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MINI Cooper Scores Highest in N.A.D.A. Retention Ratings for 2002 Vehicles
Fri Apr 11 12:00:00 CEST 2003 Press Release
Woodcliff Lake, NJ, April 11, 2003 ... The MINI Cooper has scored highest in the N.A.D.A official Used Car Guide Value Retention Ratings for model year 2002 vehicles. The MINI Cooper listed a 117.06% value retained and beat out the Acura MDX (102.91%) and the Porsche 911 Carrera Cabrio (102.69%).
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Woodcliff Lake, NJ, April 11, 2003 ... The MINI Cooper has scored highest in
the N.A.D.A official Used Car Guide Value Retention Ratings for model year 2002
vehicles.
The MINI Cooper listed a 117.06% value retained and beat out the Acura MDX
(102.91%) and the Porsche 911 Carrera Cabrio (102.69%).
Full details can be found at www.nada.com. N.A.D.A. is the National Automobile
Dealers Association. N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides is the worlds largest publisher
of value guides and has been an industry leader for over 69 years.
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 and Rolls-Royce
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 car, 327 BMW Sports
Activity Vehicle, 148 BMW Motorcycle retailers, and 70 MINI dealers. BMW (US)
Holding Corp., the BMW Group?s sales headquarters for North, Central and South
America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
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http://www.miniusa.com
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