OREANDA-NEWS. Fitch Ratings expects to assign the following ratings and Rating Outlooks to BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust Series 2015-1 as follows:

Series 2015-1
--$800,000,000 class A 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;
--$33,940,000 class B Not Rated.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

Good Quality of Receivables: The trust receivables include 85% loans backed by new vehicles and mainly BMW, MINI, and other OEM new and used vehicles.

Asset Concentrations Exist: Dealers are subject to specific concentration limits, mitigating the risk of individual dealer defaults and losses. The exposure to individual vehicle types, dealer credit ratings, and state concentrations are mitigated with concentration limits. Currently, all metrics are within individual concentration limits consistent with prior periods.

Strong Dealer Network: Based on a review of dealer financial metrics and BMW FS's internal dealer-risk ratings (categorized into nine distinct groups), the financial health of the participating dealer network is currently viewed as strong, with the majority of dealers profitable in 2015.

Strong Trust Performance: BMW FMOT has continued to experience positive trends in overall performance, including strong monthly payment rates (MPRs) and elevated asset yields, low agings and delinquencies, and no dealer defaults or trust losses.

Sufficient Credit Enhancement: Initial credit enhancement (CE) for the class A notes is 16.52% (of the pool), consisting of 3.55% class B note subordination, 12.75% required subordinated amount (RSA), and a 0.22% reserve account (all of the initial pool balance). Structural features, including early amortization triggers, mitigate risks stemming from dealer/manufacturer defaults/bankruptcies.

Consistent Origination and Servicing: BMW FS demonstrates adequate abilities as an originator, underwriter, and servicer, as evidenced by the historical delinquency and loss performance of BMW FS' total U.S. portfolio and BMW FMOT.

Legal Structure Integrity: The legal structure of the transaction provides that a bankruptcy of BMW FS would not impair the timeliness of payments on the securities.

RATING SENSITIVITIES
To conduct rating sensitivity for the issued notes, under a category B Dealer Floorplan platform, Fitch assumes portfolio default levels at 10%, 25%, and 40%, and under two recovery-level scenarios of 50% and 30%. Fitch modeled these series with the assumption that the above defaults have occurred and recoveries stressed accordingly, reflecting asset performance in a stressed environment. Remaining expected loss levels were compared with the stressed loss assumption grid commensurate with various rating levels.

DUE DILIGENCE USAGE
Fitch was provided with third-party due diligence information from KPMG LLP. The third-party due diligence focused on comparing or recalculating certain information with respect to 25 dealer accounts, 5 center groups and 50 vehicles (10 randomly selected vehicles for each center group), all randomly selected from the final data file. Fitch considered this information in its analysis and the findings did not have an impact on our analysis. A copy of the Form ABS Due Diligence-15E Certification of Provider of Third-Party Due Diligence Services for Asset-Backed Securities received by Fitch in connection with this transaction may be obtained through the link contained on the bottom of this press release.

Fitch's analysis of the Representation and Warranties (R&W) of these transactions can be found in 'BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2015-1 Appendix'. These R&W are compared to those of typical R&W for the asset class as detailed in Fitch's June 12, 2015 special report, 'Representations, Warranties, and Enforcement Mechanisms in Global Structured Finance Transactions'.