Rapport D'activité 2012 De La Bmw

The BMW Group remained firmly on the road to success

in 2012 with record figures. Despite an increasingly

volatile market environment, sales of BMW, MINI and

Rolls-Royce brand cars increased by 10.6 % to 1,845,186*

units (2011: 1,668,982*), ensuring that the BMW Group

retained pole position in the premium segment.

All three automobile brands performed exceedingly

well, each contributing in their own measure towards

this resounding success. Record sales volume figures

were registered across the board with 1,540,085* BMW

(2011: 1,380,384* units; + 11.6 %), 301,526 MINI (2011:

285,060 units; + 5.8 %) and 3,575 Rolls-Royce cars

(2011: 3,538 units; + 1.0 %) sold during the 12-month

period. The new BMW 3 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series and

BMW X models were particularly successful within

a portfolio of models brimming with attractive cars.

The MINI Countryman, the MINI Coupé and the

new MINI Roadster also played an important role in

making 2012 another highly successful year for the

BMW Group.

Although the majority of motorcycle markets contracted

considerably during the reporting period, our Motorcycles

segment also broke its previous sales volume record.

We handed over 117,109 BMW and Husqvarna

motorcycles to customers in various markets worldwide,

3.1 % more than in the previous year (2011: 113,572 units).

The number of BMW brand motorcycles sold in 2012

climbed by 2.0 % to 106,358 units (2011: 104,286 units).

Husqvarna recorded a sales volume of 10,751 units

(2011: 9,286 units; + 15.8 %).

The Financial Services segment can also look back

on a successful year. The number of new contracts

signed with retail customers worldwide rose by 12.1 %

to 1,341,296 for the 12-month period (2011: 1,196,610

contracts). The number of leasing and financing contracts

in place with retail customers and dealerships

totalled 3,846,364 units at the end of the reporting period

(2011: 3,592,093 contracts; + 7.1 %).

Revenues and earnings attain new heights

The dynamic rise in new car sales in 2012 enabled the

BMW Group to attain new heights in terms of both revenues

and earnings. Group revenues grew dynamically,

rising by 11.7 % to reach € 76,848 million for the year (2011:

€ 68,821 million). Despite greater investment in technologies

of the future, increased intensity of competition

and higher personnel costs, earnings also climbed

to new heights in 2012. EBIT rose to € 8,300 million

(2011: € 8,018 million; + 3.5 %) and earnings before tax

improved by 5.9 % to € 7,819 million (2011: € 7,383 million).

It should be noted that the previous year’s figures

include a positive exceptional factor of € 524 million

BMW Group revenues by region

in € million

75,000

67,500

60,000

52,500

45,000

37,500

30,000

22,500

15,000

7,500

08 09 10 11 12

Europe

Americas

thereof Germany

thereof USA

Asia

thereof China

Other markets

Europe 31,432 28,425 29,788 33,815 35,157

thereof Germany 10,739 11,436 11,207 12,859 12,186

Asia 6,320 7,364 13,384 17,768 22,159

thereof China 2,763 4,039 8,444 11,591 14,448

Americas 13,294 12,433 14,168 14,287 16,271

thereof USA 11,349 10,628 11,638 11,516 13,447

Other markets 2,151 2,459 3,137 2,951 3,261

Total 53,197 50,681 60,477 68,821 76,848

* Including automobiles from the joint venture BMW Brilliance.

19 COMBINED GROUP AND COMPANY MANAGEMENT REPORT

arising on the reductions of provision for residual value

and credit loss risks. Business with end-of-contract

leasing vehicles gave rise to an exceptional gain of

€ 124 million in 2012. Income tax expense for the year

under report totalled € 2,697 million (2011: €

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