BMW Group: auto sales up 5.1 per cent in May.

(CercleFinance.com) - Germany's BMW Group said on Wednesday that sales of its luxury-car brands increased 5.
1% in May year-on-year, powered by the automaker's expanding electrified range.

BMW Group's five-month deliveries were up 5.7% per cent at 988,185 cars, said the Munich-based manufacturer.

Stripping out the Mini and Rolls-Royce brands, BMW posted sales in the first five months that increased by 6%, compared with the same period last year, to 845,147 units.

The company said this growth is particularly attributable to the good sales figures of the BMW X SUV family.

Additionally, sales of electrified vehicles have risen by over 80% in the first five months of the year.

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