Despite last year’s pandemic, BMW M GmbH, the Munich-based performance division, has managed to sell more M and M Performance models than in 2019. BMW M posted sales growth of 6 percent. That tastes like more and the sports department is already looking ahead to what is to come this year.
BMW M GmbH sold 144,218 cars last year, 6 percent more than in 2019. It even yields a sales record. The X5 M and X6 M and the M Performance versions of the 3 and 4 series in particular have driven the growth in M ​​sales. The sales success undoubtedly tastes like more and so the sports department is looking ahead to what is to come this year.
This month we are introduced to the BMW M5 CS, the lighter, more powerful and therefore faster variant of the already impressive M5. The first copies of the new M3 and M4 Coupé will be delivered in March this year, which will certainly not damage the sales figures this year. BMW will soon also supply the M3 and M4 Coupé as a more powerful Competition, indicating that every M model that is available with a manual gearbox will be joined by a Competition version with an eight-speed automatic transmission. In the summer of this year, BMW’s M division is expanding its delivery range with the already announced four-wheel drive versions of the new M4. Munich also confirms that it will be pulling the curtain on the new M4 Convertible before the summer. In time – and this is for the first time – an M3 Touring will follow, but an M-scoop is also in the pipeline in other areas.
BMW says it will present the first fully electric M model this year. This could just be an M Performance version or a full M version of the upcoming BMW i4. More on that later!