Improved business conditions on the international automobile markets mean that the BMW Group now expects to report much better second-quarter and full-year earnings than previously forecast.

– Business performance better than expected

– BMW Group expects sales volumes in 2010 to rise by around 10% to over 1.4 million units

– Full-year EBIT margin of over 5% expected for the Automobiles segment

– Financial Services segment aiming for earnings considerably above last year return on equity of over 18% achievable in 2010