{"id":40017,"date":"2023-01-10T08:22:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T13:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40017"},"modified":"2023-01-10T08:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T13:22:44","slug":"bmw-m-new-sales-record-2022-177257-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40017","title":{"rendered":"BMW M Set New Sales Record In 2022 With 177,257 Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

2022 was a bittersweet year for the BMW Group. On the one hand, total sales declined by 4.8% following a drop in demand for BMW models of 5.1% while MINI was down by 3%. On the other hand, it still managed to outsell archrival Mercedes-Benz<\/a>. In addition, EV deliveries more than doubled and Rolls-Royce set a new sales record last year. The BMW Group has another reason to celebrate as the M division had its best 12 months ever.<\/p>\n

With 177,257 performance cars delivered in the January to December 2022 interval, BMW M set a new annual record. Sales rose by 8.4% compared to 2021, which itself was a record-breaking year for the \u201cworld\u2019s most powerful letter\u201d with 163,542 units. The Munich-based marque says sporty electric cars like the i4 M50 and iX M60 contributed to M\u2019s success, which was further fueled by the M240i, M2, and M3 Touring<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2022 was the year when BMW M celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its first dedicated M model since the mid-engined M1. The plug-in hybrid XM recently entered production<\/a> in South Carolina at the Spartanburg plant. Speaking of SUVs, the Bavarians claim the M-badged X models also represented a hot commodity last year, along with the M3 and M4 duo.<\/p>\n

BMW is confident 2023 will be even better, \u201cwith the promise of further record results to come.\u201d What does this year have in tow for M? We\u2019ll see a limited-run M3 CS special edition<\/a> in a short while along with the X5 and X6 LCI in the M60i and M flavors. The next-generation 5 Series is also debuting this year and is expected to have M Performance derivatives in plug-in hybrid and purely electric configurations, although it\u2019s unclear whether they\u2019ll be released from day one.<\/p>\n

2023 should also bring us the first-ever X1 M35i and possibly the facelifted M135i hot hatchback<\/a>, with both using a slightly more powerful B48 engine and a quad exhaust system. Of course, we mustn\u2019t omit the already confirmed i7 M70 with over 600 hp and 1,000 Nm (737 lb-ft) of torque for a 0 to 62 mph (100 km\/h) in less than four seconds.<\/p>\n

Another performance model planned for 2023 is the XM Label Red<\/a> serving as BMW\u2019s most powerful road-going production car ever by packing a colossal 750 hp. The electrified SUV might also receive an entry-level 50e variant near the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Source: BMW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2022 was a bittersweet year for the BMW Group. On the one hand, total sales declined by 4.8% following a drop in demand for BMW models of 5.1% while MINI was down by 3%. On the other hand, it still managed to outsell archrival Mercedes-Benz. In addition, EV deliveries more than doubled and Rolls-Royce set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":40018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}