May 2007 Sales: BMW Group

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May 2007 Sales: BMW Group

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group in the U. S.

(BMW and MINI brands combined) reports strong demand for its vehicles in

May, with sales of 30,819 vehicles, up 8.7 percent over the 28,360 vehicles

sold in the same month of 2006. The BMW Group also reports an increase of

4.2 percent in year-to-date sales, for 134,944 vehicles over the 129,511

vehicles reported in May 2006.

BMW Brand Sales Increase in May

Sales of BMW brand vehicles rose 8.1 percent in May for a total of

26,689 compared to 24,688 reported in the same month a year ago.

BMW brand sales are up 5.6 percent year-to-date, as the company reports

sales of 119,359 vehicles compared to 113,041 vehicles sold in first five

months of 2006.

BMW Automobile Sales

BMW's automobile sales are up 9 percent in May to 21,421 versus 19,645

in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date sales also are up 6.1 percent,

to 93,328 automobiles compared to 87,956 in the same period of 2006.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

Sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are up 4.5 percent in May to

5,268 vehicles over the 5,043 sold last May. Year-to-date, sales of BMW

Sports Activity Vehicles also increased by 3.8 percent, to 26,031 vehicles

compared to the 25,085 sold in the same period of 2006.

Certified Pre-Owned

BMW Certified Pre-Owned reports its best sales month ever in May 2007

with 8,468 CPO vehicles sold versus 8,259 vehicles reported last May, an

increase of 2.5 percent. Year-to-date, CPO sales are down 5.5 percent, to

34,844 over the 36,889 reported in the same period in 2006.

MINI Brand

MINI Automobiles

MINI USA reports May sales of 4,130 automobiles, up 12.5 percent from

the 3,672 cars sold in May 2006. Year-to-date, the division reports sales

of 15,585 automobiles, down 5.4 percent, compared to the 16,470 cars

reported in the first five months 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 Z4 models and 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.

BMW Car Sales Report for May 2007

														 2007	2006

	May												21,421  19,645
	Year-to-Date									   93,328  87,956

	Model										   Year-to-		Year-to-
										 May		  Date	May	 Date
										 2007		 2007	2006	2006

	325i (E90 & E46)					  269		1,066   4,376  21,290
	325Ci (E46)							 3		   29	 285   1,447
	325Ci Convertible (E46)				 5		   36	 533   2,064
	325i Sports Wagon (E91)				 0			0	   0	   4
	325xi (E90 & E46)					  16		   55   1,220   7,005
	325xi Sports Wagon (E90 & E46)		 15		   36	 217   1,037
	328i  (E90)						 4,296	   21,017	   0	   0
	328i Coupe (E92)					  775		4,547	   0	   0
	328i Convertible (E93)			  1,789		4,042	   0	   0
	328i Sports Wagon (E91)			   116		  670	   0	   0
	328xi  (E90)						1,842		9,569	   0	   0
	328xi Coupe (E92)					 464		2,544	   0	   0
	328xi Sports Wagon (E91)			  163		  782	   0	   0
	330i (E90 & E46)					   64		  259   2,061   7,632
	330Ci (E46)							 1			5	 144	 840
	330Ci Convertible (E46)				 6		   23	 517   2,150
	330xi (E90 & E46)					   2		   20   1,042   4,546
	335i  (E90)						 1,587		7,627	   0	   0
	335i Coupe (E92)					  934		4,420	   0	   0
	335i Convertible (E93)			  1,084		2,642	   0	   0
	335xi (E90)						   493		  853	   0	   0
	M3 (E46)								3			6	 316   1,133
	M3 Convertible (E46)					3		   15	 154	 647
	3 Series						   13,930	   60,263  10,865  49,795
	Z4 2.5i Roadster (E85) - US			 5		   60	  41	 262
	Z4 3.0i Roadster (E85) - US		   465		1,847	 692   1,811
	Z4 Roadster 3.0si (E85) - US		  272		1,004	 393	 934
	Z4 M Roadster (E85) - US			   46		  189	 126	 425
	Z4 Coupe 3.0si (E86) - US			  71		  336	   1	   1
	Z4 M Coupe (E86) - US				  66		  306	   6	   6
	Z4									925		3,742   1,259   3,439
	525i (E60)							 56		3,236   1,157   5,317
	525xi (E60)						   124		1,657	 425   2,386
	528i (E60)						  1,136		1,677	   0	   0
	528xi (E60)						   460		  731	   0	   0
	530i (E60)							 79		3,429   1,290   5,189
	530xi (E60)						   299		2,759	 846   3,853
	530xi Sports Wagon (E60)			   38		  394	 178   1,178
	535i (E60)							837		1,308	   0	   0
	535xi (E60)						   577		  977	   0	   0
	535xi Sports Wagon (E60)			   99		  147	   0	   0
	545i (E60)							  0			0	   0	   6
	550i (E60)							531		2,150	 670   3,011
	M5 (E60)							  195		  685	 272   1,696
	5 Series							4,431	   19,150   4,838  22,636
	645Ci (E63)							 0			0	   0	  21
	650i Coupe (E63)					  187		  779	 261   1,217
	645Ci Convertible (E64)				 0			0	   0	  16
	650i Convertible (E64)				521		1,779	 623   2,486
	M6 (E63)							   90		  451	 200	 258
	M6 Convertible (E64)				  160		  672	   0	   0
	6 Series							  958		3,681   1,084   3,998
	ALPINA B7							  31		  146	   0	   0
	745Li (E65)							 0			0	   0	   0
	750i (E65)							242		1,445	 416   1,881
	750Li (E66)						   892		4,827   1,155   6,021
	760i (E66)							  0			0	   2	  23
	760Li (E65)							12		   74	  25	 161
	7 Series							1,177		6,492   1,598   8,086
	Z8									  0			0	   1	   2
	Z8 Alpina							   0			0	   0	   0
	Z8									  0			0	   1	   2



	 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle (light trucks) Sales Report for May 2007

														 2007	2006

	May												 5,268   5,043
	Year-to-Date									   26,031  25,085


	Model										 Year-to-		Year-to-
										  May		Date	 May	Date
										 2007		2007	2006	2006

	X3 2.5i  (E83)						  1		   3	  13	 169
	X3 3.0i (E83)						  55		 277   2,868  13,351
	X3 3.0si (E83)					  2,354	  11,111	   0	   0
	X3								  2,410	  11,391   2,881  13,520
	X5 3.0i (E53) - US					 40		 133   1,554   8,577
	X5 3.0si (E70) - US				 1,764	   9,460	   0	   0
	X5 4.4i (E53) - US					 31		 101	 539   2,553
	X5 4.8i (E70) - US				  1,023	   4,938	   0	   0
	X5 4.8is (E53) - US					 0		   8	  69	 435
	X5								  2,858	  14,640   2,162  11,565


						MINI Sales Report for May 2007

														 2007	2006

	May												 4,130   3,672
	Year-to-Date									   15,585  16,470


	Model										 Year-to-		Year-to-
										   May	  Date	 May	Date
										  2007	  2007	2006	2006

	MINI Cooper (R50)					   18	 1,778   1,073   4,746
	MINI Cooper (R56)					1,542	 4,447	   0	   0
	MINI Cooper S (R53)					 14	 1,567   1,393   7,031
	MINI Cooper S (R56)				  1,690	 4,726	   0	   0
	MINI Cooper Convertible				392	 1,290	 388   1,474
	MINI Cooper S Convertible			  474	 1,749	 818   3,219
	MINI Cooper S JCW GP					 0		28	   0	   0

	Total MINI						   4,130	15,585   3,672  16,470

[source: BMW Group]

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