BMW Biggest Winner of Readers' Choice All-Star Awards In Automobile Magazine's Annual Survey

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, April 8, 2002... Automobile Magazine readers
awarded BMW more "Readers' Choice All-Star" awards than any other manufacturer
in the May 2002 issue. In the annual poll, BMW models won 4 of 14 awards voted
by Automobile Magazine readers:

- Best Luxury Car Under $40,000: BMW 3 Series
- Best Coupe: BMW 3 Series
- Best Sport Sedan/Wagon: BMW M5
- Best Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle: BMW X5

In the earlier poll of Automobile Magazine editors, BMW models captured three
awards:

- Best Luxury Car Under $40,000: BMW 525i
- Best GT: BMW M3
- Best Sport Sedan/Wagon: BMW M5

It was the 11th consecutive year that the editors of Automobile Magazine have
chosen at least one BMW model among its prestigious list of All-Stars.

For the tenth time, spanning two model generations, the BMW 3 Series continues
the tradition by earning two All-Star awards; best Luxury Car Under $40,000 and
Best Coupe. Reader observations from the poll concluded, "If the 3 Series is
not the best car in its category, why do all these manufacturers try so hard to
build one for themselves?"

For the third year in a row since its introduction, the BMW M5 was named Best
Sport Sedan/Wagon in both the reader's and the editor's poll. One reader wrote
about the M5; "The very definition of a supercar. It is both super and, when
needed, just a car."

Also for the third year in a row since its introduction, the X5 Sports Activity
Vehicle was named an All-Star for Best Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle. A reader
commented, "An SUV whose only performance limitation is the carbon-based life
form attached to the steering wheel."

These opinions of BMW products are shared by many other publications, such as
Car and Driver, in their "10Best" awards for both the 3 Series and 5 Series,
Money Magazine's "Best Buy" award for the X5, and six 2002 "Most Wanted" awards
from Edmunds.com.

BMW Group In America

BMW of North America has been present in the United States since 1975. Since
then, the BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales
and financial service organizations for the BMW and MINI brands; a South
Carolina manufacturing operation; DESIGNWORKS/USA, an industrial design firm in
California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations
throughout the country. The BMW Group is represented in the U.S. through
networks of 340 BMW car, 327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle, 148 BMW Motorcycle
retailers and 53 MINI car dealers. BMW US Holding Corp., the Group's
headquarters for North, Central and South America, is located in Woodcliff
Lake, New Jersey.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet
at http://www.bmwusa.com http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com and
http://www.miniusa.com