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BMW Group Reports 7 Percent Increase in Sales for First Quarter 2005


April 2005
 Filed under: BMW CORPORATE Car News | BMW CORPORATE Headlines

BMW Brand Up 4.5 Percent Year-To-Date

MINI Brand Up 23 Percent Year-To-Date, Propelled by Best Retail Month

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported year-to-date sales of 65,536 vehicles, a 7 percent increase over the 61,241 sold in the first quarter of 2004. The BMW Group also reported a decrease of 5 percent in March sales for 24,276 vehicles compared to the 25,545 sold in that month last year.
BMW Brand Reports Sales

Year-to-date, sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 4.5 percent for sales of 55,352 vehicles compared to 52,970 vehicles sold in first quarter of 2004.

The company also reported an 11 percent decline in March sales of automobiles and Sports Activity Vehicles, to 20,149 vehicles compared to the 22,688 reported last March.

The decline was not surprising, given that inventories of 3 Series sedans are at extremely low levels, in preparation for the launch of the all-new 2006 sedans in May.

BMW Automobile Sales

BMW's automobile sales dropped 18 percent in March, to 14,475 versus 17,733 in the same month a year ago. First quarter sales were down slightly, 3.6 percent, to 40,427 automobiles compared to 41,924 in the same period a year ago.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are up 35 percent for 14,925 vehicles versus the 11,046 vehicles sold in the first three months of 2004. March SAV sales were 5,674, compared to 4,955 vehicles sold in the same month last year, an increase of 14.5 percent.

Certified Pre-owned

Certified Pre-owned BMW sales were up 1.6 percent with 6,587 vehicles sold over the 6,486 sold last March, making it the best March ever.

Year-to-date, the company reported sales of 16,878 CPO vehicles, almost even (-0.5 percent) with the 16,962 sold in the first three months of 2004.

MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles

Demand for MINI brand automobiles was exceptionally strong as the division celebrated its third anniversary in the U.S. on March 22nd. March sales were the best ever recorded, for 4,127 cars versus 2,857 in March 2004, an increase of 44 percent. First quarter sales of MINI automobiles increased 23 percent with sales of 10,184 over the 8,271 sold in the first quarter of 2004.

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.

BMW Car Sales Report for March 2005 2005 2004 March 14,475 17,733 Year-to-Date 40,427 41,924 Model March Year-to-Date March Year-to-Date 2005 2005 2004 2004 325i 2,704 9,105 3,254 8,015 325Ci 396 1,035 698 1,660 325Ci convertible 673 1,499 870 1,854 325i sport wagon 64 231 145 393 325xi 552 2,106 1,689 3,998 325xi sport wagon 68 275 135 323 330i 965 2,638 673 1,653 330Ci 240 710 466 1,159 330Ci convertible 556 1,207 782 1,701 330xi 735 1,580 603 1,431 M3 402 929 443 1,189 M3 convertible 200 454 286 728 3 Series 7,555 21,769 10,044 24,104 Z4 2.5i roadster (US) 616 1,264 535 1,225 Z4 3.0i roadster (US) 375 645 795 1,253 Z3 and Z4 991 1,909 1,330 2,478 525i sport wagon (E39) 0 0 0 19 525i (E60) 1,500 4,239 1,337 3,738 530i (E60) 1,617 4,582 1,749 4,586 540i Sports Wagon (E39) 0 0 0 2 545i (E60) 830 2,196 775 1,938 M5 (E39) 0 2 12 45 5 Series 3,947 11,019 3,873 10,328 645Ci 323 887 729 729 645Ci Convertible 548 1,412 313 313 6 Series 871 2,299 1,042 1,042 745i 405 1,147 497 1,432 745Li 668 2,162 854 2,313 760i 18 34 0 0 760Li 19 83 67 180 7 Series 1,110 3,426 1,418 3,925 Z8 0 2 1 2 Z8 Alpina 1 3 25 45 Z8 1 5 26 47 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for March 2005 2005 2004 March 5,674 4,955 Year-to-Date 14,925 11,046 Model March Year-to-Date March Year-to-Date 2005 2005 2004 2004 X3 2.5i 609 1443 1,341 1,722 X3 3.0i 2,396 5,692 1,210 2,682 X3 3,005 7,135 2,551 4,404 X5 3.0i (US) 1,904 5,541 1,739 4,963 X5 4.4i (US) 661 1,955 661 1,665 X5 4.6is (US) 0 0 4 14 X5 4.8is (US) 104 294 0 0 X5 2,669 7,790 2,404 6,642 MINI Sales Report for March 2005 2005 2004 March 4,127 2,857 Year-to-Date 10,184 8,271 Model March Year-to-Date March Year-to-Date 2005 2005 2004 2004 MINI Cooper 1,246 3,239 1,432 4,193 MINI Cooper S 1,657 3,923 1,425 4,078 MINI Cooper Convertible 639 1,619 0 0 MINI Cooper S Convertible 585 1,403 0 0 Total MINI 4,127 10,184 2,857 8,271

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet at:

http://www.bmwusa.com/
http://www.bmwmotorradusa.com/
http://www.miniusa.com/
http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/

Source: BMW Group

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