OREANDA-NEWS. The Bavarian carmaker BMW Group by the results of 2015 once again confirmed its status as the world's leader of automotive premium segment and it has achieved a record sixth consecutive year, by setting a new maximum value of sales, revenue and profit before tax, despite the overall volatile situation in the market.

Sales of Automotive Division rose by 6.1% and they reached a new record level of 2 million 247 thousand 485 units. The brand BMW also demonstrates the record sales the fifth consecutive year, by giving the customers 1 905 234 cars in 2015, which is representing an increase of 5.2% compared with the previous year. Due to the additional benefit, received by the currency factors, revenues from the Group's sales in 2015 grew by 14.6% to 92.175 billion Euros. Against the background of growth in sales the earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) grew by 5.2% to EUR 9.593 billion. Profit before taxes of Group (EBT) for the first time has exceeded 9 billion Euros, by showing an increase of 5.9% up to a new record level of 9.224 billion Euros. Net profit of BMW Group for the first time exceeded 6 billion Euros and it increased by 10.0%, by setting a new record of 6.396 billion Euros.