BMW GROUP REPORTS MONTHLY AND YEAR-TO-DATE SALES; BMW GROUP SALES INCREASE 3.4 PERCENT IN FIRST SEVEN MONTHS

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - August 3, 2004... The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands
combined) reported July sales of 24,086 vehicles compared to 25,189 vehicles in
the same month in 2003, down 4.4 percent. The BMW Group also reported
year-to-date sales of 167,732 vehicles, an increase of 3.4 percent from 162,287
sold in the first seven months of 2003.

BMW Brand Reports Sales
BMW of North America, LLC reported its sales of 21,479 automobiles and Sports
Activity Vehicles, down 3 percent compared to the 22,105 vehicles reported last
July.

Sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 4 percent in the first seven months, with
sales of 147,313 vehicles compared to 141,673 vehicles sold in the first seven
months of 2003.

BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's automobile sales dipped 25 percent in July, to 13,974 versus 18,559 in
the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, sales were down 7.7 percent, to
111,580 automobiles compared to 120,912 in the same period in 2003.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW's Sports Activity Vehicles continued to be exceptionally strong in
July. Total June SAV sales jumped to 7,505, compared to 3,546 vehicles sold in
July 2003, a jump of 112 percent. Year-to-date, sales of BMW's SAV models were
up 72 percent, to 35,733 vehicles compared to 20,761 for the same period in
2003.

Certified Pre-owned
BMW also reported sales of 6,550 Certified Pre-owned vehicles compared to 5,834
vehicles sold in July 2003, a 12 percent increase. For the first seven months
of 2004, BMW CPO sales were up 7.6 percent to 42,405 vehicles over 39,396 in
the same period a year ago.

MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported continued demand for MINI automobiles, resulting in extremely
low inventories. Sales of MINI automobiles in July were 2,607, down 15.5
percent from the 3,084 sold in July of 2003. Year-to-date, sales of MINI
automobiles were down slightly, with 20,419 cars compared to 20,614 sold a year
ago, a dip of 1 percent.

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 Co., LLC 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, 76 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 loca

ted 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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