BMW’s Neue Klasse has started showing up in its global sales figures.
Deliveries of fully electric BMW and MINI models in Europe rose 38% to 81,445 units in the second quarter of 2026 as the new iX3 reached its first customers.
Worldwide, BMW Group delivered 116,807 battery-electric vehicles between April and June, up 5.2% from a year earlier. BMW also moved into second place for electric-car registrations in Germany during the quarter.
Orders for the iX3 are approaching 100,000, according to BMW board member for sales Jochen Goller. BMW said the forthcoming i3, its second Neue Klasse model, has also started strongly since orders opened.
Even so, first-half BEV deliveries fell 7.4% to 204,295 units. Combined battery-electric and plug-in hybrid sales dropped by the same percentage to 295,407.
BMW Group delivered 1,156,742 vehicles worldwide in the first six months, down 4.2%. The BMW brand accounted for 1,004,681 units, a decline of 6.2%, while BMW M sales fell 6% to 99,595.
Second-quarter group volume fell 4.9% to 590,962 vehicles, despite Europe rising 7.6% and US sales increasing 11.9% over the three-month period.
China did most of the damage. Group deliveries there dropped 20.4% to 261,773 vehicles, while sales across the wider Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region declined 9.6%.
Europe and the US fared better over the half-year. European sales rose 5.4% to 496,651 vehicles, while US volume increased 3.9% to 200,661, helped by demand for BMW’s X models.
MINI recorded the strongest growth in the group, with sales up 11.7% to 149,538 vehicles. Electric models accounted for much of the increase, helping MINI post a sixth consecutive quarterly gain. Rolls-Royce deliveries fell 9.8% to 2,523 cars.
The iX3 has improved BMW’s second-quarter EV result, but China’s decline left the group’s first-half global volume below its 2025 level.
