Rolls-Royce

“Pininfarina Hyperion” is based on a Rolls Royce Drophead Coupè and is an homage to the great pre-war cars

Turin, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Pininfarina is proud to announce the unveiling of a new Special Project carrozzeria during Pebble Beach Concours, August 2008.

Pininfarina Hyperion

The project, named “Pininfarina Hyperion”, is based on a Rolls Royce Drophead Coupè and is an homage to the great pre war cars. Its style, size and overall presence is truly unique in modern day car production, firmly rooted in the history and heritage of the two Brands at the core of the project.

- BMW Group US sales (BMW and MINI combined) up 3.1 percent in May
- MINI sales reached all-time sales record

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., June 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) today reported May vehicle sales of 31,781, an increase of 3.1 percent from the 30,819 vehicles sold in the same month of 2007. For the first five months of 2008, BMW Group sales are down 2.4 percent, to 131,758 vehicles versus the 134,944 sold January through May of 2007.

2008 BMW 3 Series Sedan

BMW Brand Sales

May 27, 2008 -- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today revealed the first design sketches of its next new model. Known as RR4, the car is due to be launched in 2010 and will sit alongside the Phantom model line-up. The 2010 Rolls-Royce RR4 will be smaller than Rolls-Royce Phantom and powered by a new engine, unique to Rolls-Royce.

2010 Rolls-Royce RR4 sketch

Deliveries rise by 12.5% in the month under review

Munich 05/07/2008 -- The BMW Group once again continued its upward sales trend for all three car brands in April. Overall, in a month-on-month comparison, the company recorded a 12.5% increase in the number of vehicles delivered to reach a total of 133,205 (prev.yr.: 118,378). For the year to April, 485,155 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles have been sold. This is an increase of 7.5% (prev.yr.: 451,311) compared with the same period in 2007.

Highlights:
- BMW grows by 11.6% and MINI by 17.5%
- Over 485,000 vehicles already delivered for the year to April

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - April 22, 2008...BMW announces today the following four executive management appointments.

22 April 2008 -- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today announced that Tom Purves will join the company as its Chief Executive Officer. He will take up his new position in July, following the recent appointment of Ian Robertson to the BMW AG Board of Management. Robertson will remain Chairman of Rolls-Royce.

Purves is currently Chairman and CEO of BMW (US) Holding Corp., a position he has held since May 1999. He is also president of BMW of North America, LLC. He has led the company to achieve groundbreaking success, with market share and sales of BMW Group vehicles more than doubling during his tenure. In addition, Purves was responsible for the successful launch of MINI in North America.

April 2008 -- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveiled its new Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé for the first time in the Asia Pacific region at the 10th Auto China 2008 Beijing, held at the New China International Exhibition Center, on Sunday, 20 April 2008. The Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé, the fourth new model from Rolls-Royce under BMW Group ownership, is the most driver-orientated model in the Phantom line-up. This two-door, four-seater model has already seen outstanding demand with this year’s production already sold.

2008 Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé: Makes Asian debut at Auto China 2008

13 March 2008 -- Rolls-Royce Chairman and Chief Executive, Ian Robertson (49), will become a member of the BMW AG Board of Management with immediate effect. He replaces Stefan Krause as the member in charge of sales and marketing.

Robertson has spent his entire career in the motor industry, initially with Rover and Land Rover. In 1999 he was appointed managing director of BMW South Africa, where the business quadrupled in size under his tenure. He joined Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in February 2005 as Chairman and Chief Executive, directing the company through two new product launches and more than a 25 per cent increase in sales. Latterly he has lead his team in the launch preparations of a new model series.

March: best month ever with more than 153,000 vehicles

Munich, 04/07/2008 -- The BMW Group increased its sales in the first quarter of 2008 by 5.7% to 351,787 automobiles (prev.yr.: 332,933). Deliveries of BMW brand cars to customers in the first three months rose by 2.7% to 293,550 vehicles (prev.yr.: 285,840). MINI recorded a significant increase of 23.6% to 58,054 units (prev.yr.: 46,980). Rolls-Royce Motor Cars handed 183 automobiles over to customers in the first quarter (prev.yr.: 113/+61.9%).

BMW Group (BMW and MINI combined) sales down by 5.4 percent in March as expected, stronger increase in the second half of the year anticipated

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) today reported March vehicle sales of 27,404, down 5.4 percent from the 28,980 vehicles sold in the same month of 2007. For the first quarter of 2008, BMW Group sales are down 9.2 percent, to 68,529 vehicles versus the 75,433 sold in the first three months of 2007.

17 February 2008 -- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will unveil its new Phantom Coupé at the 78th International Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, 4 March 2008. Production of the new car will start at Goodwood in the summer of 2008.

The Coupé is the most driver-orientated model in the Phantom line. A number of subtle but significant modifications have been made that change its character. It is noticeably more dynamic, whilst still offering incredible levels of comfort.

Marrying cutting-edge technology with a beautifully proportioned, muscular body that exudes power and style, it incorporates timeless Rolls-Royce design cues in an utterly contemporary manner

01 February 08 -- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today announced that Graham Lenden (41) will join the company as the new Head of Marketing. He will assume his position at Rolls-Royce later this month, replacing Paul Ferraiolo, who was recently appointed President of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars North America.

BMW Group sales down 22 Percent as expected for the month. MINI brand Sales Up 20 Percent for January. US full year forecast confirmed.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, February 4, 2008 -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) today reported January vehicle sales of 16,935, down 22.4 percent as expected from the 21,811 vehicles sold in the same month of 2007. Sales were impacted by lower than normal inventory levels due to a very strong retail performance in December and high demand for all-wheel drive models.

The BMW Group expects that BMW Group retail sales in the U.S. will be slightly ahead of 2007 at the end of this year.

BMW Brand Sales
BMW brand sales were down 26.7 percent, to 14,475 vehicles compared to 19,761 vehicles sold during January 2007.

- Sales revenue up by 14.3% to euro 56,018 million+++
- Sales volume set to reach new high level again in 2008+++

01/30/2008, Munich -- The BMW Group has achieved a new sales revenue record in 2007. Compared to the previous year, group revenues rose by 14.3% to euro 56,018 million (2006: euro 48,999 million). Revenues of the Automobiles segment went up by 12.7% to euro 53,818 million (2006: euro 47,767 million).

The Motorcycles segment reported sales of euro 1,228 million (2006: euro 1,265 million /-2.9%), while the Financial Services segment increased its revenues by 25.8% to euro 13,940 million (2006: euro 11,079 million).

- Best sales levels for all three brands
- Rolls-Royce delivers over 1,000 vehicles for the first time

01/09/2008, Munich -- The BMW Group continued its successful course last year, reaching its best sales levels for all three automobile brands. Worldwide, 1,500,678 vehicles were delivered to customers (prev.yr.: 1,373,970), which corresponds to a 9.2% growth in sales.

06.12.07 -- An expanded Rolls-Royce showroom was officially opened today in Ukraine by Graeme Grieve, the Sales and Marketing Director of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. The occasion was marked by the unveiling of the new Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé, the latest addition to the Rolls-Royce model range which was making its Ukrainian debut.

Dr. Olexander Tymofyeyev, General Manager of the authorized dealer AWT Bavaria, said, “We have invested in new premises for the Rolls-Royce business so that we are fully prepared for further new models and continuous growth over the coming years. We have seen strong customer interest in the Phantom Drophead Coupé already and we look forward to the start of deliveries very soon.”

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, December 11, 2007 -- BMW Financial Services of North America, LLC (BMW FS) ranked highest in satisfaction with initial consumer leases for luxury nameplates in the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study released today.

The top ranking in this study marks the first time(*) BMW Financial Services has received the highest ranking in this important segment and reflects a 47 index point increase that takes it from seventh to first place. BMW Financial Services is the first financing provider to attain top ranking in both Retail Leasing Satisfaction in the J.D. Power and Associates Dealer Financing Satisfaction and Luxury Lease Satisfaction in the Consumer Financing studies in the same year.

- Strong sales increase of 13.2 percent in November
- Successful market launch for the new MINI Clubman

12/07/2007, Munich -- The BMW Group is on track for a new record for sales for 2007 as a whole. Up to the end of November this year, 1,347,998 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand cars were delivered to customers. Compared with the figures for the same period last year (1,244,778), this is an increase of 103,220 vehicles, or 8.3%. This means that, in the first eleven months of 2007, almost as many vehicles were delivered as in the whole of the previous year (2006 in total: 1,373,926). In November 2007, the company increased its car sales by 13.2% to 129,460 units (prev.yr.: 114,331).

BMW Group confirms earnings and sales volume targets for 2007

October 2007 -- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has today confirmed development plans for its Goodwood headquarters and manufacturing facility. With the design for the first of a new model series approved, preparations are underway for enhanced production facilities to cope with unprecedented customer demand for the Phantom family of cars. The internal remodeling of the plant will begin in late 2007.

The purpose-built, flexible nature of the manufacturing plant will allow expansion to take place within the existing footprint of the building. The most visible change will be the addition of a second assembly line in 2008. The two lines will run simultaneously, one producing the existing Phantom models and the other building the new model series. A second working shift will be introduced in 2009.