Increase Of Sales Volume Recorded For Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited For The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2001

    HONG KONG--Oct. 29, 2001--Brilliance China Automotive's 51%-owned subsidiary, Shenyang JinBei Passenger Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd. ("Shenyang Automotive") experienced continuing sales volume growth for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.
    Shenyang Automotive sold a total of 47,677 minibuses in the nine months ended September 30, 2001, a 3.5% increase over the 46,063 minibuses sold during the same period in 2000. Shenyang Automotive sold 7,239 Deluxe Minibuses in the first nine months of 2001, compared with 7,219 for the same period in 2000. Shenyang Automotive sold 40,438 of its Mid-priced Minibuses in the nine months ended September 30, 2001, an increase of 4.1% over the 38,844 units sold during the same period in 2000. The increase was primarily due to the introduction of new multi-point fuel-injection engines in its Mid-priced Minibuses in September.