BMW Group Worldwide Shows Double-Digit Increase In August

Volume sales increase by 13% compared with the same month last year

09/07/2007 -- Munich. The BMW Group is continuing to race ahead with its sales. In August, the number of BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce automobiles delivered to customers rose by 12.9% to 99.755 (prev.yr.: 88,391). As in the previous months, all regions contributed to this positive development.

The largest individual market in August remained the USA, with 30,638 automobiles sold (prev.yr.: 25,673). Here, the number of deliveries rose by 19.3%. This was followed by Germany with 19,253 vehicles sold (prev.yr.: 17,373) and a rise in sales of 10.8%. In the United Kingdom, the third-largest market, the BMW Group increased its sales in August by 15.8% to 6,672 automobiles (prev.yr.: 5,763).

Amongst the established markets, France recorded particularly strong growth rates. Here, 3,910 automobiles were delivered to customers in August, which is 78.7% more than in the same month last year (2,188). In the month under review, very high increases were also recorded by Poland, at plus 92.3% to 273 vehicles sold (prev.yr.: 142), and Russia, at plus 75.5% to 1,358 deliveries (prev.yr.: 774). In India, starting from a low level of sales last year (20), the company actually increased the number of sales more than five times over (+470.0%/114).

For the period from January to August inclusive, the BMW Group achieved an increase in sales of 7.1%. This meant that 952,929 (prev.yr.: 889.348) BMW Group automobiles were sold in the first eight months of the current year.

In the month under review BMW brand sales rose by 11.1% to 85,003 vehicles (prev.yr.: 76,497) in comparison with the same month last year. Up to and including August, 811,388 BMW automobiles were sold
(prev.yr.: 760,237/+6.7%).

MINI brand increases by 24%
In the face of continuing high demand for the new model generation, MINI brand dealers sold 24.0% more vehicles to customers in August (14,452) than in the same month last year (11,832). For the year to the end of August 2007, the number of MINI sold thus reached 141,082 units (prev.yr.: 128,711/+9.6%).

Rolls-Royce delivered 82 vehicles to customers in August (prev.yr.: 62/+32.3%). In the first eight months, 459 cars were delivered (prev.yr.: 400/+14.8%).

Dr. Michael Ganal, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for sales and marketing: "We are still in first place in the competition amongst suppliers of premium automobiles. We have undertaken to achieve sales growth in 2007 in the upper single-digit percentage range. We are well on the way to meeting this objective. From next week, at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, we will be showing the products that are generating success- because, here and now, they represent just the right combination of performance and consumption."

Sales of motorcycles in August 2007 reached 6,963 vehicles (prev.yr.: 6,279/ +10.9%). Up to and including August, the number of BMW motorcycles delivered rose by 5.2% to 75,114 (prev.yr.: 71,411).

BMW Group sales in/up to and including August 2007 at a glance
In August 07 comp. w. prev.yr. Up to & incl. August 07 comp.w. prev.yr.
BMW Group automobiles 99,755 + 12,9% 952,929 + 7,1%
BMW 85,003 + 11,1% 811,388 + 6,7%
MINI 14,670 + 24,0% 141,082 + 9,6%
Rolls-Royce 82 + 32,3% 459 +14,8%
BMW motorcycles 6,963 + 10,9% 75,114 + 5,2%

Source: BMW Group

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