BMW sales fall 18 pc in May from year earlier

FRANKFURT: German carmaker BMW AG said on Monday that the group sold 109,042 cars in May 2008, an 18 per cent decline from the same period a year earlier.

The Munich-based premium carmaker said its BMW brand sold 90,643 cars last month, down 18 per cent from the 110,707 sold in May 2008.

The Mini brand saw sales fall 19 per cent, to 18,348 cars from 22,685.

Meanwhile, sales of the super-luxury Rolls-Royce brand declined 54 per cent to 51 cars for the month, compared with 110 in May a year ago.

BMW's motorcycles division saw a 12 per cent decline in sales to 10,172 motorcycles from 11,580 last year.