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April News in Brief Update from BMW
Wed Apr 05 10:00:00 CEST 2023 Press Release
• BMW claims wins at three major award events, including GQ Car Awards • BMW i7 wins Best Luxury EV at Top Gear Electric Awards • Fleet News name BMW as Fleet Manufacturer of the Year for the fifth year running
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BMW has maintained its winning streak in securing both automotive and
lifestyle awards, receiving further accolades in the opening months of
2023, including honours from the Top Gear Electric Awards, Fleet News
Awards, and GQ Car Awards.
BMW i7 wins Best Luxury EV at Top Gear Electric Awards
Continuing to impress at the highest levels, the BMW
i7 has today been named the Best Luxury EV at the Top Gear Electric
Awards, the fourth major award for the first-ever BMW i7 since its
introduction in December 2022.
As the brand’s flagship saloon, the BMW i7 sets the benchmark in
terms of performance, luxury and design. Fitted with the latest
technology and ensuring that all its occupants travel in complete
comfort, the latest generation BMW 7 Series is also the first to
feature a fully-electric variant. Rear passengers benefit from the
world’s first Theatre Screen built into a vehicle. The 31.3” 8K
touchscreen, with Amazon Fire TV, lowers from the ceiling for
rear-seat entertainment while audio is provided courtesy of the Bowers
& Wilkins Diamond Surround Sound System with up to 36 speakers.
Jack Rix, Editor of Top Gear Magazine commented: “As is
increasingly the fashion, it was designed from the inside out, so the
i7 is extraordinarily comfortable. The seats are incredible, the
materials used are imaginative, the atmosphere unique. The Curved
Display user interface is crisply executed and the rear-seat cinema is
a marvel.”
Fifth consecutive Fleet Manufacturer of the Year win for BMW
at the Fleet News Awards
For the fifth year running, BMW has been awarded
Fleet Manufacturer of the Year at the Fleet News Awards, showcasing
the clear continued development of the corporate strategy and the
class-leading products offered. Judges commented that the company’s
longstanding retention of the award is “clear evidence that BMW never
takes fleet for granted and is always looking for ways to improve its
service and support for both companies and their drivers.”
The brand also took home awards in two other categories, with
the BMW X1/iX1 named the Best Mid-Size SUV, the BMW i4 winning Best
Premium Car and the BMW 5 Series also being highly commended in the
Best Executive Car category. The BMW i4 clinched the Best Premium Car
award for the second year running, having won in its debut year in
2022, highlighting the demand for premium electric vehicles in the
corporate car sector. Likewise, the newly introduced BMW X1 and
first-ever iX1 have started strong just after launch by winning the
Best Mid-Size SUV category, with Fleet News stating that the models
have set a new benchmark for the sector.
Kith for BMW claims Best Collaboration of the Year at GQ Car Awards
At the 15th GQ Car Awards, which focused
on electric mobility, Kith for BMW was awarded the Best Collaboration
of the Year. Central to the collaboration with BMW is Kith’s founder
Ronnie Feig, who has a personal connection to the brand, specifically
his childhood memories of his grandfather’s E30 M3 in the 1980s.
Having worked together since 2020, ‘Chapter II’ of the partnership
focussed on the brand’s all-electric BMW i4 M50 and the 1972 1602
Electric – the company’s first foray into electric mobility - whilst
also giving a nod to the 50th anniversary of BMW M. The
anniversary was celebrated with the production of just seven BMW i4
M50 by Kith models, demonstrating the excellent opportunity this
collaboration offered for BMW and Kith to explore the synergies
between tradition and modernity.
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Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of
automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and
mobility services. The BMW Group production network comprises over 30
production sites worldwide; the company has a global sales network in
more than 140 countries.
In 2022, the BMW Group sold nearly 2.4 million passenger
vehicles and more than 202,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit
before tax in the financial year 2021 was € 16.1 billion on revenues
amounting to € 111.2 billion. As of 31 December 2021, the BMW Group
had a workforce of 118,909 employees.
The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term
thinking and responsible action. The company set the course for the
future at an early stage and consistently makes sustainability and
efficient resource management central to its strategic direction, from
the supply chain through production to the end of the use phase of all products.
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