BMW Group Sales Increase 3 Percent in August; Sales Up 10 Percent Year-To-Date

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Sept. 3 -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) established new sales records for the month of August and for the first eight months of the year. Sales for the BMW Group were up 3.4 percent in August with 23,068 vehicles versus the 22,315 vehicles reported in the same month of 2002. Sales for the first eight months increased by 9.8 percent with 185,355 vehicles compared to 168,745 reported in 2002.

BMW Brand

BMW reported a 6 percent increase in August sales, with 20,257 vehicles compared to 19,126 in August 2002. Year-to-date, sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 4 percent to 161,930 compared to 155,951 vehicles sold in the same period last year.

BMW Automobile Sales

BMW's automobile sales were up 5 percent in August, with 16,247 cars reported versus 15,499 in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, BMW automobile sales increased 7.7 percent to 137,159 in 2003 compared to 127,316 units reported for the first eight months of 2002.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

BMW reported 4,010 sales of its X5 Sports Activity Vehicles in August, an increase of 10.6 percent compared to the 3,627 sold in the same month in 2002. Year-to-date, SAV sales were off 13.5 percent, with 24,771 vehicles reported compared to 28,635 sold in the same period last year.

Certified Pre-owned Vehicle Sales

BMW reported August sales of 5,967 vehicles, up 4.6 percent over the 5,702 reported in the same month a year ago. Sales of Certified Pre-owned BMWs were up 12.5 percent year-to-date to 45,363 compared to 40,327 units in the same period one year ago.

  MINI Brand

  MINI Automobiles

Demand for MINI brand automobiles remains strong. Due to planned production limitations, MINI USA reported August sales of 2,811 automobiles-a 12 percent decrease from the 3,189 cars reported in August 2002. Sales of MINI automobiles for the first eight months of 2003 totaled 23,425. MINI went on sale in the U.S. on March 22, 2002 and last year, MINI USA reported sales of 12,794 cars through August 30, 2002.

BMW Group In America

BMW of North America has been present in the United States since 1975. Since then, the BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales and financial service organizations for the BMW and MINI brands and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Corp. in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all Z4 roadster and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 340 BMW car, 327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle, 148 BMW Motorcycle retailers, and 70 MINI dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North, Central and South America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

BMW Car Sales Report for August 2003 2003 2002 August 16247 15499 Year-to-Date 137159 127316 Year-to- Year-to- August Date August Date 2003 2003 2002 2002 325i (E46) 4219 28878 3294 26185 325Ci (E46) 628 5684 724 5794 325Ci convertible (E46) 548 5543 893 6586 325i sport wagon (E46) 145 1444 101 774 325xi 401 8929 1016 7612 325xi sport wagon 131 1420 122 1230 330i 607 6250 892 7850 330Ci 592 4637 581 5100 330Ci convertible 593 5344 663 5889 330xi 481 3919 404 3494 M3 (E46) 372 3293 426 3756 M3 convertible (E46) 247 2547 328 2741 3 Series 8964 77888 9444 77011 Z3 2.5 roadster (US) 2 105 341 3213 Z3 3.0 roadster (US) 0 21 486 1963 Z3 3.0 coupe (US) 0 5 42 176 Z4 2.5i roadster (US) 972 7802 0 0 Z4 3.0i roadster (US) 594 5264 0 0 M roadster (US) 3 13 10 457 M coupe (US) 1 2 27 267 Z3 and Z4 Series 1572 13212 906 6076 525i 2006 12834 1276 9492 525i sport wagon 87 1041 124 1036 530i 1662 14081 1658 13894 540i sport wagon 27 224 22 233 540i 358 3303 273 3485 M5 112 1292 118 1220 5 Series 4252 32775 3471 29360 740i 0 0 0 28 740iL 0 0 3 38 740iL Protection 0 0 0 0 745i 487 4119 587 9388 745Li 877 8329 1049 5010 750iL 0 0 3 15 750iL Protection 0 0 0 0 760Li 59 505 0 0 7 Series 1423 12953 1642 14479 Z8 0 166 36 390 Z8 Alpina 36 165 0 0 Z8 Series 36 331 36 390 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for August 2003 2003 2002 August 4010 3627 Year-to-Date 24771 28635 August Year-to-Date August Year-to-Date 2003 2003 2002 2002 X5 3.0i (US) 3052 18319 2790 21724 X5 4.4i (US) 838 5570 703 6079 X5 4.6is (US) 120 882 134 832 Total 4010 24771 3627 28635 MINI Sales Report for August 2003 2003 2002 August 2811 3189 Year-to-Date 23425 12794 August Year-to-Date August Year-to-Date 2003 2003 2002 2002 MINI Cooper 1431 13325 1441 7819 MINI Cooper S 1380 10100 1748 4975 Total 2811 23425 3189 12794