New sales record secures BMW M GmbH’s market leadership in the performance and high-performance automobile segment.
BMW Group sells 2,324,809 units in 2020 (-8.4%) +++ BMW Q4 sales up 4.3% from previous year (600,799 vehicles) +++ Sales of electrified vehicles increase by a third (+31.8%) +++ As promised: BMW Group meets EU CO2 fleet targets in 2020 +++ Pieter Nota: “Responded to the effects of the corona pandemic with agility in sales management and production. Have overfulfilled EU CO2 fleet targets with under 100 g/km.” +++
World’s most sustainable automotive company.
+++ 2023 will see Plant Leipzig launch production of the successor to the current MINI Countryman +++ The new model will offer a choice of combustion or electric drive +++ The current investment programme for the site in Saxony will significantly increase production capacity and enable e-drive component assembly +++
The MINI brand is using #NEXTGen 2020 to present, in a world exclusive, the MINI Vision Urbanaut – an all-new interpretation of a personal space in a car.
Zipse: “Third-quarter performance underlines BMW Group’s operational strength” +++ Peter: “We are in an intense cost competition” +++ Profit before tax in Q3 rises to approximately € 2.5 billion +++ Return on sales of 9.4% in Q3 +++ Free cash flow in Q3 exceeds € 3 billion +++ EBIT margin for Automotive segment within 2020 target range for nine-month period +++ E-autos to be manufactured at all German plants by 2022 +++
First BMW iX3 comes off production line at BMW Brilliance Automotive in Shenyang, China
BMW Group sells 675,680 units in third quarter (+8.6%) +++ Europe region delivers 275,618 vehicles to customers in Q3 (+7.1%) +++ China up 6.4% after first nine months (559,681 vehicles) +++ Sales situation still reflects regional impact of coronavirus pandemic +++ Pieter Nota: “Sales growth of almost 50 percent for electrified vehicles in third quarter” +++
The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. Chairman of the Board of Management Oliver Zipse announced initial details of this strategic direction in Munich today and presented the targets the company has set itself for the phase up to 2030.
At today’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference it was announced that BMW will become the first carmaker to enable its customers to use iPhone as a fully digital car key.
Historic flashback to celebrate the 100th Annual General Meeting of the BMW Group. Since its establishment more than 100 years ago, the company has always generated new impetus from overcoming particularly difficult situations. Innovative strength and courage, determination and team spirit form the foundation for this innate spirit of renewal.
Protecting employees and taking responsibility for society +++ Safeguarding liquidity and the company’s long-term success +++ Around 80% of retail outlets closed in Europe; 70% in the US +++ BMW Group sells 477.111 vehicles in first quarter +++ Pieter Nota: “China shows first signs of recovery” +++ Plus 14% electrified vehicles. On track to meet CO2 targets +++
BMW Group New Zealand has seen great success in what has been a challenging market throughout 2019, with vehicle sales across its BMW and MINI brands growing by 8.7 per cent from the previous year, despite the total car market falling by -3.7 per cent.
To mark the United Nations International Day of Education on 24 January 2020, the BMW Group announced that it will support one million children and young people worldwide through targeted educational projects and programmes by 2025 +++ The BMW Group is already developing impactful educational projects to provide young people with a leg-up into the labour market and offer them better prospects in life +++
135, 829 vehicles sold worldwide – best result in the almost 50-year old company history – BMW M GmbH assumes leadership position among manufacturers of performance/high-performance automobiles.
BMW Group joins “Getting to Zero Coalition” ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The objective: decarbonisation of international maritime shipping.
Plant in Lower Bavaria will be upgraded for pure battery-electric and autonomous models by 2021
BMW Group market position within competition. Electromobility in Germany, Europe, Globally. Source: IHS Markit New Registrations 1-10/2019. (11/2019 report)
Right of way for green electricity by intelligent charging. BMW i and grid operator TenneT pilot new type of charging strategy for electric vehicles using the BMW i3 – Digital integration will turn electric mobility into a mainstay of the energy revolution – Customers can reap the benefits of reduced costs.
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MINI Vision Urbanaut. Make it your space.
#NEXTGen 2020.
All-new BMW M3 sedan and M4 Coupé to thunder down under in Q1 2021 in top-spec Competition variants.
All-new MINI Electric Hatch First Edition charges into New Zealand