BMW hits record sales in Q1 April 11, 2012 - 19:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - German top-of-the-range carmaker BMW said Wednesday, April 11 it achieved record sales in the first quarter of 2012, powered by growth in all key markets, including Germany, the United States and China, AFP reported. BMW said in a statement it sold 425,528 cars worldwide in the January-March period, up 11.2 percent compared with a year earlier. It was "the best quarter in our company's history," it said. Chinese sales jumped 36.8 percent to 80,014, with the United States up 16.6 percent at 75,729 and Germany up 2.0 percent to 66,222. Looking ahead to the whole year, BMW said it hoped to grow faster than the overall market and was targetting record sales of its BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brand cars.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
