BMW Group reports 3.5 percent sales increase!

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - November 1, 2005...

The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI brands combined) reported
October sales of 25,585 vehicles, nearly the same as the 25,807 vehicles soldthe same month last year. The BMW Group also reported year-to date salesof 251,226 vehicles, up 3.5 percent over the 242,724 vehicles sold in the firstten months of 2004.

BMW BrandBMW reported monthly sales of 22,432 vehicles, a slight decrease of 0.8
percent over the 22,618 sold in October 2004. Year-to-date, BMW brandsales were up 1 percent, to 216,063 compared to 213,865 in the sameperiod last year.

BMW Automobile Sales
Monthly sales of BMW automobiles were up 13 percent, to 18,889 carscompared to 16,753 sold in October 2004. For the first ten months of 2005,automobile sales were flat, with 158,904 automobiles compared to 158,69in the same period a year ago.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales
SAV sales were down 40 percent for the month to 3,543 vehicles, comparedto 5,865 vehicles sold in October 2004. Year-to-date, sales of BMW's twoSAV models are up 3.6 percent, to 57,159 vehicles compared to 55,173 inthe same period of 2004.

Certified Pre-owned
Monthly sales of Certified Pre-owned vehicles were down 4 percent, to 5,861vehicles compared to the 6,121 vehicles sold in the same month last year.Year-to-date, BMW CPO sales were up 2.5 percent, to 61,241 vehicles over59,731 for the same period a year ago.

MINI Brand
Year-to-date, MINI USA reported sales of 35,213, an increase of 22 percentcompared to the 28,859 sold in the first ten months of 2004. The division alsoreported monthly sales of 3,203 cars, about the same as the 3,189 carsreported in October of 2004.