BMW GROUP BEGINS NEW YEAR WITH STRONG SALES
01 February 2006 - BMW

BMW Reports Best January on Record with Increase of 12 Percent; MINI Brand Sales also Reports Best January Ever

The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported sales of 22,218 vehicles in January 2006, an increase of 12 percent over the 19,764 vehicles reported in January 2005.

BMW Brand Sales

BMW reported sales of 19,274 automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles (SAVs), up 14 percent compared to the 16,847 vehicles reported the same month last year. It was the strongest January on record, despite low inventories that follow the annual holiday closures at most of BMW''s productions plants. BMW''s plant in Spartanburg, S.C. reopened January 9th following an extended construction closure while a new single-line production system was installed.

BMW Automobile Sales

BMW''s monthly automobile sales were up 23 percent, to 15,455 versus 12,611 in January 2005.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

Sales of BMW''s Sports Activity Vehicles decreased 10 percent in January 2006. BMW reported sales of 3,819 vehicles compared to 4,236 vehicles sold in the same month of 2005.

Certified Pre-owned

BMW reported a 21 percent increase in sales of Certified Pre-Owned vehicles sold in January 2006, for 5,761 vehicles compared to 4,745 vehicles in 2005.

MINI Brand & MINI Automobiles

MINI USA reported sales of 2,944 vehicles in January 2006, up slightly from the 2,917 sold in January 2005 for the best January since the brand went on sale in the U.S. in 2002.

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 340 BMW passenger car centers, 327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 148 BMW motorcycle retailers, 80 MINI passenger car dealers, and 25 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.

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