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BMW Group Vehicle Deliveries Fall on Continued Weakness in China

The group, which also owns Mini, Rolls-Royce and a motorcycle business, said sales fell across all of it; China is the weak spot, and the cars are still parked.

On air: Hank Ledger on Wake Up, America
Published 5:53 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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First reported by WSJ: “BMW Group Vehicle Deliveries Fall on Continued Weakness in China”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 5:53 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: China.

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WSJBMW Group Vehicle Deliveries Fall on Continued Weakness in China

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBMW Group says its worldwide deliveries fell six point three percent, with continued weakness in China to blame.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip is at a dealership lot with the details.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI'm standing in a BMW lot right now, Hank, and behind me are rows and rows of gleaming cars that are, technically, still here.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe sun isn't even up.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStill here is the problem. Fewer of them left the lot than last year.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentRight, but look at it as inventory with excellent job security.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe group also makes Minis, and I can report the Minis are not struggling, they're just shy.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShy.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentVery shy. Two of them are parked behind a pillar.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentAnd the Rolls-Royce over there has been silent for twenty minutes, which I think means it's calling a meeting about China.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA meeting of one car. And the motorcycle side of the company, where is that this morning?
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentGone, Hank. Every motorcycle left before I got here, so either they sold or they saw the meeting coming.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA security guard also asked me to stop narrating the Minis.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip, one more time: what is the number that matters here?
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSix point three percent down, group-wide, and China is the weak spot. And the only thing delivered on this lot this morning is me.