{"id":82272,"date":"2025-05-07T10:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82272"},"modified":"2025-05-07T10:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:11:17","slug":"bmw-z4-xm-global-sales-q1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82272","title":{"rendered":"BMW Z4 Global Sales Are Up But The XM Is Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

If two cars in BMW\u2019s vast lineup couldn\u2019t be more different, it would have to be the Z4 and the XM. One is a relatively lightweight, two-seater, nimble roadster with attractive styling; the other is a heavy, five-seat behemoth with a polarizing design. The contrast between them continues in the Q1 2025 sales chart: while the Z4 is up, the XM is down.<\/p>\n

The desirable roadster was delivered to 2,436 customers through March, a slight increase of 4.2%. Hey, we\u2019ll take it. It\u2019s not a huge surprise that interest in the convertible sports car is rising. The launch of a six-speed manual transmission for the six-cylinder Z4 M40i<\/a> likely contributed. Reports of its impending demise may have prompted some buyers to snap up a G29 while it\u2019s still available.<\/p>\n

The third-generation Z4 is expected to bow out next year when Magna Steyr ends production in Graz. The final car<\/a> is rumored to roll off the assembly line in March 2026. Unfortunately, there\u2019s no word on a direct successor. To make matters worse, the 8 Series Convertible is also set to disappear next year, leaving the 4 Series G23 as BMW\u2019s only model with a folding top.<\/p>\n

As for the controversially styled XM, only 1,770 units were delivered globally between January and March. It\u2019s a significant 14.3% drop compared to the same period in 2024. BMW is expected to give its plug-in hybrid SUV a mild update<\/a> later this year to help revive interest. The G09 will reportedly receive new color options and minor interior tweaks, though nothing to write home about.<\/p>\n

Just as the Z4 is essentially confirmed to fade into darkness, the XM is also highly unlikely to see a second generation. Before it\u2019s reportedly axed in late 2028, BMW will phase out the base 644-horsepower version in the U.S. this year, leaving only the 738-hp Label.\u00a0The\u00a0entry-level six-cylinder 50e<\/a> variant with 469 hp will remain available in Europe<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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

If two cars in BMW\u2019s vast lineup couldn\u2019t be more different, it would have to be the Z4 and the XM. One is a relatively lightweight, two-seater, nimble roadster with attractive styling; the other is a heavy, five-seat behemoth with a polarizing design. The contrast between them continues in the Q1 2025 sales chart: while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82273,"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-82272","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\/82272","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}