BMW India Sales Up by 14 Percent!
Posted on August 19th 2009Welcome back!
BMW India, the subsidiary of the German Auto giant BMW, has recorded 14% increase in its sales in first 7 months of 2009. During this period, BMW India sold 2008 cars as to 1763 cars in same period 2008.
Thus BMW India has become the top luxury car maker in the country with Mercedes following. The auto giant expects to sale 3000 cars for this year. BMW India has its production plant in Chennai having the capacity of making 3000 units per year.
Lackadaisical performance of Mercedes Benz in the first half of this year is due to impending new E-Class sedan launch in India. As many potential buyers prefer to wait for the new version than to buy the existing models. Moreover, BMW’s product launches have been greater than Mercedes and it is pulling out all stops to ramp up its distribution base across the country.
- Industry expert said.
In April-July 2009 period, the company sold 1016 units as against 853 units by Mercedes. This year, two models of BMW India are in queue to get launch driving sales increase in India.
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