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31
The year 2006
>>01
The new Rolls-Royce
Convertible, the Phantom
Drophead Coupé.
>>02 The G 650 Xcountry:
for riding pleasure on-
and off-road.
>>03
The G650Xchallenge:
a hard enduro for riding on
rough terrain.
>>04 The G 650 Xmoto for
active touring.
>>05 The K 1200 R Sport:
the sporty sister of the
K1200 R.
>>06 The HP2 Megamoto:
an exclusive Boxer con-
cept with excellent per-
formance.
>>07 Golden Steering
Wheel for MINI: the new
MINI won one of the
most coveted automobile
prizes ten days before its
official introduction to the
market.
08/11/2006
Excellence
Award for the
BMW Group.
Munich/Dingolfing. On
7 November, Frank-
Peter Arndt, member of
the Board of Manage-
ment of BMW AG
responsible for Produc-
tion, received the Excel-
lence Award of the
European Foundation
for Quality Management
(EFQM) in Budapest,
Hungary. This prize
honours outstanding
management achieve-
ments in the promotion
of competitiveness,
satisfaction among
employees and cus-
tomers, social responsi-
bility and, not least, the
sparing use of resources.
The Excellence
Award is presented to
companies and organ-
isations in Europe which
have the edge on their
international competi-
tors not only because of
their technical and busi-
ness achievements,
but also because of their
sustainable corporate
strategy – for at least
three consecutive years.
The BMW Group’s
strategic customer ori-
entation and its coope-
rative and sustainable
corporate strategy
received special praise.
02/11/2006
2,000,000
retail customer
contracts in
place with
BMW Group
Financial
Services
.
Munich. In its Interim
Report to 30 September
2006, the BMW Group
announced a new record
for its Financial Services
segment. For the first
time in the Company’s
history, the BMW Group
Financial Services seg-
ment had more than two
million retail customer
contracts in place. By
30 September, the
number of leasing and
credit financing con-
tracts in place with retail
customers had risen to
2,039,255.This figure is
renewed evidence of the
successful growth course
of the BMW Group’s
Financial Services in
recent years.
09/11/2006
Golden
Steering Wheel
for MINI.
Munich. Exactly ten days
before its official intro-
duction to the market,
the new MINI was hon-
oured with one of the
world’s most coveted
automobile awards,
the Golden Steering
Wheel 2006. Each year,
Europe’s largest-circula-
tion Sunday paper, Bild
am Sonntag, awards this
prize to the best new
editions in the various
categories. Dr. Michael
Ganal, member of the
Board of Management
of BMW AG responsible
for Sales and Marketing,
was presented the
Golden
Steering Wheel
during afestive ceremony
in Berlin. In a statement
before numerous
repre-
sentatives from the
world of politics,the
busi-
ness community and the
media, as well as show
business personalities,
Ganal declared, “We are
pleased that the new
MINI has convinced such
a prestigious and critical
jury. This again clearly
confirms that the inde-
pendent course we are
following with MINI is the
right one: a strong prod-
uct and a strong brand in
a unique composition.”
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