{"id":85072,"date":"2026-03-20T09:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=85072"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:37:26","slug":"bmw-says-one-of-few-remaining-global-automakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=85072","title":{"rendered":"BMW: We&#8217;re One Of The Few Remaining Global Car Manufacturers"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"post-summary-wrap\">\n<h3 class=\"post-summary-title\">Article Summary<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"post-summary-list\">\n<li>BMW is sticking with its global approach by selling gasoline, diesel, plug-in hybrid, and EVs to cater to all needs.<\/li>\n<li>It hasn&#8217;t set an end date for cars with combustion engines.<\/li>\n<li>Hydrogen will join the lineup in 2028 for the next-generation X5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Say what you will about BMW, but it does sell just about everything you could possibly want. From diesel hatchbacks to full-size gasoline SUVs, there\u2019s something for everyone. The manual gearbox is still alive, even as the EV expansion is in full swing with Neue Klasse. Plus, a hydrogen-production vehicle is on the way, set to launch in 2028 for the fifth-generation X5 lineup.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cPower of Choice\u201d slogan is more than just marketing fluff. BMW is standing by those words with a rich drivetrain mix. At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/03\/18\/2026-bmw-i3-reveal-electric-sedan\/\">i3 sedan\u2019s reveal<\/a> this week in Munich, we caught up with the company\u2019s product chief. Bernd K\u00f6rber reinforced the company\u2019s flexibility in powertrain options.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>\u201cWe think in a continuum, and we still think there\u2019s basically three, four global car manufacturers still remaining. We are one of them. All the others have a regional focus. That\u2019s why their strategy is different. If you want to be a global car manufacturer, you have to have everything. That\u2019s the ambition, because the world has everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-bmw-i3-world-debut-05.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-511709\" title=\"2026 BMW I3 WORLD DEBUT 05\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-bmw-i3-world-debut-05-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2026 BMW I3 WORLD DEBUT 05\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-bmw-i3-world-debut-05-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-bmw-i3-world-debut-05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-bmw-i3-world-debut-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-bmw-i3-world-debut-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-bmw-i3-world-debut-05.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>\u201cThere are markets that are 100% EV by now, like Iceland and Norway. There are markets that are 0% EV. There are markets where there are 50% diesel. There are markets that are 70% PHEV. So, our logic is global relevance: you have to have all technologies. And because of that, we don\u2019t have an end date to anything in our planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This never-ending effort to cater to all needs may lead to further expansion of an already highly complex lineup. BMW is considering an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/03\/19\/bmw-larger-suv-under-consideration\/\">SUV larger than the X7<\/a>, and an electric sports car is not entirely out of the question either. It has also been increasing the availability of long-wheelbase sedans and SUVs outside of China.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, it has brought wagons back to America after a multi-year hiatus, albeit only with the high-priced M5 Touring. A cheaper product might be on the way, as the next 3 Series Touring could come to the United States with gasoline and\/or electric drivetrains. Whether it\u2019ll be a gas-fueled \u201cG51\u201d or an electric \u201cNA1\u201d is up in the air. Either way, we\u2019re happy to hear BMW is committing to a new generation of its smaller estate in an increasingly SUV-dominated automotive industry.<\/p>\n<p>While most car brands prematurely set end dates for combustion engines, only to pull back on those promises years later, BMW never claimed it would go exclusively electric in X years. Instead, there is a strategic target to have EVs account for 50% of the Group\u2019s total sales by 2030. Munich remains realistic and projects it won\u2019t see a uniform adoption rate, as some markets will be higher than others.<\/p>\n<p>On the road to electrification, it\u2019s business as usual. Take, for example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2026\/03\/12\/new-bmw-x5-confirmed-summer-2026-debut\/\">new X5 debuting this summer<\/a>. The \u201cG65\u201d will have inline-six gasoline and diesel engines, a powerful V8, a frugal plug-in hybrid, and a battery-powered iX5. It won\u2019t be long before BMW starts selling performance EVs as full-fledged M models, filling just about every niche you could think of.<\/p>\n<p>Well, not quite everything. The manual transmission is living on borrowed time, and BMW isn\u2019t committing to replacing the Z4 or 8 Series. A supercar is still missing in action, and some current models aren\u2019t sold everywhere. Nevertheless, the lineup ticks nearly all the boxes, and there may even be an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2025\/08\/12\/bmw-g74-rugged-suv-2029-launch-hybrid-ev\/\">adventure vehicle<\/a> one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Summary BMW is sticking with its global approach by selling gasoline, diesel, plug-in hybrid, and EVs to cater to all needs. It hasn&#8217;t set an end date for cars with combustion engines. Hydrogen will join the lineup in 2028 for the next-generation X5. Say what you will about BMW, but it does sell just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85073,"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-85072","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\/85072","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=85072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}