BMW Sales Rise 5%

BMW AG sold 199,800 BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce vehicles in September compared with 189,700 a year earlier. Volume through the first nine months of 2014 rose nearly 7% to 1.53 million units.

BMW brand sales climbed 6% to 167,600 units in September and 9% to 1.32 million in January-September. Results were aided by new models.

Mini sales advanced 2% to a record 31,900 units last month but remain down 8% at 207,500 for the year to date. The company predicts full-year volume will equal last year's result. Rolls-Royce sales are up 24% to 2,900 cars for the first nine months of the year.

Group sales in September grew 7% to a record 99,600 units in Europe. Volume expanded 5% in Asia, 3% in the Americas and 21% in the Middle East.