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001 BMW Group in figures
004 Report of the Supervisory Board
008 Supervisory Board
011 Board of Management
012 Group Management Report
029 BMW Stock
033 Group Financial Statements
098 BMW AG Financial Statements
104 BMW Group Annual Comparison
106 BMW Group Locations
108 Glossary
112 Index
14
The USA once again played an outstanding role
in 2001, with sales exceeding 200,000 cars in a year
for the first time. Deliveries of 213,127 cars repre-
sents a growth of 12.5% over the previous year. The
volume of BMWs sold in the USA has thus almost
quadrupled in the last ten years.
Asia was a further growth region for the BMW
Group in the year 2001. Deliveries in this region
went up by 5.6%, far exceeding the development in
the overall market. It is in the markets of this region
where the BMW Group expects to achieve the
fastest growth rates during the next ten years. In the
year 2001, 61,067 BMW cars were sold in Asia.
Japan alone accounted for more than half of this
volume, and with deliveries of 35,845 BMW cars, the
previous years level was almost reached ( 0.2%).
China also played an important role in the BMW
Groups success in Asia with deliveries of 5,742
(+51.2%) vehicles. Newly incorporated BMW Group
sales companies in Indonesia (2,749 units, +13.7%)
and the Philippines (500 units, +96.9%) also started
well.
BMW brand achieves record number of
deliveries  X5 with record sales
880,677 BMW cars were delivered to customers in
2001, representing a new sales record. The BMW
X5 deserves particular mention with 82,645 units
delivered to customers in 2001. Sales of this Sports
Activity Vehicle have therefore more than doubled
compared to the previous year (+118%).This per-
formance is also reflected in the number of employ-
ees at the BMW plant in Spartanburg; the BMW
Group hired more than 700 new employees in the
USA during 2001 in order to expand production.
The undaunted appeal and popularity of the
BMW 3 Series was confirmed in 2001 by an in-
crease in deliveries of 4.5% to 533,952 cars. In
particular the BMW 3 Series convertible (48,298
units, +51.1%) and the BMW 3 Series touring
(77,669 units, +21.4%) supported this positive de-
velopment. In addition, a total of 35,175 BMW Z3
roadsters and BMW Z3 coupés (11.8%), models
originally brought out in autumn 1995, were sold in
2001.
Unit sales of the BMW 5 Series, in its sixth year
of production, were up by 0.5% against the previous
year, representing an above-average performance.
Almost one in five of the 193,948 BMW 5 Series
sold in 2001 was the touring version.
The super sports car BMW Z8, hand-built at the
Munich Plant, with an aluminium spaceframe from
the Dingolfing Plant, was delivered to 2,202 cus-
tomers in the year.
BMW Group  key motorcycle markets 2001
as a percentage of sales volume
Germany
USA
Italy
France
Great Britain
Spain
Other
13.0
8.4
4.3
4.1 25.1
31.4 13.7
BMW Group extends presence in Asia  above-
average growth. Demand for diesels continues to
grow. MINI meets high expectations. Motorcycles:
Volume growth for all models.
Deliveries of BMW diesel automobiles
in 1,000 units
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
97 98 99 00 01
80.2 91.8
135.5
188.5 216.8