BMW GROUP SALES FOR 2003 TOPPLE ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS

Year-to-date Sales Up Jump 8 Percent

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - January 5, 2004 ... The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands
combined) ended its best year ever with robust twelve-month sales gain of 8
percent, reporting 276,869 vehicles over the 256,622 reported in 2002. It was
the twelfth straight year that BMW posted sales increases. Sales for December
were off 5 percent, at 24,915 vehicles compared to sales of 26,252 in December
2002.

BMW Brand Also Has Best Year
BMW of North America, LLC reported annual sales of 240,589 automobiles and
Sports Activity Vehicles, up 4 percent over the 232,032 vehicles sold in the
same period last year. The company also reported sales of 20,910 vehicles,
down 9 percent from the 22,974 recorded in the same month in 2002.

"We experienced exceptional performance in several models. Sales of the 5
Series models reached nearly 47,000 (46,964), an increase of 15 percent over
the previous best year in 2002. The all-new 5 Series went on sale in late
September to strong consumer reception. Sales of the BMW 7 Series continue to
outperform expectations, with more than 20,000 (20,473) automobiles in 2003,"
said Ed Robinson, Executive Vice President - Operations for BMW of North
America, LLC. "BMW continued to capture 40 percent of the premium roadster
market in 2003; more than 20,000 (20,324) Z4 models were sold."

BMW Automobile Sales
BMW reported sales of 200,144 automobiles compared to the 189,290 cars sold in
2002, an increase of 6 percent. The company also reported December automobile
sales of 16,054, down 15 percent from the 18,949 cars sold in the same month a
year ago.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
For the month of December, the company reported sales of 4,856 BMW X5 Sports
Activity Vehicles, up 20 percent over the 4,025 vehicles reported last year.

Year-to-date, sales of BMW's X5 Sports Activity Vehicles were off 4.7 percent,
to 40,715 vehicles from the 42,742 reported in 2002.

BMW Certified Pre-owned Vehicles Sales
Sales of BMW CPO vehicles set new records, too, as the company reported 65,693
vehicles in 2003, an increase of 8.4 percent above the 60,160 vehicles sold
last year. For December, CPO sales were up 4.5 percent to 5,526 compared to
5,289 sold in the same month in 2002.

MINI Brand

MINI Automobiles
MINI sales in the U.S. continue to surpass expectations. Year-to-date, the
company reported sales of 19,592 MINI Coopers and 16,418 MINI Cooper S' for
combined sales of 36,010. The company reported sales of 1,969 MINI Coopers
and 2,036 MINI Cooper S' during the month of December for a total of 4,005 cars
sold, making it a record month for MINI. Two ships of cars arrived earlier
than expected and in time to ship to dealers for delivery to customers by the
end of 2003. The MINI brand has been on sale in the U.S. since March 22,
2002.

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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Journalist note: 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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