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Sales Up 8 Percent For First Three Quarters
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 2 -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINIbrands combined) reports year-to-date sales of 248,273 vehicles, anincrease of 8 percent verses the 229,833 vehicles sold in the first threequarters of 2006. September sales are up 7 percent, with the Groupreporting 24,932 vehicles verses the 23,303 reported in 2006.
BMW Brand Sales Increase 8.1 Percent Year-to-date
BMW brand sales are up 8.1 percent year-to-date, to 216,337 vehiclescompared to 200,063 vehicles sold in first nine months of 2006.
In September, BMW brand sales are up 2.8 percent for a total of 20,901vehicles compared to 20,339 reported in the same month a year ago.
BMW Automobile Sales
Sales of BMW brand automobiles are up 9.2 percent in the first threequarters of 2007, to 169,761 automobiles over 155,525 in the same period of2006. In September, automobile sales also increased by 7.7 percent to16,457 cars versus 15,275 in the same month a year ago.
BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Year-to-date, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles improved by 4.6percent, to 46,576 vehicles compared to the 44,538 sold in the same periodin 2006. In September, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are down 12.2percent, to 4,444 vehicles over the 5,064 sold in the same month in2006.
Certified Pre-Owned
Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles are up 25.5 percent inSeptember, and the company reports its best September ever, with sales of7,421 CPO vehicles versus 5,913 vehicles reported last year. Year-to-date,CPO sales were up 0.6 percent, to 64,445 over the 64,042 reported in thesame period in 2006.
MINI Brand Increases 36 Percent In September MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reports September sales of 4,031 automobiles, up 36 percentfrom the 2,964 cars sold last September. Year-to-date, the division reportssales of 31,936 automobiles, an increase of 7.3 percent, compared to the29,770 cars reported in the first three quarters of 2006.
BMW Group In America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since1975. 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 of motor vehicles,including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of MotorCars; DesignworksUSA, an industrial design firm in California; a technologyoffice in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout thecountry. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMWGroup's global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturingplant for all Z4 models and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Groupsales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMWpassenger car centers, 335 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 142 BMWmotorcycle retailers, 82 MINI passenger car dealers, and 30 Rolls-RoyceMotor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group's salesheadquarters for North, Central and South America, is located in WoodcliffLake, New Jersey.
Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via theInternet at:
www.bmwgroupna.com www.bmwusa.com www.bmwmotorcycles.com www.miniusa.com www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com BMW Car Sales Report for September 2007 2007 2006 September 16,457 15,275 Year-to-Date 169,761 155,525 Model Year-to- Year-to- September Date September Date 2007 2007 2006 2006 325i (E90 & E46) 122 2,026 3,300 36,343 325Ci (E46) 2 50 139 2,347 325Ci Convertible (E46) 1 49 467 3,950 325i Sports Wagon (E91) 0 0 0 4 325xi (E90 & E46) 10 136 632 11,018 325xi Sports Wagon (E90 & E46) 10 81 66 1,624 328i (E90) 4,388 38,769 72 72 328i Coupe (E92) 215 6,350 710 1,116 328i Convertible (E93) 177 6,127 0 0 328i Sports Wagon (E91) 96 1,107 0 0 328xi (E90) 1,289 16,607 181 181 328xi Coupe (E92) 152 3,723 7 7 328xi Sports Wagon (E91) 115 1,317 2 2 330i (E90 & E46) 14 370 1,254 13,363 330Ci (E46) 0 11 40 1,114 330Ci Convertible (E46) 3 33 634 4,236 330xi (E90 & E46) 2 37 410 7,382 335i (E90) 926 12,215 65 65 335i Coupe (E92) 729 7,815 1,408 1,597 335i Convertible (E93) 741 6,496 0 0 335xi (E90) 500 3,181 0 0 335xi Coupe (E92) 27 27 0 0 M3 (E46) 0 13 44 1,752 M3 Convertible (E46) 0 18 185 1,226 3 Series 9,519 106,558 9,616 87,399 Z4 2.5i Roadster (E85) - US 4 86 26 393 Z4 3.0i Roadster (E85) - US 477 3,769 585 4,898 Z4 Roadster 3.0si (E85) - US 259 1,988 325 2,605 Z4 M Roadster (E85) - US 66 409 48 981 Z4 Coupe 3.0si (E86) - US 107 719 35 178 Z4 M Coupe (E86) - US 77 566 26 166 Z4 990 7,537 1,045 9,221 525i (E60) 41 3,317 1,056 10,018 525xi (E60) 16 1,724 296 3,803 528i (E60) 1,288 7,177 0 0 528xi (E60) 541 3,302 0 0 530i (E60) 32 3,524 899 9,698 530xi (E60) 38 2,882 424 6,239 530xi Sports Wagon (E60) 15 447 78 1,728 535i (E60) 941 5,396 0 0 535xi (E60) 534 3,869 0 0 535xi Sports Wagon (E60) 118 646 0 0 545i (E60) 0 0 0 6 550i (E60) 368 4,176 338 5,039 M5 (E60) 123 1,434 99 2,413 5 Series 4,055 37,894 3,190 38,944 645Ci (E63) 0 0 0 21 650i Coupe (E63) 161 1,469 91 1,776 645Ci Convertible (E64) 0 0 0 16 650i Convertible (E64) 289 3,264 252 4,032 M6 (E63) 303 968 66 870 M6 Convertible (E64) 55 1,058 0 0 6 Series 808 6,759 409 6,715 ALPINA B7 64 358 0 0 745Li (E65) 0 0 0 0 750i (E65) 224 2,420 212 3,123 750Li (E66) 784 8,121 786 9,841 760i (E66) 0 0 2 33 760Li (E65) 13 114 15 244 7 Series 1,085 11,013 1,015 13,241 Z8 0 0 0 4 Z8 Alpina 0 0 0 1 Z8 0 0 0 5 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for September 2007 2007 2006 September 4,444 5,064 Year-to-Date 46,576 44,538 Model Year-to- Year-to- September Date September Date 2007 2007 2006 2006 X3 2.5i (E83) 0 4 0 182 X3 3.0i (E83) 83 569 2,650 22,940 X3 3.0si (E83) 2,068 21,685 173 173 X3 2,151 22,258 2,823 23,295 X5 3.0i (E53) - US 16 254 1,626 15,616 X5 3.0si (E70) - US 1,370 14,947 0 0 X5 4.4i (E53) - US 28 252 551 4,914 X5 4.8i (E70) - US 876 8,851 0 0 X5 4.8is (E53) - US 3 14 64 713 X5 2,293 24,318 2,241 21,243 MINI Sales Report for September 2007 2007 2006 September 4,031 2,964 Year-to-Date 31,936 29,770 Model Year-to- Year-to- September Date September Date 2007 2007 2006 2006 MINI Cooper (R50) 19 1,842 1,192 9,615 MINI Cooper (R56) 1,635 10,648 0 0 MINI Cooper S (R53) 4 1,596 1,048 11,773 MINI Cooper S (R56) 1,749 11,539 0 0 MINI Cooper Convertible 212 2,530 319 2,653 MINI Cooper S Convertible 412 3,750 402 5,688 MINI Cooper S JCW GP 0 31 3 41 Total MINI 4,031 31,936 2,964 29,770
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