MINI COOPER S JOHN COOPER WORKS PACKAGE DEBUTS IN GENEVA

Performance Accessory Package to be Available For U.S. Customers This Spring

Woodcliff Lake, NJ March 3, 2003.... At the 2003 Geneva Auto Show, MINI
announced an exciting enhancement to the MINI Cooper S for the U.S. market -
the John Cooper Works package. The exciting 200 hp. Cooper S package will be
coming to our shores this spring.

Developed by the legendary John Cooper Works company, the unique warranted
package will be sold exclusively through MINI dealers and will include a
reconfigured cylinder head, uprated supercharger along with special engine
electronics and a performance rear silencer. This enhancement takes the
regular 163hp MINI Cooper S to over 200hp. Detailed U.S. specifications and
pricing will be forthcoming.

John Cooper Works is no ordinary aftermarket company. Since the 1940s, the
company has produced celebrated racing cars, notably the front-engine Cooper
Bristol driven by Fangio and rear engine Coopers for Formula 1, driven by Jack
Brabham, Bruce McLaren and Stirling Moss. Under John Cooper's direction, the
Cooper Car Company won consecutive Formula 1 Constructors' World Championships
in 1959 and 1960.

The Cooper name is forever entwined with MINI, originating with the 1961 MINI
Cooper, which was developed by John Cooper. John recognized MINI's inherent
motorsport potential and his team produced cars that took numerous race titles,
and the MINI Cooper S became the stuff of legend with 3 Monte Carlo Rally wins
between 1964 and 1967, driven by greats such as Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno
Aaltonen. The Cooper company continues to produce aftermarket parts for the
classic MINI and played an active part in the development of the new generation
MINI Cooper . John Cooper passed away just as the new car came to market and
the company is now run by his son. Michael.

Jack Pitney, general manager of MINI USA said: "We are thrilled to be bringing
this exciting package to the U.S. Mini's regular specification cars are
exhilarating to drive in themselves, but the addition of this unique package
takes the MINI experience to a whole new level."

Note: The Cooper version of the John Cooper package will not be offered for
sale in the U.S. market.

BMW Group In America
BMW of North America has been present in the United States since 1975. Since
then, the BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales
and financial service organizations for the BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands;
DesignworksUSA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in
Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country, including
BMW Manufacturing Corp. in South Carolina. The BMW Group sales organization is
represented in the U.S. through networks of 340 BMW car, 327 BMW Sports
Activity Vehicle, 148 BMW Motorcycle retailers, 70 MINI car dealers and 27
Rolls-Royce motorcar dealers. BMW US Holding Corp., the 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.bmwusa.com http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com and
http://www.miniusa.com

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