Z3 Homecoming Celebrates Fifth Anniversary in Record Fashion

    SPARTANBURG, S.C., Sept. 4 A record crowd of 510 BMW Z3
owners and their roadsters -- 33 of which have participated in the annual
event since its beginning in 1997 -- converged on Upstate S.C. and BMW
Manufacturing Corp. (the only plant in the world that produces the Z3) to
celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of Z3 Homecoming.
    
  They came from all over -- from the cobblestone streets of the United
Kingdom to the rural landscape of Alaska -- to spend Labor Day weekend in a
festive environment with fellow BMW Z3 owners.
    
BMW Manufacturing Corp. treated participants to plant tours, driver skills
courses, seminars and technical clinics, coupled with fellowship and good ole'
southern hospitality.
   
 "We look forward to this every year," one participant said.  "With the
friendships we've made and the hospitality that BMW shows us, we plan on
coming every year."
   
 For more information on Z3 Homecoming visit its website at
http://www.bmwz3homecoming.com.
   
 BMW Manufacturing Corp. is a subsidiary of BMW AG in Munich, Germany.  In
addition to the South Carolina manufacturing facility, BMW's North American
subsidiaries include sales, marketing and financial services operations in the
United States, Canada and throughout Latin America; an information technology
consulting and systems integration firm in South Carolina; a production
facility in Mexico; and a design firm in California.