BMW brand sales increased by 1.8 pct worldwide in 2018, to 2,125,026 vehicles, the company said, with December sales rising 1.3 percent.

The group's December sales fell 0.7 percent compared with the previous year, affected by a 11.3 percent drop in the MINI brand sales.

(Reporting by Riham Alkousaa; editing by Thomas Seythal)