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Land Rover Announces Strong June Sales

2 July 1999

Land Rover Announces Strong June Sales; Land Rover Closes on Best First Half in Company History

    LANHAM, Md., July 1 -- Land Rover North America, Inc., today
reported June sales of 2,645 units, the company's strongest sales month of
1999.  Year-to-date sales of 13,562 vehicles marks a nearly 35 percent
increase over the same period of 1998 and the best first half in company
history.
    "June is traditionally a good sales month for Land Rover and June 1999 was
no exception," said Howard I. Mosher, who was named president of Land Rover
North America, Inc., on May 26, 1999. "Our supply issues of earlier in the
year have been sorted, so our retailers now have a good supply of vehicles and
are able to meet the market's demand for both Land Rover models -- Range Rover
and Discovery Series II."

                                  SALES SUMMARY

                           June '99      June '98     Y-T-D '99    Y-T-D '98
    Range Rover                546           664        3,342        3,288
    Discovery                2,099         1,818       10,220        6,655
    Defender                     0             6            0          110

    Total              2,645 (+6.3%)       2,488   13,562 (+34.9%)  10,053


    NOTE:  Range Rover sales include 4.6 HSE and 4.0 SE; Discovery sales
include Discovery and Discovery Series II.

    Land Rover North America, Inc., established in 1986, imports Range Rovers
and Discoverys manufactured in Solihull, England, for sale in the U.S. and is
a wholly owned subsidiary of The BMW Group, Munich, Germany.