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• Ford Racing's New 5.0-Liter "Cammer" V-8 Crate Engine Offers High Horsepower And Easy Installation

• Hybrid Vehicles are One of Many DaimlerChrysler Solutions For Future Environmental and Fuel-Consumption Needs

• New potentials developed with lightweight construction

• BMW Group Sets October Sales Record With 15% Sales Increase

• Nissan Displays An Array of Performance Vehicles at 2003 SEMA Show

• GM Chairman & CEO Rick Wagoner Named Chairman Of IBLAC

• New GTO Leads Pontiac's Performance Renaissance

• smart Morphs From Single Car To Range Of Models

• Saab Cars USA on track for best year ever

• Land Rover Showcases Its Brand's DNA - The Defender 110

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BMW Group Sets October Sales Record With 15% Sales Increase
 

Year-To-Date Sales Up 9.7 Percent Woodcliff Lake, NJ - The BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) has set a sales record for the month of October. With sales of 22,685 vehicles, the company is up more than 15 percent from the 19,634 sales of October 2002, itself a record. The BMW Group also recorded year-to-date sales of 226,868, an increase of 10% percent over the 206,791 vehicles reported in the first ten months of 2002. BMW Brand BMW reported sales of 19,594 vehicles in October-an increase of 17 percent from October 2002's sales of 16,789. All current model series showed sales increases for the month of October. BMW also reported year-to-date sales of 198,057, up 5 percent from the 188,185 of this time last year.

BMW Automobile Sales

BMW's automobile sales were up 17 percent in October with 15,683 cars reported versus 13,368 in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, BMW automobile sales increased 8.1 percent to 166,099 compared to 153,629 for the first ten months of 2002. October was also the first full month of sales for the new BMW 5 Series Sedan.

BMW Sports Activity Vehicle Sales

BMW reported a 14 percent increase in Sports Activity Vehicle sales for the month of October. A total of 3,991 vehicles were sold compared to 3,421 in October 2002.

Year-to-date SAV sales are recovering, off by 7 percent in the ten months of 2003 compared to a 10 percent deficit in the year to September. (Sales of 31,958 to October 2003 compared with 34,556 in the first ten months of 2002).

Certified Pre-owned Vehicle Sales

BMW reported year-to-date sales of 55,436 Certified Pre-owned vehicles, up 11 percent over the 50,075 reported in the first ten months of 2002. CPO vehicle sales were down 3 percent in October with 5,099 vehicles sold, versus 5,236 in the same period last year.

MINI Brand

MINI Automobiles

MINI USA reported October sales of 3,091 automobiles - an increase of 9 percent from the 2,845 cars reported in that month last year. Sales of MINI automobiles for the first nine months of 2003 totaled 28,811.

(November 3, 2003)