BMW Sales Rose 16.6% in January
BMW has registered a significant increase in sales at group level for January. The worldwide economic crisis has caused major problems for the auto industry. Great producers had to register significant losses and companies that are in decline and more were hurt.
Even if auto sales market saw declines very large premium producers managed to pass with flying colors to the year 2009. In a strange, premium producers managed to pass most easily from the crisis and it seems that in early 2010, are the first to announce increases in sales.
Thus, BMW announced that in January registered a 16.6% sales increase at the group level, a signal that the market is in recovery, but further proof that the premium segment is more accurate and safer customers. BMW sold 82,120 units in January. Sales growth was recorded and the Bavarian company's German rivals, Mercedes and Audi.
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