July sales of the 5 Series this year were up a very significant 64.2% over last July. YTD sales for the first 7 months of 2005 were up 7.9% from the same period last year.

By comparison, July sales of the Mercedes-Benz E Class were up 11.3% with sales of 5,506 units this month and 4,949 units last July. Sales of the MB E Class were down 19.4% for the first 7 months of 2005.

Please note that I report only United States sales data.