BMW Group Reports September, Year-To-Date Sales In

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WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported September sales of 25,079, up 1.6 percent over the 24,684 vehicles sold the same month last year. The BMW Group also reported year-to-date sales of 225,641 vehicles, up 4 percent over the 216,917 vehicles sold in the first nine months of 2004. BMW Brand BMW reported strong monthly sales, with 22,052 vehicles sold, an increase of 1.3 percent over the 21,767 sold in September 2004. Year-to-date, BMW brand sales were up 1.2 percent, to 193,631 compared to 191,247 in the same period last year. BMW Automobile Sales Monthly sales of BMW automobiles were up 4 percent, to 15,609 cars, compared to 15,054 sold in September 2004. For the first three quarters of 2005, automobile sales were down 1.4 percent, to 140,015 automobiles compared to 141,939 in the same period a year ago. BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales SAV sales were down 4 percent for the month to 6,443 vehicles, compared to 6,713 vehicles sold in September 2004. Year-to-date, sales of BMW's two SAV models are up 9 percent, to 53,616 vehicles compared to 49,308 in the same period of 2004. Certified Pre-owned BMW also reported its best September ever for sales of Certified Pre-owned BMWs. Monthly sales of Certified Pre-owned vehicles were 5,760, up 3.4 percent over the 5,568 vehicles sold in the same month last year. Year-to- date, BMW CPO sales were up 3.3 percent, to 55,380 vehicles over 53,610 for the same period a year ago. MINI Brand MINI Automobiles MINI USA continued to experience strong demand. The division reported year-to-date sales of 32,010 cars, up 25 percent compared to 25,670 sold in first three quarters of 2004. September sales were up 4 percent, to 3,027 cars versus the 2,917 sold in that month in 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. Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet at: