BMW Motorrad report strong sales

Added on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments

BMW have reported strong motorcycle sales despite a “difficult trading background” for the second quarter of 2010, with revenues from the Motorrad division increasing by more than 30.7% in the first six months of 2010 compared to the same period last year.

BMW reported that motorcycle sales in the second quarter increased by 21.6% to 36,175 units, compared with 29,742 units in 2009m taking total sales for the first six months of the year to 57,015 units, a 21.4% increase.

The best-seller list was headed by the large, long-distance enduro R 1200 GS, making it the best-sold bike in the 500 cc plus motorcycles segment worldwide. Sales of the S 1000 RR – the first supersport bike manufactured by BMW Motorrad – reached a total of 6,459 units worldwide in the six-month period from January to June, of which 1,223 were sold in June.

Two new luxurious BMW Touring motorcycles, the K 1600 GT and the K 1600 GTL, will be presented to the public for the first time in autumn and, for the first time in the segment’s history, both of these models will be fitted with six-cylinder in-line engines.

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