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BMW Group Reports 11 Percent Increase in First Quarter U.S. Sales


April 2006
 Filed under: BMW CORPORATE Car News | BMW CORPORATE Headlines

BMW Brand Sales Jump 14 Percent Year-To-Date

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported year-to-date sales of 72,588 vehicles, an 11 percent increase over the 65,536 sold in the first quarter of 2005. The BMW Group also reported an increase of 17 percent in March sales, for 28,352 vehicles over the 24,276 vehicles reported in March 2005.
BMW Brand Reports Sales

Year-to-date, sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 14 percent, as the company reported sales of 63,103 vehicles compared to 55,352 vehicles sold in first quarter of 2005.

March sales jumped 22 percent for a total of 24,501 vehicles compared to 20,149 reported last March.

BMW Automobile Sales

BMW's automobile sales rose 31 percent in March, to 18,966 versus 14,475 in the same month a year ago. First quarter sales were up 23 percent, to 49,884 automobiles compared to 40,427 in the first three months of 2005.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

March sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are off slightly, down 2 percent to 5,535 vehicles over the 5,674 sold last March. Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are down 11 percent, to 13,219 vehicles compared to the 14,925 sold in the first three months of 2005.

Certified Pre-Owned

BMW experienced its strongest month ever for Certified Pre-Owned BMW sales. The company reported sales of 8,137 CPO sales in March 2006, almost 1,400 vehicles higher than the previous record set in April 2005, and an increase of 24 percent over March 2005. Year-to-date, CPO sales were up 20 percent, to 20,262 over the 16,878 reported in the same period in 2005.

MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles

MINI USA reported March sales of 3,851 automobiles, down 7 percent from the 4,127 cars sold in March 2005. Year-to-date, the division reported sales of 9,485 automobiles, 7 percent less than the 10,184 cars reported in the first quarter 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 March 2006 2006 2005 March 18,966 14,475 Year-to-Date 49,884 40,427 Model Year-to- Year-to- March Date March Date 2006 2006 2005 2005 325i (E90 & E46) 4,181 12,026 2,704 9,105 325Ci 346 858 396 1,035 325Ci convertible 454 1,018 673 1,499 325i sports wagon 0 4 64 231 325xi (E90 & E46) 1,355 4,296 552 2,106 325xi sports wagon (E90 & E46) 232 611 68 275 330i (E90 & E46) 1,526 3,999 965 2,638 330Ci 202 532 240 710 330Ci convertible 481 1,108 556 1,207 330xi (E90 & E46) 894 2,430 735 1,580 M3 273 562 402 929 M3 convertible 149 335 200 454 3 Series 10,093 27,779 7,555 21,769 Z4 2.5i Roadster (US) 36 180 616 1,264 Z4 3.0i Roadster (US) 372 491 375 645 Z4 Roadster 3.0si (US) 167 184 0 0 Z4 M Roadster (US) 145 145 0 0 Z4 720 1,000 991 1,909 525i (E60) 1,355 3,167 1,500 4,239 525xi (E60) 495 1,655 0 0 530i (E60) 1,283 3,086 1,617 4,582 530xi (E60) 794 2,433 0 0 530xi sports wagon (E60) 261 812 0 0 545i (E60) 0 6 830 2,196 550i (E60) 702 1,698 0 0 M5 (E60 & E39) 375 1,242 0 2 5 Series 5,265 14,099 3,947 11,019 645Ci 0 21 323 887 650i coupe 288 714 0 0 645Ci convertible 0 16 548 1,412 650i convertible 629 1,390 0 0 6 Series 917 2,141 871 2,299 745i 0 0 405 1,147 745Li 0 0 668 2,162 750i 489 1,079 0 0 750Li 1,439 3,671 0 0 760i 7 17 18 34 760Li 35 97 19 83 7 Series 1,970 4,864 1,110 3,426 Z8 1 1 0 2 Z8 Alpina 0 0 1 3 Z8 1 1 1 5 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for March 2006 2006 2005 March 5,535 5,674 Year-to-Date 13,219 14,925 Model Year-to- Year- March Date March to-Date 2006 2006 2005 2005 X3 2.5i 30 128 609 1,443 X3 3.0i 3,043 5,915 2,396 5,692 X3 3,073 6,043 3,005 7,135 X5 3.0i (US) 1,811 5,380 1,904 5,541 X5 4.4i (US) 554 1,519 661 1,955 X5 4.8is (US) 97 277 104 294 X5 2,462 7,176 2,669 7,790 MINI Sales Report for March 2006 2006 2005 March 3,851 4,127 Year-to-Date 9,485 10,184 Model Year- Year-to- March to-Date March Date 2006 2006 2005 2005 MINI Cooper 926 2,781 1,246 3,239 MINI Cooper S 1,942 4,298 1,657 3,923 MINI Cooper Convertible 258 752 639 1,619 MINI Cooper S Convertible 725 1,654 585 1,403 Total MINI 3,851 9,485 4,127 10,184



Source: The BMW Group

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