The online car market learned from the bmw group official that bmw's cumulative global sales in 2021 reached 2,521,525 vehicles (including MINI and Rolls-Royce brands), an increase of 8.4% year-on-year, once again becoming the world's highest-selling luxury car manufacturer. At the same time, BMW's cumulative sales in the Chinese market reached 846,237 units (including the MINI brand), an increase of 8.9% year-on-year, achieving the third consecutive year of luxury car sales in the Chinese market. Among them, the performance of new energy models was eye-catching, with cumulative sales of more than 48,000 units, an increase of 69.6% year-on-year.
In terms of specific products, BMW's domestic models are still the main sales force, with sales of more than 150,000 series, 5 series and X3, while the data of the Association of Automobile Associations shows that the annual sales of 3 series and 5 series are more than 170,000 units, and the three models are firmly at the top of the sales list of their respective market segments. The iX3, a pure electric mid-size SUV that ushered in its first full sales year, sold more than 21,000 units, accounting for 43% of BMW's total sales of new energy models in China.
BMW has also achieved good results in imported models, ushering in the cumulative sales of the new 4 series of more than 10,000 vehicles, up 109.7% year-on-year; the X family of large luxury SUV combinationS X5, X7 also achieved a breakthrough, of which the cumulative sales of X5 for the first time exceeded the 50,000 mark, a record high, while the cumulative sales of X7 exceeded 10,000 vehicles.
In terms of new products, in 2022, BMW Group will launch 26 new cars in the Chinese market, in addition to the iX xDrive 40 and iX M60 that have been listed, but also include domestic X5, new 7 series, i4, domestic i3, new i7, medium-term redesign X7, mid-term redesign of the 8 series, and M240i, X3 M40i, X4 M40i, i4 M50 and other models of the M Performance series. The arrival of its Chinese-made X5 can be said to be one of the most concerned models, not only the size has been greatly extended, but the price is also more advantageous than imported models, and the expected starting price is about 650,000 yuan.