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BMW Group Sales Increase 3 Percent In August

Sales Up 10 Percent Year-To-Date

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Woodcliff Lake, NJ - 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

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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.

(September 3, 2003)