German carmaker BMW global February group sales up 14 percent to 91,758 cars

BMW global February sales up 14 pct to 91,758 cars

FRANKFURT — German carmaker BMW AG says its global February group sales increased 14 percent from a year earlier to 91,758 cars for the month.

The Munich-based company said Tuesday it delivered 78,248 cars of the BMW brand, up 13 percent. The Mini brand is up 16 percent to 13,443 cars and the Rolls Royce brand is unchanged over February 2008 at 67 cars sold.

BMW is the world’s largest luxury carmaker.

It says its motorcycle division also saw a near 25 percent increase in deliveries for the month to 5,485 vehicles.

BMW says it is seeing “a definite upturn” in almost all markets and that group sales for the first two months of the year are more than 15 percent higher than a year earlier.

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