September 2007 Sales: BMW Group

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BMW Group Reports September Sales

Original Press Release

Sales Up 8 Percent For First Three Quarters

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group in the U.S.

(BMW and MINI brands combined) reports year-to-date sales of 248,273

vehicles, an increase of 8 percent verses the 229,833 vehicles sold in the

first three quarters of 2006. September sales are up 7 percent, with the

Group reporting 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 vehicles

compared 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 20,901

vehicles 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 three

quarters of 2007, to 169,761 automobiles over 155,525 in the same period of

2006. In September, automobile sales also increased by 7.7 percent to

16,457 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 4.6

percent, to 46,576 vehicles compared to the 44,538 sold in the same period

in 2006. In September, sales of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles are down 12.2

percent, to 4,444 vehicles over the 5,064 sold in the same month in 2006.

Certified Pre-Owned

Sales of BMW's Certified Pre-Owned vehicles are up 25.5 percent in

September, and the company reports its best September ever, with sales of

7,421 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 the

same period in 2006.

MINI Brand Increases 36 Percent In September

MINI Automobiles

MINI USA reports September sales of 4,031 automobiles, up 36 percent

from the 2,964 cars sold last September. Year-to-date, the division reports

sales of 31,936 automobiles, an increase of 7.3 percent, compared to the

29,770 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 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 of motor vehicles,

including motorcycles, 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, 82 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.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the

Internet at:

http://www.bmwgroupna.com

http://www.bmwusa.com

http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com

http://www.miniusa.com

http://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

[Drew Dowdell]

It takes 23 variations of 3-series to outsell the CTS by 3,000 vehicles?

[ZL-1]

MINI rulez!

Edited October 7, 2007 by ZL-1

[Oracle of Delphi]

I BMW!

Edit: I just noticed how this wub emoticon is looking at my wife's a$$, oops I mean this dancing girl! :AH-HA_wink:

Edited October 7, 2007 by Pontiac Custom-S

[Nick]

It takes 23 variations of 3-series to outsell the CTS by 3,000 vehicles?

Try 12 variations, and 4,000 vehicles in new model comparisons...

Don't be bitter because BMW produces a product which better appeals to a great number of buyers. :AH-HA_wink:

[Drew Dowdell]

Try 12 variations, and 4,000 vehicles in new model comparisons...

Don't be bitter because BMW produces a product which better appeals to a great number of reviewers. :AH-HA_wink:

fixed.

but still. the CTS is a sedan with two different engines available compared to the multiple body styles of the 3er.