MINI COOPER RATES FOUR STARS IN NHTSA TESTS

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, October 16, 2002 ...The MINI Cooper has been
awarded four stars in The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's
(NHTSA) crash test results and rollover ratings published October 2002.

Jack Pitney, general manager of MINI USA said: "We are delighted that the NHTSA
tests confirm MINI Cooper's excellent occupant protection in crash situations.
It should also be noted that MINI Cooper's overall safety performance is
further enhanced by its inherent active safety abilities."

Full results are available on the agency's web site: www.nhtsa.dot.gov.

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 and MINI brands; a South
Carolina manufacturing operation; DESIGNWORKS/USA, an industrial design firm in
California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations
throughout the country. The BMW Group is represented in the U.S. through
networks of 340 BMW car, 327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle, 148 BMW Motorcycle
retailers and 69 MINI car dealers. BMW US Holding Corp., the Group's
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 http://www.miniusa.com

Journalist note: MINI is presented in all-caps and is an independent brand of
the BMW Group. It is incorrect to describe it as the 'BMW MINI'. Information
about the BMW Group and its products is available to journalists on-line at the
BMW Group PressClub at the following address - www.press.bmwgroup.com.

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