[FDMeloan]

BMW Group vehicle sales this January were down 1.8% when compared to January a year ago.

Sales of the X Series were up 10.8% when compared to January, 2006 as a result of strong sales of the 2007 X3. BMW car sales were up a miniscule 0.5% as the 3 Series was the series to have a good month.

Sales of the BMW brand were up 2.5% when compared to last January.

Again this January BMW outsold Mercedes-Benz (by 4,742 units) but still failed to out sell Lexus which sold a total of 22,118 units.

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

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