On the identical day as Audi posted its gross sales figures for 2023, one other BMW archrival shared particulars about the way it carried out within the final 12 months. The Mercedes-Benz Automobiles division – which excludes industrial autos – delivered a complete of two,043,800 items, together with Good-badged automobiles. Demand was just about flat 12 months over 12 months, forcing the Stuttgart-based automaker to accept second place.

BMW received the luxurious gross sales race final 12 months after delivery 2,253,835, or 7.3% greater than the 12 months earlier than to set a file. For the sake of readability, this quantity doesn’t embody automobiles bought underneath the MINI model. The core BMW model completed forward of its “mortal enemy” Mercedes by exactly 210,035 autos. Audi occupied the final place on the rostrum after promoting round 1.9 million automobiles in 2023.

The following years are shaping as much as be fairly fascinating since all three German premium manufacturers will launch a slew of electrical autos. Audi has even mentioned it’s going to solely introduce EVs from 2026 earlier than ending manufacturing of automobiles outfitted with combustion engines by 2032 (or 2033 in China). Mercedes may go EV-only as early as 2030 “the place market situations enable.”

Within the not too long ago concluded 12 months, the BMW Group (together with MINI and Rolls-Royce) efficiently achieved its purpose of getting EVs represent 15% of its whole deliveries. The goal for 2024 is to succeed in 20%, rising to 25% in 2025. In the long term, the target is for EVs to account for greater than half of annual shipments by the top of the last decade. The Munich-based marque hopes the driving drive behind the surge in EV demand would be the Neue Klasse platform.

The all-new structure devoted completely to EVs is scheduled to debut in 2025 with an iX3-like crossover to be constructed on the new manufacturing unit positioned in Debrecen, Hungary. It’ll be adopted in 2026 by a 3 Sequence-esque sedan that will likely be manufactured on the historic plant in Munich. The plan is to roll out no less than six Neue Klasse-based fashions between 2025 and 2028. Some will likely be in-built Shenyang (China) from 2026 and in San Luis Potosi (Mexico) from 2027.

As well as, no less than six electrical SUVs will hit the meeting line in Spartanburg by 2030, however BMW hasn’t specified whether or not these will likely be primarily based on CLAR and/or Neue Klasse.

Supply: Mercedes-Benz