September 2006 X3 Series Sales Report

September sales of the BMW X3 and X5 Series totaled 4,537 units, down 31.5% from the 6,623 sold last September. YTD sales of the X Series were also down 12.3% when compared to the first 9 months of 2005.

For those of you who are interested Mercedes-Benz sold 5,873 trucks this month thanks to the addition of the R Class last September and the GL Class this April. For the first 9 months of 2006 sales of MB trucks are up 91.0% when compared to the same period of 2005. Of the 35,413 MB trucks sold thru the first 9 months of 2006, over half (51.6%)were the new R Class and GL Class.

Please note that I report only United States sales data.

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So, poor sales should mean good lease rates? or are they going to make 2007 X3 lease rates high until they get rid of 2006s?

I don't get it. Maybe its just the new ones that are supposedly having a hard sell (I doubt it in my area). My dealer is running out of stock on CPO X3s........like literally they have 3 or 4 in stock.

Fred, according to your attachment, sales of the X3 and X5 combined for Sept 06 totaled 5,064 compared to 6,443 for Sept 05. That's a decrease of 21%.

Sales of the X3 were actually up to 2,823 in Sept 06 from 2,000 in Sept 05.