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Land Rover Reports February 1999 Sales

3 March 1999

Land Rover Reports February 1999 Sales

    LANHAM, Md., March 2 -- Land Rover North America, Inc. today
reported February 1999 sales of 2212 units, which represents Land Rover North
America's best February ever.
    Charlie Hughes, president, Land Rover North America, said, "We are
extremely pleased with our current sales rate. February 1999's sales figures
represents a 72.3% increase over February '98 and our best February ever. With
the continued strength of Range Rover, and as our all-new and award-winning
Discovery Series II makes its presence further known in the marketplace, we
are confident this sales trend will continue throughout 1999."

                                SALES SUMMARY
                     FEBRUARY'99       FEBRUARY'98       Y-T-D'99     Y-T-D'98

    Range Rover      (A)   607             522           1,227           1,120
    Discovery        (B) 1,605             738           2,775           1,394
    Defender                 0              24               0              77

    Total                2,212 (+72.3%)  1,284           4,002 (+54.5%)  2,591

    (A) Includes 4.6 HSE and 4.0 SE
    (B) Includes Discovery and Discovery Series II

    Land Rover North America, Inc. is a member of the Rover Group, importing
Land Rover vehicles manufactured in Solihull, England. The Rover Group is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the BMW Group, Munich, Germany.