For the year to the end of October, the BMW Group handed over 1,218,588 vehicles to customers, which is 88,141 more than in the same period in 2006 (prev.yr.: 1,130,447 / +7.8%).

The sale of BMW cars rose in the month under review to 105,208 units
(prev.yr.: 94,992 / +10.8%). Never before have so many BMW vehicles been delivered to customers in October.

For the year to the end of October, sales of BMW automobiles passed the million mark (1,034,903, prev.yr.: 969,215 / +6.8%). This is also a new record.

The biggest sales increases in the first 10 months of 2007 were recorded by the new versions of the BMW 3 Series Coupé and Cabrio and the BMW X5, which are all in great demand. Sales of these vehicles were in the upper ranges of what had been expected. Up to the end of October, for example, 73,217 units of the 3 Series Coupé had been delivered to customers. This is almost three times (+185.9%) the figure sold in the comparable period last year (25,611). Sales of the 3 Series Cabrio in the period under review rose to 43,747, which is double (+100.6%) the previous year (21,810). The BMW X5 is also extremely popular: 92,770 units of this Sports Activity Vehicle were delivered to customers, which is an increase of 48.0% (prev.yr.: 62,699). At the same time, the little brother of the X5, the BMW X3, recorded a 3.0% increase over the already high sales level of the previous year (89,159) to reach 91,868 units.

Stefan Krause, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Sales and Marketing, stated: "The driving forces behind the success of the BMW brand at the moment are the new generation of relatively high-selling, high-profit vehicles. This is taking us well on the way towards the annual targets that we have already published."

MINI sales rise in October by 30.1%
Volume sales of MINI brand vehicles increased particularly dramatically in October. With 17,989 units sold, sales are 30.1% above the level of the same month last year (13,828). In the first ten months of 2007, 182,999 MINI were delivered to customers worldwide (prev.yr.: 160,680 /+13.9%). The annual target that the BMW Group envisages for MINI sales is over 220,000 units.

Powered by the new Rolls-Royce cabriolet, the Phantom Drophead Coupé, the Rolls-Royce brand enjoyed very dynamic growth. In October, 107 automobiles were delivered to customers (prev.yr.: 77/+39.0%). The number of vehicles delivered in the first ten months of the year is 686 (prev.yr.: 552 /+24.3%).

Sales of motorcycles in October 2007 reached 6,907 vehicles
(prev.yr.: 6,926/-0.3%). For the year to the end of October, the number of BMW motorcycles delivered therefore rose by 4.0% to 89,686 (prev.yr.: 86,259).

BMW Group sales in/up to and including October 2007 at a glance

In Oct. 07 comp. w. prev.yr. Up to & incl. Oct. 07 comp.w. prev.yr.
BMW Group automobiles 123,304 + 13.2% 1,218,588 + 7.8%
BMW 105,208 + 10.8% 1,034,903 + 6.8%
MINI 17,989 + 30.1% 182,999 + 13.9%
Rolls-Royce 107 + 39.0% 686 + 24.3%
BMW motorcycles 6,907 - 0.3% 89,686 + 4.0%

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