[agroot12]

BMW sales do not seem shrinking to me: They boast 35 consecutive quarters of growth [1] and sold more cars year over year, at least in 2014-2017 [2], don't know about 2018, as it's not yet in the statistics.

[1] https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T028306...

[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/264342/global-sales-volu...

[Retric]

Global numbers look fine, US and EU numbers don’t.

  US:
  2017	305.685	1,77%
  2016	313.174	1,79%
  2015	346.023	1,98%
  2014	339.738	2,06%

Looks like 2018 numbers are up slightly in the US, though still below 2016 sales.

2018 311.014 1,79%

http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-data/bmw/