BMW Eyes U.S. Sales Of 400,000 Cars A Year: Report

BMW aims to increase its sales in the U.S. to 400,000 vehicles a year fromBmw_stefan_krause_w_bmw_203_2 336,000, according to a German Auto Motor und Sport magazine report picked up by Reuters.

“Today Europe is still our main market with a share of around 60 percent, followed by North America with 24 percent and Asia with 11 percent," the magazine quoted Stefan Krause, BMW's head of sales and marketing, as saying.

“Looking at countries, the United States with 336,000 units overtook Germany as our main market already a few years ago. And it is there that we see the absolutely strongest growth worldwide,” Krause said.

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