Article: Successful 2003 Financial Year for the BMW Group; New Sales Volume Highs for All Brands, 3,000 New Jobs Created.

MUNICH, Germany, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The BMW Group has continued to perform well in 2003, keeping inline with its plan. With 1,104,916 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce Motorcars sold, the Group achieved a new sales volume record and surpassed the previous year's (2002) record of 1,057,344 units by 4.5%. As a result of the lower US dollar exchange rate, revenues fell by 2.1% to 41,525 million euros (2002: 42,411 million euros). Excluding the effect of exchange rate changes, revenues grew by more than 4%. The BMW Group was therefore able to strengthen its international position despite the difficult economic conditions facing some of the world's automobile markets.

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