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BMW ROLLS OUT SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO AS FACTORY OPTION ON NEW 5 SERIES SEDAN WITH A ONE YEAR PRE-PAID SUBSCRIPTION
Wed Dec 24 12:00:00 CET 2003 Press Release
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - December 24, 2003... BMW will offer SIRIUS Satellite Radio systems (NASDAQ: SIRI) as a factory option on 2004 5 Series sedans this month and as a dealer installed accessory in February 2004 at BMW centers across the country.
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Woodcliff Lake, NJ - December 24, 2003... BMW will offer SIRIUS Satellite Radio
systems (NASDAQ: SIRI) as a factory option on 2004 5 Series sedans this month
and as a dealer installed accessory in February 2004 at BMW centers across the
country.
SIRIUS satellite radio, known for delivering the very best in commercial-free
music and premium sports programming to cars and homes across the country, can
be installed as a factory option for only $595.00. The price includes a
one-year pre-paid subscription plus two bonus months of free SIRIUS service and
free activation. SIRIUS provides 5 Series drivers with 60 streams of 100%
commercial free music and over 40 streams of sports, news, and entertainment,
including weather, sports play-by-play, and an array of original programming,
coast-to-coast.
BMW, the first premium automobile manufacturer to offer SIRIUS Satellite radio,
makes SIRIUS available as a dealer-installed accessory on select 2004 3 Series
Sedans, Coupes and Convertibles, 5 Series Sedans, select X5 SAVs, and on the
all-new X3 SAV.
"BMW is excited to make the enhanced audio experience of SIRIUS Satellite Radio
available on so many BMW products by offering it now as a factory option on the
newly redesigned 5 Series, providing BMW customers the level of integration and
convenience they expect," said Jim McDowell, BMW Vice President of Marketing.
"BMW owners appreciate premium services and SIRIUS' uncompromised service fits
perfectly into their lifestyles," said Doug Wilsterman, SIRIUS Senior Vice
President, OEM Automotive. "Whether they're cruising their neighborhood or
taking a road trip across the country, 5 Series drivers will have SIRIUS by
their side right from the start."
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 Corp. in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's
global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all
Z4 roadster and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization
is represented in the U.S. through networks of 340 BMW passenger car centers,
327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 148 BMW motorcycle retailers, 73 MINI
passenger car dealers, and 25 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:
www.bmwusa.com
www.bmwmotorradusa.com
www.miniusa.com
www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com
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