BMW
USA
Maker of luxury automobiles.
Headquarters:
300 Chestnut Ridge Road
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675
Employees 107,000 worldwide
U.S. CEO: Tom Purves
Division of Germany's BMW Group
Website:
http://www.bmwusa.com
Career Site
BMW is known as one of the world's best
auto makers with luxury sedans, SUVs and sports cars under the
BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands. Global headquarters are in
Munich, Germany.
The company sold a record number of BMW,
MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles to customers in 2007, with
sales volume rising by 9.2% to 1,500,678 units (2006: 1,373,970
units).
The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI
combined) also reported its best-ever annual sales in 2007 for
both its brands with 335,840 vehicles, an increase of 7.1 percent
over the 313,603 vehicles sold in 2006.
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW NA) was
established in 1975 as the United States importer of BMW luxury/performance
vehicles. BMW of North America assumed import and distribution
responsibilities for BMW motorcycles in 1980. BMW of North America
also began to distribute light trucks in 1999. BMW of North America's
Corporate Headquarters is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
Also in New Jersey are its Eastern Regional Headquarters and
Technical Training Center in Montvale, a Parts Distribution Center
in Mount Olive and a Vehicle Preparation Center in Port Jersey.
BMW cars in the U.S. are priced from $30,000-$100,000.
BMW is short for Bavarian Motor Works.
The BMW Group sales organization is represented
in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car centers,
335 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 142 BMW motorcycle retailers,
82 MINI passenger car dealers, and 30 ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Car dealers.
BMW was founded by Karl Friedrich Rapp
in October 1916, originally as a manufacturer of aircraft engines.
The company built its first plant in the
U.S. in 1994 in Spartansburg, SC to make the Z3 roadster. The
plant today is the exclusive manufacturer of BMW Z4 Roadster
and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles.
Updated April 6, 2008
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