>stock fell 7% after 1st quarter earnings report>BMW sales went from 800k in 2021 (peak) to 40k in 2025 (record low)>Iran War drove European buyers to consider cheaper alternative EV models>Mercedes-Benz went from 13% profit margin per car in 2021 to 3-5% profit margin per car in 2026>BMW fell from 10% profit to 1-3% profit in the same period>BMW to cut production capacity 15% this year>massive layoffs by year end possibleWhat now?Such a great company... reduced to this?
>>28988809we (you) hang the legislators and they build the cars we want.so, go on. get hanging.
>>28988812What cars do you want? BMW builds ICE, they build EVs (not anymore, they're closing a line of cars), big cars, small cars.People aren't buying, no matter what they make.
>>28988809>>BMW sales went from 800k in 2021 (peak) to 40k in 2025 (record low)This is in China, not global. If they only sold 40k cars globally, they wouldn't be alive right now.
>>28988814I want a manual naturally aspirated 6-cyl with wind down windows
>>28988815Yup, every German and to a lesser extent American car company bet huge on the Chinese market and got raped once they built their domestic companies up and instituted policies that benefit EVs over ICE. VWAG is the worst victim alongside GM. Notice how Mercedes didn't suffer nearly as much.
>>28988809bismallah mashallah werke can go die for all i care. They make garbage vehicles and their shills are cancer.
>>28988827>and to a lesser extent American car company Buick went hard into China. I think they'd have been shuttered by GM if it wasn't for the Chinese market.
>>28988827>>28988848China is also the only reason Cadillac still makes sedans. they buy tons of CT4s and CT5s. way more than what is sold in america.
China baited these greedy western corporations hard. They got their plants and their R&D for chump change.
>>28988809So much for all that market research about how China loves [insert shitty new euroslop trend here] so they had to put it in cars that aren't even sold in China, seems like it was just PR bullshit to cover up how retarded their designers were all along.
>>28988894They even still have the CT6, it's insane that Cadillac's only full size sedan isn't even sold in the US.
>>28988809OP is a faggot of a chink shill>BMW sold 2.5 million vehicles globally in 2021 & delivered 2.4 million in 2025.
>>28988827>Mercedes didn't suffer nearly as much.Bug men think Merc, Buick and Cadillac are still good luxury cars. Hilarious how misguided they are.
>>28988809maybe ban crossovers and suvs from america
>>28988809well many people have lost interest in cars in western market and they're just simple grocery mobiles for most, whereas in asia it's a greater status symbol fueled by much more intense 'keeping up with the jones' culture. If BMW lost that market, they weren't really a 'great company' to begin with, they were just riding on the coattails until they couldn't anymore
>>28989368>riding on the coattails until they couldn't anymoreBig problem with traditional automotive industry as a whole. The competitive chinese EVs are coming out of tech companies. Even the state sponsored chinese ICE makers got bulldozed.
>>28988809They'll be fine
China will no longer buy non-Chinese cars. They take great pride in their cars apparently
>>28988809Imagine coping like this, when BMW just announced new record company income kek
>>28989414this but unironically. the G series is massive success, and rightfully so.
>>28989374>Even the state sponsored chinese ICE makers got bulldozedNot even true. GWM, Chery and Geely all still produce and sell ICE vehicles. The EV manufacturers have just had a massive growth in market share.
>>28989423I meant bulldoze figuratively, not literally.
>>28988825And won't pay more than $9,999.99 for it.
>>28989414>new record company incomeHuh... I wonder why you had to lie...
>>28989401>or more properly, made ICE vehicles unavailableThere are still lots of ICEs on the market in China and they sell well. But EVs are cheaper, charging infrastructure is more widely available than petrol stations (petrol stations are genuinely hard to come by in China compared to the west where they are basically on every block), and license plate system in the tier 1 cities makes it prohibitively expensive for average person to buy a full access license plate (meaning they can drive in every area every day) for ICEs compared to EVs.
>>28988814bring back the 1M and dont make it more than 1.5 tons or more than 50k euro, impossible for the eurojew
>>28988814Emission and safety regulations don't allow them to make good cars. So it was the final cashgrab before shutting down or becoming a boutique brand for the wealthy.
>>28988814Do they make something that doesn't have an ugly front grill?
>>28989910>Emission and safety regulations don't allow them to make good carsJust lie again lmao.
you get what you fucking deserve
>>28988809>make fugly ass designs that appeal to chinese buyers>once loyal customers abandon the brand as its become out of touch with their past history and heritage>chinese buyers dry up as china's economy tanks>now no one wants to buy a BMW anymorethey did it to themselves
>>28988825Pretty crazy how this went from being their best selling model to something so niche that is absolutely unsellable today
>>28988809The deindustrialization of Yurape will continue until morale improves. Yurape's millennia of humiliation is just beginning.
>>28988825>>28989449The closest thing to the 320i we got still had an MSRP of $27,000. A poverty-spec German 320i would still be over $10,000
>>28988809Economic recession, very few can afford a premium car.
Meanwhile demand for the i3 is so high they had to open orders months early.
>>28990026This is peak car chassi. >>28990487How do they know demand is high before even opening the order books?
>>28988809>BMW sales went from 800k in 2021 (peak) to 40k in 2025 (record low)This is the problem with capitalism.They expect to sell insane amounts every year despite the fact that everybody ends up owning that shit and thus doesn't need buying it anymore.And when they don't sell now there is a problem and it needs to be fixed (somehow)
>>28988809>BMW sales went from 800k in 2021 (peak) to 40k in 2025 (record low)BMW sold 2.5m cars in 2021 and 2.5m cars in 2025, retard
>>28989192It's not like the carmakers didn't know what was happening, the problem with not manufacturing cars in China is>you lose out on a huge market>if you don't manufacture there someone else will and China gets the tech anywayOnly industries that are dominated by a handful of companies and/or are vital to national security (jet engines, advanced semiconductors and manufacturing tools, etc etc) can avoid this dilemma.
Good. BMW has been a brown brand for too long. All the stupid idiots who think 'I've made it in life, I drive a BMW' are retarded
