BMW Group Reports September Sales

Sales Up 8 Percent For First Three Quarters

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reports year-to-date sales of 248,273 vehicles, an increase of 8 percent verses the 229,833 vehicles sold in the first three quarters of 2006. September sales are up 7 percent, with the Group reporting 24,932 vehicles verses the 23,303 reported in 2006.

BMW Brand Sales Increase 8.1 Percent Year-to-date

BMW brand sales are up 8.1 percent year-to-date, to 216,337 vehicles compared to 200,063 vehicles sold in first nine months of 2006.

In September, BMW brand sales are up 2.8 percent for a total of 20,901 vehicles compared to 20,339 reported in the same month a year ago.

BMW Automobile Sales

Sales of BMW brand automobiles are up 9.2 percent in the first three quarters of 2007, to 169,761 automobiles over 155,525 in the same period of 2006. In September, automobile sales also increased by 7.7 percent to 16,457 cars versus 15,275 in the same month a year ago.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles improved by 4.6 percent, to 46,576 vehicles compared to the 44,538 sold in the same period in 2006. In September, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are down 12.2 percent, to 4,444 vehicles over the 5,064 sold in the same month in 2006.

Certified Pre-Owned

Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles are up 25.5 percent in September, and the company reports its best September ever, with sales of 7,421 CPO vehicles versus 5,913 vehicles reported last year. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 0.6 percent, to 64,445 over the 64,042 reported in the same period in 2006.

MINI Brand Increases 36 Percent In September

MINI Automobiles

MINI USA reports September sales of 4,031 automobiles, up 36 percent from the 2,964 cars sold last September. Year-to-date, the division reports sales of 31,936 automobiles, an increase of 7.3 percent, compared to the 29,770 cars reported in the first three quarters of 2006.

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 of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, 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 models and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car centers, 335 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 142 BMW motorcycle retailers, 82 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:

www.bmwgroupna.com

www.bmwusa.com

www.bmwmotorcycles.com

www.miniusa.com

www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com

BMW Car Sales Report for September 2007

2007 2006

September 16,457 15,275

Year-to-Date 169,761 155,525

Model Year-to- Year-to-

September Date September Date

2007 2007 2006 2006

325i (E90 & E46) 122 2,026 3,300 36,343

325Ci (E46) 2 50 139 2,347

325Ci Convertible (E46) 1 49 467 3,950

325i Sports Wagon (E91) 0 0 0 4

325xi (E90 & E46) 10 136 632 11,018

325xi Sports Wagon (E90 & E46) 10 81 66 1,624

328i (E90) 4,388 38,769 72 72

328i Coupe (E92) 215 6,350 710 1,116

328i Convertible (E93) 177 6,127 0 0

328i Sports Wagon (E91) 96 1,107 0 0

328xi (E90) 1,289 16,607 181 181

328xi Coupe (E92) 152 3,723 7 7

328xi Sports Wagon (E91) 115 1,317 2 2

330i (E90 & E46) 14 370 1,254 13,363

330Ci (E46) 0 11 40 1,114

330Ci Convertible (E46) 3 33 634 4,236

330xi (E90 & E46) 2 37 410 7,382

335i (E90) 926 12,215 65 65

335i Coupe (E92) 729 7,815 1,408 1,597

335i Convertible (E93) 741 6,496 0 0

335xi (E90) 500 3,181 0 0

335xi Coupe (E92) 27 27 0 0

M3 (E46) 0 13 44 1,752

M3 Convertible (E46) 0 18 185 1,226

3 Series 9,519 106,558 9,616 87,399

Z4 2.5i Roadster (E85) - US 4 86 26 393

Z4 3.0i Roadster (E85) - US 477 3,769 585 4,898

Z4 Roadster 3.0si (E85) - US 259 1,988 325 2,605

Z4 M Roadster (E85) - US 66 409 48 981

Z4 Coupe 3.0si (E86) - US 107 719 35 178

Z4 M Coupe (E86) - US 77 566 26 166

Z4 990 7,537 1,045 9,221

525i (E60) 41 3,317 1,056 10,018

525xi (E60) 16 1,724 296 3,803

528i (E60) 1,288 7,177 0 0

528xi (E60) 541 3,302 0 0

530i (E60) 32 3,524 899 9,698

530xi (E60) 38 2,882 424 6,239

530xi Sports Wagon (E60) 15 447 78 1,728

535i (E60) 941 5,396 0 0

535xi (E60) 534 3,869 0 0

535xi Sports Wagon (E60) 118 646 0 0

545i (E60) 0 0 0 6

550i (E60) 368 4,176 338 5,039

M5 (E60) 123 1,434 99 2,413

5 Series 4,055 37,894 3,190 38,944

645Ci (E63) 0 0 0 21

650i Coupe (E63) 161 1,469 91 1,776

645Ci Convertible (E64) 0 0 0 16

650i Convertible (E64) 289 3,264 252 4,032

M6 (E63) 303 968 66 870

M6 Convertible (E64) 55 1,058 0 0

6 Series 808 6,759 409 6,715

ALPINA B7 64 358 0 0

745Li (E65) 0 0 0 0

750i (E65) 224 2,420 212 3,123

750Li (E66) 784 8,121 786 9,841

760i (E66) 0 0 2 33

760Li (E65) 13 114 15 244

7 Series 1,085 11,013 1,015 13,241

Z8 0 0 0 4

Z8 Alpina 0 0 0 1

Z8 0 0 0 5

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks)

Sales Report for September 2007

2007 2006

September 4,444 5,064

Year-to-Date 46,576 44,538

Model Year-to- Year-to-

September Date September Date

2007 2007 2006 2006

X3 2.5i (E83) 0 4 0 182

X3 3.0i (E83) 83 569 2,650 22,940

X3 3.0si (E83) 2,068 21,685 173 173

X3 2,151 22,258 2,823 23,295

X5 3.0i (E53) - US 16 254 1,626 15,616

X5 3.0si (E70) - US 1,370 14,947 0 0

X5 4.4i (E53) - US 28 252 551 4,914

X5 4.8i (E70) - US 876 8,851 0 0

X5 4.8is (E53) - US 3 14 64 713

X5 2,293 24,318 2,241 21,243

MINI Sales Report for September 2007

2007 2006

September 4,031 2,964

Year-to-Date 31,936 29,770

Model Year-to- Year-to-

September Date September Date

2007 2007 2006 2006

MINI Cooper (R50) 19 1,842 1,192 9,615

MINI Cooper (R56) 1,635 10,648 0 0

MINI Cooper S (R53) 4 1,596 1,048 11,773

MINI Cooper S (R56) 1,749 11,539 0 0

MINI Cooper Convertible 212 2,530 319 2,653

MINI Cooper S Convertible 412 3,750 402 5,688

MINI Cooper S JCW GP 0 31 3 41

Total MINI 4,031 31,936 2,964 29,770 SOURCE BMW Group