BMW Sales Performance in Jan 2007

BMW just released a short summary of their performance in the first month of 2007.

Source: Official BMW Press Release

The BMW Group in the U.S.
(BMW and MINI brands combined) today reported January vehicle sales of
21,811, down 1.8 percent from the 22,218 vehicles sold in the same month of
2006.

BMW Brand Sales
BMW brand sales were up 2.1 percent, to 19,761 vehicles compared to
19,274 vehicles sold during January 2006.

MINI Brand Sales

MINI USA reported a 30.4 percent decrease in January sales, to 2,050
cars compared to 2,944 cars sold in the same period a year ago. The all-new
MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S hardtops will go on sale February 17th, and
sales reflect the lower inventory associated with the model changeover.