IS350 models is going to give the BMW 3 Series a real challenge this year. February sales of the Lexus IS250 and IS350 were below 4,000 units while the new E90 3 Series sedans totaled 7,500 units. It will be interesting to see how the sales compare during this year.

Please visit my website for the complete Lexus and Mercedes-Benz sales reports.

Please note that I only report the United States sales data.

[0700700]

operating in all the forums, eh