BMW Motorrad USA sales down in May, up YTD

News release

BMW Motorrad USA reported sales of 1,701 motorcycles in May, a decrease of 6.0 percent from the total of 1,809 motorcycles sold in May 2013.

The three new-for-2014 boxer models fuelled growth of 38 percent in R-Series with the R 1200 GS Adventure the top-selling model in the month with 233 retails.  With 227 and 197 units respectively, the R 1200 RT and R 1200 GS also contributed strongly, together with 188 sales of the new R nineT roadster, resulting in 930 boxer deliveries in May compared to 675 in May of last year.

With 311 retails compared to 266 last year, S-Series performance increased by 17 percent with the HP4 up 22 percent in the month with 50 deliveries compared to 41 in May of 2013.

Despite uncertain market conditions, BMW Motorrad continues to perform ahead of last year, up 10.7 percent after five months.