Paul Glenn to join Mike Ferreira on the BMW Motorrad Canada Thunder Team

Whitby. BMW Motorrad Canada is pleased to announce the addition of Paul Glenn
to the BMW Motorrad Canada Thunder Team.

Glenn, formerly a rider with Go Big Racing, won the 2007 National Amateur 600cc
Sport Bike Championship. Glenn brings with him a solid background of various
motorcycle road racing experiences including 600cc Sport Bike, SV Cup, and
International experience in the Moto-ST series.

"We are very excited to be adding Paul to the BMW Motorrad team" states Norm
Wells, Director of BMW Motorrad Canada. "With Paul's experience in the Moto-ST
series and SV Cup here in Canada, it should make for an easier time
transitioning to the BMW HP2 Sport."

Both Mike Ferreira and Paul Glenn will be competing in the Canadian Thunder
Championship aboard the 2009 BMW HP2 Sport, the new air-cooled sport twin being
launched at Canadian retailers later this year. The HP2 Sport is the sportiest
boxer ever to be introduced by BMW Motorrad and the same motorcycle that has
been competing in the World Endurance Series in Europe last season.

Mike Ferreira is back with the BMW Motorrad Canada Thunder Team for his second
year and looking to improve upon his fifth place finish in the 2007
championship. Ferreira showed glimpses of greatness in 2007, getting up to
speed quickly, learning new tracks, with signature blistering starts and a few
podium finishes.

"Having Ferreira back again this year, a former Pro 600 Sport Bike Regional
Champion and adding Glenn, a National Amateur 600cc Champion, the BMW Thunder
Team is well stocked with young Canadian talent", says Chris Duff, Marketing
Manager for BMW Motorrad Canada. "We are very proud to be promoting
up-and-coming local riders with our National Canadian Thunder Road Racing
Program."

With the rule changes to the Canadian Thunder Series and the 4 new models being
campaigned from the other manufacturers in the class, the BMW Motorrad Canada
Thunder Team looks forward to a very competitive and exciting year in 2008.

Mike Ferreira will wear number Pro 210, while Paul Glenn will display Pro 79.

BMW Group Canada, based in Whitby, Ontario, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMW
AG and is responsible for the distribution of BMW luxury performance
automobiles, Sports Activity Vehicles, Motorcycles, and MINI. BMW Group
Financial Services Canada is a division of BMW Group Canada and offers retail
financing and leasing programs on new and pre-owned BMW and MINI automobiles,
as well as retail financing for new and pre-owned BMW Motorcycles. A total
network of 40 BMW automobile retail centres,18 BMW motorcycle retailers, and 24
MINI retailers represents the BMW Group across the country.

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For more information, please contact:

Jochen Frey, Director, Corporate Communications
BMW Group Canada
905.428.5005 / jochen.frey@bmwgroup.ca

Rob Dexter, Product and Technology Specialist
BMW Group Canada
905.428.5447 / robert.dexter@bmwgroup.ca