BMW Group records best sales ever in July - Seite 2

customers worldwide (prev. yr. 23,515 / +3.2%) and this positive
trend is expected to continue in the second half of the year. Sales
of the new third-generation MINI Hatch, the brand's core model, are
up 22.3% compared to the same month last year with a total of 11,970
delivered in July (prev. yr. 9,785). In the year-to-date, a total of
156,154 MINIs were sold (prev. yr. 172,314 / -9.4%).

BMW Motorrad achieved the best July result to date, with 11,661
motorcycles and maxi-scooters delivered (prev. yr. 11,241 / +3.7%).
Year-to-date, 82,639 vehicles were sold, a solid growth of 8.5% over
the same period last year (76,182).

The BMW Group made gains on all continents

In Asia, the company delivered 373,594 BMW and MINI brand vehicles
in the first seven months of the year, an increase of 17.2% compared
to July last year (prev. yr. 318,821). Strong double-digit growth
continues to be recorded in mainland China, where sales for the year-
to-date are up 21.8% to a total of 261,919 vehicles (prev. yr.
214,994). Another market in the region showing particularly strong
growth is South Korea, where deliveries for the same period totalled
25,736 vehicles (prev. yr. 22,053 / +16.7%).

Sales of BMW and MINI vehicles continued to grow steadily in the
Americas. Year-to-date, the region posted a sales plus of 3.6% with a
total of 259,658 vehicles delivered (prev. yr. 250,517). In the USA,
sales for the first seven months of the year totalled 213,754
vehicles, an increase of 5.4% on the same period in 2013 (prev. yr.
202,780).

In Europe, BMW Group sales grew 2.8% since the beginning of the
year, with 513,707 BMW and MINI vehicles delivered to customers
(prev. yr. 499,902). July saw solid growth in Great Britain - the
company's fourth largest market - where sales increased 9.3% (12,920
/ prev. yr. 11,825). Year-to-date, sales increased 2.5% to a total of
111,261 vehicles (prev. yr. 108,578). The home market in Germany grew
strongly in July, where registrations of BMW and MINI vehicles
increased 8.7% to 23,646 vehicles.

BMW Group sales in/up to July 2014 at a glance

| |July 2014|Compared |Year-to- |Compared to|
| | |to |date |previous |
| | |previous | |year |
| | |year | | |
|BMW Group |163,959 |+7.6% |1,184,170 |+7.0% |
|Automobiles | | | | |
|BMW |139,399 |+8.4% |1,025,747 |+10.0% |
|MINI |24,259 |+3.2% |156,154 |-9.4% |