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BMW Group in the U.S. Reports Record July Sales for BMW and MINI Brands

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – August 2, 2005... The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported July sales of 26,840, an increase of 11 percent over the 24,086 vehicles sold the same month last year. The BMW Group also reported year-to-date sales of 171,683 vehicles, up 2.4 percent over the 167,732 vehicles sold in the first seven months of 2004.

BMW Brand
BMW reported an 8 percent increase in July sales of automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles, to 23,178 vehicles, making it the strongest July on record. This compares to the 21,479 reported in July 2004.

Year-to-date, sales of BMW brand vehicles were about the same (-0.9 percent) from last year, for sales of 146,042 vehicles compared to 147,313 vehicles sold in first seven months of 2004.

BMW Automobile Sales
July sales of BMW automobile sales were up 19 percent, to 16,555 cars, compared to 13,974 sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, sales were down 4 percent, to 107,152 automobiles compared to 111,580 in the same period a year ago.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
SAV sales were down 12 percent for the month for 6,623 vehicles, compared to 7,505 vehicles sold in July 2004. Year-to-date, sales of BMW’s two SAV models are up 9 percent, to 38,890 vehicles compared to 35,733 in the same period of 2004.

Certified Pre-owned
BMW also reported July sales of Certified Pre-owned BMWs. Monthly sales of Certified Pre-owned vehicles were 6,738, up 3 percent over the 6,550 vehicles sold in the same month last year.

Year-to-date, BMW CPO sales were up 2 percent, for 43,150 vehicles over 42,405 for the same period a year ago.

MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
MINI USA continued to experience strong demand, with July sales up 41 percent, for the strongest July since MINI automobiles went on sale in 2002. The division reported sales of 3,662 cars this month compared to 2,607 last July. Sales of MINI automobiles in the first seven months of 2005 are up 26 percent with sales of 25,641 cars over the 20,419 cars reported in 2004.

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