BMW GROUP REPORTS 6.2 PERCENT INCREASE IN AUGUST SALES

BMW Brand Sales up 9.4 Percent

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - September 1, 2004... The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands
combined) reported August sales of 24,501 vehicles compared to 23,068 vehicles
in the same month in 2003, up 6.2 percent. The BMW Group also reported
year-to-date sales of 192,233 vehicles, an increase of 3.7 percent from 185,355
sold in the first eight months of 2003.

BMW Brand Reports Sales
BMW of North America, LLC reported its sales of 22,167 automobiles and Sports
Activity Vehicles, up 9.4 percent compared to the 20,257 vehicles reported the
same month last year.

Sales of BMW brand vehicles were up 4.7 percent year-to-date, with sales of
169,480 vehicles compared to 161,930 vehicles sold in the first eight months of
2003.

BMW Automobile Sales
BMW's automobile sales were down 6.8 percent in August, to 15,305 versus 16,247
in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, sales were down 7.5 percent, to
126,885 automobiles compared to137,159 in the same period in 2003.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
Sales of BMW's Sports Activity Vehicles increased to 6,862, compared to 4,010
vehicles sold in August 2003, a jump of 71 percent. Year-to-date, sales of
BMW's SAV models were up 72 percent, to 42,595 vehicles compared to 24,771 for
the same period in 2003.

Certified Pre-owned
BMW also reported August sales of 5,637 Certified Pre-owned vehicles compared
to 5,967 vehicles that month in 2003, a 5.5 percent decrease. For the first
eight months of 2004, BMW CPO sales were up 6 percent to 48,042 vehicles over
45,363 in the same period a year ago.

MINI Brand
MINI Automobiles
MINI USA reported continued demand for MINI automobiles but low inventories
following an earlier-than-normal factory shutdown to produce the 2005 model
year MINIs. As a result, August sales of MINI automobiles were 2,334, down 17
percent from the 2,811 sold in July of 2003. Year-to-date, sales of MINI
automobiles were down slightly, with 22,753 cars compared to 23,425 sold a year
ago, a dip of 3 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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