UPDATE 1-BMW repeats 2007 car sales to rise after drop in March

Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:01am EDT

(Rewrites, adds sales figures of brands)

FRANKFURT, April 10 (Reuters) - BMW (BMWG.DE), the world's largest premium carmaker, reiterated on Tuesday it expects new models to boost sales in coming months, after sales dropped in March.

New models, including a convertible and more versions of its Mini brand, will help the German carmaker increase car sales by a "higher" one-digit percentage amount this year, BMW said in a statement, repeating its previous target.

In March, sales at its three brands, BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce, slipped 1.9 percent from a year earlier to 141,568 cars.

Rolls-Royce was the only brand to post an increase in unit sales, of 6.4 percent, while BMW reported a 2 percent decline and Mini a 1.5 percent fall. Sales of motorbikes rose 28.2 percent.

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