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BMW Group Reports 3.9 Percent Increase in First Quarter 2007 U.S. Sales


April 2007
 Filed under: BMW Car News | BMW Headlines
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported year-to-date sales of 75,433 vehicles, a 3.9 percent increase over the 72,588 sold in the first quarter of 2006. The BMW Group also reported an increase of 2.2 percent in March sales, for 28,980 vehicles over the 28,352 vehicles reported in March 2006.
BMW Brand Reports Sales

Year-to-date, sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 6.7 percent, as the company reported sales of 67,360 vehicles compared to 63,103 vehicles sold in first quarter of 2006.

March sales increased 3.4 percent for a total of 25,325 vehicles compared to 24,501 reported last March.

BMW Automobile Sales

BMW's automobile first quarter sales were up 3.5 percent, to 51,617 automobiles compared to 49,884 in the first three months of 2006. In March automobile sales declined slightly 1.2 percent, to 18,746 versus 18,966 in the same month a year ago.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are up 19.1 percent, to 15,743 vehicles compared to the 13,219 sold in the first three months of 2006. March sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are up 18.9 percent to 6,579 vehicles over the 5,535 sold last March.

Certified Pre-Owned

The company reported sales of 7,838 BMW CPO vehicles in March 2007, down 3.7 percent. Year-to-date, CPO were down 6.2 percent, to 19,008 over the 20,262 reported in the same period in 2006.

MINI Brand / MINI Automobiles

MINI USA reported March sales of 3,655 automobiles, down 5.1 percent from the 3,851 cars sold in March 2006. Year-to-date, MINI reported sales of 8,073 automobiles, 14.9 percent less than the 9,485 cars reported in the first quarter of 2006.

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 BMW Z4 models and BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car centers, 335 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 142 BMW motorcycle retailers, 81 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:

www.bmwgroupna.com
www.bmwusa.com
www.bmwmotorradusa.com
www.miniusa.com
www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com

BMW Car Sales Report for March 2007 2007 2006 March 18,746 18,966 Year-to-Date 51,617 49,884 Model Year-to- Year-to- March Date March Date 2007 2007 2006 2006 325i (E90 & E46) 317 557 4,181 12,026 325Ci (E46) 13 19 346 858 325Ci Convertible (E46) 9 25 454 1,018 325i Sports Wagon (E91) 0 0 0 4 325xi (E90 & E46) 12 28 1,355 4,296 325xi Sports Wagon (E90 & E46) 7 17 232 611 328i (E90) 3,389 12,282 0 0 328i Coupe (E92) 828 2,727 0 0 328i Convertible (E93) 708 708 0 0 328i Sports Wagon (E91) 121 457 0 0 328xi (E90) 1,640 6,190 0 0 328xi Coupe (E92) 574 1,664 0 0 328xi Sports Wagon (E91) 143 484 0 0 330i (E90 & E46) 59 154 1,526 3,999 330Ci (E46) 1 3 202 532 330Ci Convertible (E46) 3 15 481 1,108 330xi (E90 & E46) 6 13 894 2,430 335i (E90) 1,710 4,551 0 0 335i Coupe (E92) 1,093 2,663 0 0 335i Convertible (E93) 560 560 0 0 335 xi (E90) 62 62 0 0 M3 (E46) 1 3 273 562 M3 Convertible (E46) 3 9 149 335 3 Series 11,259 33,191 10,093 27,779 Z4 2.5i Roadster (E85) - US 13 41 36 180 Z4 3.0i Roadster (E85) - US 413 938 372 491 Z4 Roadster 3.0si (E85) - US 236 457 167 184 Z4 M Roadster (E85) - US 52 94 145 145 Z4 Coupe 3.0si (E86) - US 90 204 0 0 Z4 M Coupe (E86) - US 64 172 0 0 Z4 868 1,906 720 1,000 525i (E60) 1,127 2,971 1,355 3,167 525xi (E60) 569 1,301 495 1,655 530i (E60) 1,129 3,023 1,283 3,086 530xi (E60) 838 2,019 794 2,433 530xi Sports Wagon (E60) 108 317 261 812 545i (E60) 0 0 0 6 550i (E60) 416 1,147 702 1,698 M5 (E60) 128 349 375 1,242 5 Series 4,315 11,127 5,265 14,099 645Ci (E63) 0 0 0 21 650i Coupe (E63) 171 429 288 714 645Ci Convertible (E64) 0 0 0 16 650i Convertible (E64) 415 846 629 1,390 M6 (E63) 106 281 0 0 M6 Convertible (E64) 162 365 0 0 6 Series 854 1,921 917 2,141 ALPINA B7 42 68 0 0 745Li (E65) 0 0 0 0 750i (E65) 337 827 489 1,079 750Li (E65) 1,052 2,528 1,439 3,671 760i (E65) 0 0 7 17 760Li (E65) 19 49 35 97 7 Series 1,450 3,472 1,970 4,864 Z8 0 0 1 1 Z8 Alpina 0 0 0 0 Z8 0 0 1 1 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for March 2007 2007 2006 March 6,579 5,535 Year-to-Date 15,743 13,219 Year- Year- Model March to-Date March to-Date 2007 2007 2006 2006 X3 2.5i (E83) 2 2 30 128 X3 3.0i (E83) 66 161 3,043 5,915 X3 3.0si (E83) 2,804 6,511 0 0 X3 2,872 6,674 3,073 6,043 X5 3.0i (E53) - US 22 75 1,811 5,380 X5 3.0si (E70) - US 2,416 5,894 0 0 X5 4.4i (E53) - US 32 57 554 1,519 X5 4.8i (E70) - US 1,230 3,036 0 0 X5 4.8is (E53) - US 7 7 97 277 X5 3,707 9,069 2,462 7,176 MINI Sales Report for March 2007 2007 2006 March 3,655 3,851 Year-to-Date 8,073 9,485 Year- Year- Model March to-Date March to-Date 2007 2007 2006 2006 MINI Cooper (R50) 383 1,738 926 2,781 MINI Cooper (R56) 1,130 1,627 0 0 MINI Cooper S (R53) 266 1,535 1,942 4,298 MINI Cooper S (R56) 1,159 1,641 0 0 MINI Cooper Convertible 288 639 258 752 MINI Cooper S Convertible 427 868 725 1,654 MINI Cooper S JCW GP 2 25 0 0 Total MINI 3,655 8,073 3,851 9,485

Source: The BMW Group

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