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The company's automobiles are marketed under the BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brands, and motorcycles are marketed under the BMW Motorrad brand. In 2023, BMW was the world's ninth-largest producer of motor vehicles, and the 6th largest by revenue, [3] with 2,555,341 vehicles produced in that year alone. [4]
As of 2022 , BMW held 100% of the shares in Brilliance Motor, and 75% of BMW-Brilliance, controlling the majority of production capacity under Brilliance. In 2010, Brilliance Auto Group and its subsidiaries had an annual production capacity of 800,000 vehicles [9] although capacity has come online since.
The BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, also known as BMW Spartanburg, is the BMW Group's only assembly facility in the United States, and is located in Greer, South Carolina. [11] The plant is currently BMW's major global production site for the X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and XM crossover SUVs, [ 12 ] whose biggest market is the U.S., while other BMW models ...
Consumer Reports (CR) named BMW the top overall pick in its 2024 Brand Report Card rankings, with the German automaker becoming the first back-to-back winner since 2017.
In June 2022, BMW revealed the first BMW M3 Touring, codenamed G81. Based on the seventh generation 3 Series, it marks the first time a BMW M Touring model reached the market. [ 27 ] The touring version of the M3 contains the same engine and interior setup as the M3 sedan, but extends the roof line to become a wagon .
BMW had sold their Allach plant to MAN in 1954. [88] American Motors and the Rootes Group had both tried to acquire BMW. [89] At BMW's annual general meeting on 9 December 1959, Dr. Hans Feith, chairman of BMW's supervisory board, proposed a merger with Daimler-Benz. The dealers and small shareholders opposed this suggestion and rallied around ...
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In October 2017 the BMW Group reported that the 100,000th BMW i3 had been built. [76] BMW sold its stake in the Moses Lake plant in 2017, [ 77 ] but continues to receive fibre from the plant. [ 78 ] As of December 2019 [update] , BMW plans to continue i3 production until 2024, and there are no plans for an i3 successor. [ 79 ]