First Rolls-Royce Motor Car Built at Goodwood.

Goodwood, Chichester. With the completion on plan of major areas of the all
new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant and head office for the future
Rolls-Royce motor car company, specialist staff have moved in to set up their
respective work areas and have started work on the first example of the new
luxury 4 door saloon to be hand built at Goodwood.

Over 250 people of Project Rolls-Royce are now located at the new premises and
are involved in the final stages of preparations for the "Goodwood Era" for
Rolls-Royce motor cars. All of the departments for the new business are now
directly supporting the new facilities at Goodwood. Meanwhile local
recruitment continues with over 100 new craftspeople and professionals already
working in the project team. A further 100 will join over the next few
months.

The new motor car, designed in London in 1999, will be hand built to individual
customer requirements in the UK starting in January 2003. The manufacturing
process at Goodwood includes important areas such as wood and leather shops
where skilled people are already crafting parts and matching sets for each
motor car. Goodwood will become a Centre of Excellence for coachbuilding in
the true Rolls-Royce tradition.

Alongside this human expertise the new facilities at Goodwood also feature some
of the world's most modern high technology manufacturing processes. For
instance the latest environmentally friendly water soluble paint materials will
be used in the Surface Technology Centre where the trials for the computerised
spraying process are now underway.

The entire manufacturing and engineering resources of the BMW Group have been
available to the Project Rolls-Royce team. In specific areas the respective
Centres of Competence within BMW Group have been selected by the project team
to supply Goodwood with some of the most advanced and complex components in the
automotive world. For instance, the new motor car will have an all new space
frame aluminium body and a unique V12 engine, both hand built by skilled
technicians and delivered to Goodwood.

Said Tony Gott, Director of the Project and head of the future Rolls-Royce
motor car company which will be established at the end of 2002:
"With the relocation of the project team to Goodwood the focal point is now at
its final destination at the future head office of Rolls-Royce motor cars in
West Sussex. Significantly, the production of the very first car for training
purposes at the new manufacturing plant starts a new chapter in the history of
the world's most prestigious motor car".

For further enquiries please contact:
Fred Fruth - General Manager, Public Affairs
Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Tel +44 (0)1243 791971 Fax +44 (0)1243 791998
e-mail: friedrich.fruth@bmwgroup.projectr-r.com
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