Jim McDowell, Vice President Of MINI USA, to Address Reporters on Rising Gas Prices in the United States and the Burst in Consumer Interest in Small Cars

    WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., July 16 /EMWNews/ -- MINI USA today announced

that Jim McDowell, Vice President of MINI USA, will address reporters in

the Detroit, MI area on July 22, 2008 regarding rising gas prices in the

United States and its impact on the small car marketplace. MINI has

consistently established itself as a leader in the premium small car

segment.



    In the wake of skyrocketing gas prices, many Americans are looking to

smaller cars to help ease the pain at the gas pump. McDowell will share his

insights on the future of smaller cars in light of the massive structural

changes currently taking place in the marketplace. He will also discuss why

he believes the world is becoming more MINI every day.



    McDowell will address reporters over breakfast at Forte Restaurant in

Birmingham, MI, just outside of Detroit, on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 between

9:00 and 10:00 a.m. Media wishing to attend this briefing should contact

Aimee Adler at [email protected] or 212.843.9294.



    MINI in the US



    MINI is an independent brand of the BMW Group. In the United States,

MINI USA operates as a business unit of BMW of North America, LLC which has

been present in the United States since 1975. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA,

LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States

has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations

for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand,

and the Rolls- Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, an industrial

design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and

various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC

in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's global manufacturing network and

is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all Z4 models, X5 Sports Activity

Vehicles and X6 Sport Activity Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is

represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car centers,

335 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 142 BMW motorcycle retailers, 82

MINI passenger car dealers, and 30 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US)

Holding Corp., the BMW Group's sales 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.bmwgroupna.com

    http://www.bmwusa.com

    http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com

    http://www.miniusa.com

    http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com

    Journalist note: Information about the BMW Group and its products is

available to journalists on-line at the BMW Group PressClub at the

following address: http://www.press.bmwgroup.com. Broadcast quality video footage

is available via The NewsMarket at http://www.thenewsmarket.com.






    Rubenstein Communications, Inc.

    Public Relations

    Aimee Adler, 212-843-8008 or 561-302-6902

    [email protected]