To the extent that historical press releases reference BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC as the manufacturer of certain X model vehicles, the referenced vehicles are manufactured in South Carolina with a combination of U.S. origin and imported parts and components.
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – March 19, 2026 – The modern MINI brand marks its 25th anniversary worldwide, celebrating a quarter century of distinctive design, driving excitement, and passionate community around models that now include the MINI Cooper, MINI Cooper S, MINI Countryman, and the MINI Convertible.
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – March 16, 2026…With the new BMW i3, BMW is reaffirming its holistic approach to product sustainability – shining a light on a relevant dimension of product development that has been less visible up until now: health and well-being in the passenger compartment. To address this aspect of vehicle development, interior air quality, material selection and olfactory perception are systematically studied and evaluated at the company’s own ...
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – March 16, 2026…ln the BMW i3, as with the BMW iX3, the BMW Group applies a 360° approach to sustainability. At its core is decarbonization throughout the entire vehicle lifecycle – from product development through the supply chain and production to the end of the use phase. In this way, the second Neue Klasse model also contributes to achieving the ambitious, overarching CO2e targets the company has set itself.
+++ Group EBT once again exceeds € 10 billion – despite higher tariff headwinds +++ BMW Group achieves stable Group EBT margin of 7.7% in 2025 +++ Group net profit remains above € 7 billion, in line with previous year +++ Total dividend payment and payout ratio proposed at previous year’s level +++ Successful cost management: Costs reduced by € 2.5 billion +++ Strong demand for BMW iX3 – design premiere of BMW i3 awaits +++ Growing BEV portfolio: 20 models ...
Spartanburg, S.C. – March 5, 2026… BMW Manufacturing has confirmed that it led the nation in automotive exports by value during 2025, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Last year, the South Carolina plant exported nearly 200,000 BMW X models with a total export value of $9 billion. Additionally, from 2014 – 2025, Plant Spartanburg exported nearly 3 million vehicles with an export value of $113 billion.
+++ 25 years of successful engine production +++ Drive trains for MINI, BMW and Rolls-Royce +++ More than 7.6 million engines produced +++ 61% reduction in energy use per engine built since the start of full production +++
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – February 3, 2026…Today, BMW of North America is excited to announce it has earned 14 Editors’ Choice Awards from Car and Driver, making BMW the most awarded automotive manufacturer in 2026 by one of the industry’s most respected automotive publications.
+++ With 288,290 vehicles delivered, MINI is significantly above previous year (+17.7%) +++ Over 100,000 fully electric vehicles delivered to customers +++ Every third MINI sold worldwide is now fully electric +++ Growth across all sales regions +++ John Cooper Works sub-brand continues success +++
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – January 5, 2026… BMW of North America today reported full year 2025 and Q4 2025 sales results for the BMW and MINI brands in the U.S.
If you ask former CEO Bernhard Kuhnt what BMW of North America’s associates contribute to the company’s success, his answer is simple: “Everything!” “BMW North America’s associates are, number one, hugely diverse in the truest sense, and very professional, very motivated,” said Kuhnt, who served as CEO from 2017 to 2021. “I had a hugely enjoyable time there because the individual areas of the organization were all driven, and they all wanted to succeed.”
Since its founding in 1975, BMW of North America has occupied a number of buildings in northern New Jersey, which themselves offer a fascinating glimpse at the company’s adaptations to increasing sales as well as new models of working in the post-pandemic era.
On December 19, 2019, a hospital in Wuhan, China reported the first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by a previously unknown coronavirus that would be identified shortly thereafter as COVID-19. The disease was unusually contagious, and unusually virulent, causing its first fatalities shortly after it was identified
++ Group pre-tax earnings > € 8.0 billion YTD September; EBT margin of 8.1% ++ Slight sales growth globally YTD September – Europe +8.6% and USA +9.5% ++ Automotive EBIT margin at 5.9% YTD September and 5.2% in Q3, within annual target range ++ Significant BEV growth, representing 18.0% of sales (share incl. PHEV: 26.2%) YTD September +++ Incoming BMW iX3* orders exceed expectations ++ Zipse: “On course to meet ambitious European CO2 targets for 2025”++
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – October 31, 2025… Since 2022, the BMW Group and Solid Power, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLDP) have intensified their activities for the development of all-solid-state battery (ASSB) technology through their technology transfer agreement. The latest milestone was the integration of Solid Power’s large-format pure ASSB cells into a BMW i7 technology test vehicle.
In 2024, BMW of North America sold 371,346 automobiles in the U.S. Though that number represents just two and a half percent of the nearly 16 million cars sold nationwide last year, it also represents a record for BMW in this country. It also represents a remarkable increase from the mere 19,419 cars sold in 1975, BMW of North America’s first year of operation.
If a brand is to succeed, it needs loyal customers who’ll stick with the brand for years if not decades, and who’ll keep buying its cars even as their needs and circumstances change. Those customers are usually found within the membership rolls of its affiliated club, the size of which
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