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BMW Group Reports Sales for July 2006


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Year-to-Date Sales of BMW Group Up 5.3 Percent; July sales off 12 Percent

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Aug. 1 -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported year-to-date sales of 180,857 vehicles, an increase of 5.3 percent over the 171,683 vehicles sold in the first seven months of 2005. The BMW Group also reported a decrease of 12 percent in July sales for 23,611 vehicles over the 26,840 vehicles reported in 2005.

BMW Brand Sales Increase in July

BMW brand sales were up 7.7 percent year-to-date, to 157,303 vehicles compared to 146,042 vehicles sold in first seven months of 2005.

Sales of BMW brand vehicles dropped 13.4 percent in July for a total of 20,083 compared to 23,178 reported in the same month a year ago.

BMW Automobile Sales

Year-to-date, sales of BMW brand automobiles were up 15 percent, to 123,197 automobiles compared to 107,152 in the same period of 2005. Automobile sales were off 6.1 percent in July to 15,546 versus 16,555 in the same month a year ago.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

Sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were down 31.5 percent in July to 4,537 vehicles over the 6,623 sold last July. Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles were also off 12.3 percent, to 34,106 vehicles compared to the 38,890 sold in the first seven months of 2005.

Certified Pre-Owned

Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles were up 3.5 percent, and the company reported its sales of 6,977 CPO vehicles versus 6,738 vehicles reported last July. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 19.2 percent, to 51,416 over the 43,150 reported in the same period in 2005.

  MINI Brand
  MINI Automobiles

MINI USA reported July sales of 3,528 automobiles, down 3.7 percent from the 3,662 cars sold in July 2005. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 23,554 automobiles, a drop of 8.1 percent, compared to the 25,641 cars reported in the first seven months of 2005.

BMW Group in America

BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975. ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand, the MINI brand, and the ROLLS-ROYCE brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC 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 339 BMW passenger car centers, 334 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 143 BMW motorcycle retailers, 80 MINI passenger car dealers, and 30 ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North, Central and South America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet at:

  
http://www.bmwgroupna.com/
  http://www.bmwusa.com/
  http://www.bmwmotorradusa.com/
  http://www.miniusa.com/
  http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/

                    BMW Car Sales Report for July 2006

                                                 2006     2005

  July                                         15,546   16,555
  Year-to-Date                                123,197  107,152

  Model                                        Year-to-        Year-to-
                                     July        Date     July   Date
                                     2006        2006     2005   2005

  325i (E90 & E46)                  3,644      29,276    4,176  25,539
  325Ci                               256       1,956      328   2,530
  325Ci convertible                   473       2,992      582   3,960
  325i sports wagon                     0           4       29     394
  325xi (E90 & E46)                 1,093       9,418        2   2,929
  325xi sports wagon (E90 & E46)      152       1,428       31     459
  330i (E90 & E46)                  1,320      10,752    2,185  10,416
  330Ci                                72       1,018      220   1,807
  330Ci convertible                   488       3,115      514   3,398
  330xi (E90 & E46)                   802       6,438        2   2,462
  M3                                  158       1,625      328   2,379
  M3 convertible                      127         919      164   1,241
    3 Series                        8,585      68,941    8,561  57,514
  Z4 2.5i Roadster  (US)               36         333      579   3,930
  Z4 3.0i Roadster (US)               814       3,545      412   2,396
  Z4 Roadster 3.0si (US)              419       1,839        0       0
  Z4 M Roadster (US)                   78         603        0       0
  Z4 Coupe 3.0si                       50          93        0       0
  Z4 M Coupe                           27          83        0       0
  Z4                                1,424       6,496      991   6,326
  525i (E60)                          960       7,630    1,238  10,207
  525xi (E60)                         322       3,119      450     613
  530i (E60)                          904       7,559    1,323  10,279
  530xi (E60)                         562       5,138      524     829
  530xi sports wagon (E60)            112       1,549      189     425
  545i (E60)                            0           6      657   5,408
  550i (E60)                          413       4,216        0       0
  M5 (E60 & E39)                      201       2,092        0       4
  5 Series                          3,474      31,309    4,381  27,765
  645Ci                                 0          21      300   2,129
  650i coupe                          162       1,557        0       0
  645Ci convertible                     0          16      487   3,679
  650i convertible                    424       3,409        0       0
  M6                                  168         612        0       0
  6 Series                            754       5,615      787   5,808
  745i                                  0           0       21   1,666
  745Li                                 0           0       26   2,790
  750i                                335       2,575      492   1,527
  750Li                               946       8,015    1,243   3,420
  760i                                  5          31        7      89
  760Li                                22         210       44     234
  7 Series                          1,308      10,831    1,833   9,726
  Z8                                    1           4        2       7
  Z8 Alpina                             0           1        0       6
  Z8                                    1           5        2      13

             BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales
                           Report for July 2006

                                              2006        2005

  July                                       4,537       6,623
  Year-to-Date                              34,106      38,890

                                            Year-to-            Year-to-
  Model                              July     Date        July    Date
                                     2006     2006        2005    2005

  X3 2.5i                               6      180         679   4,023
  X3 3.0i                           2,188   17,941       2,603  15,610
  X3                                2,194   18,121       3,282  19,633
  X5 3.0i (US)                      1,696   11,780       2,494  13,756
  X5 4.4i (US)                        584    3,632         746   4,759
  X5 4.8is (US)                        63      573         101     742
  X5                                2,343   15,985       3,341  19,257

                     MINI Sales Report for July 2006

                                              2006        2005

  July                                       3,528       3,662
  Year-to-Date                              23,554      25,641

                                            Year-to-            Year-to-
  Model                              July     Date        July    Date
                                     2006     2006        2005    2005

  MINI Cooper                       1,251    7,220       1,357   8,484
  MINI Cooper S                     1,278    9,577       1,442   9,671
  MINI Cooper Convertible             270    2,083         290   3,595
  MINI Cooper S Convertible           727    4,672         573   3,891
  MINI Cooper S JCW GP                  2        2           0       0

  Total MINI                        3,528   23,554       3,662  25,641