BMW Group with record sales in first quarter 2008

March: best month ever with more than 153,000 vehicles
Munich. The BMW Group increased its sales in the first quarter of 2008 by 5.7% to 351,787 automobiles (prev.yr.: 332,933). Deliveries of BMW brand cars to customers in the first three months rose by 2.7% to 293,550 vehicles (prev.yr.: 285,840). MINI recorded a significant increase of 23.6% to 58,054 units (prev.yr.: 46,980). Rolls-Royce Motor Cars handed 183 automobiles over to customers in the first quarter (prev.yr.: 113/+61.9%).

Sales of the BMW brand rose in March by 5.3% to 126,406 units (prev.yr.: 120,072). Sales of the MINI brand also continued to develop very satisfactorily, with 26,693 MINI sold in March. This represents a 24.4% rise on the same month last year (21,454 units). Never since the market launch of this, the world's most successful premium small car, in summer 2001 have so many MINI been delivered in one month as in the month of March 2008. For the year as a whole, the company is aiming to pass the 240,000 mark in terms of the number of MINI automobiles sold