BMW Brilliance (officially BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd.) is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in

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, China and a joint venture between BMW (as majority holder) and Brilliance Auto. Its principal activity is the production, distribution and sale of BMW passenger cars in mainland China. The BMW Brilliance Zinoro

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crossover, based on the BMW X1 (E84), is the first product of BMW Brilliance’s new brand and the first new energy vehicle (NEV) from a Chinese premium manufacturer. Since early 2014 the Zinoro 1E is available for leasing only in Beijing and Shanghai.

History

On 27 March 2003 BMW and Brilliance Auto agreed to form a joint venture to produce BMW cars for the Chinese market, with BMW holding a 50 per cent stake, Brilliance Auto 40.5 per cent and the Shenyang municipal government 9.5 per cent. BMW and Brilliance agreed to invest an initial €450 million (US$483 million) in the venture. The first Chinese-made BMW, a BMW 325, was sold in October 2003. In April 2009 BMW Brilliance announced that it would construct a second automobile assembly plant in China. Construction of the plant began in Shenyang in June 2010, with a planned cost of US$73.53 million and a production capacity of 100,000 units. Production at the plant began in May 2012. In January 2011 BMW Brilliance announced that it would begin Chinese production of a BMW 5 series electric hybrid car later that year. In 2013, BMW Brilliance opened a research and development centre. It was expanded in 2020, making it BMW’s largest R&D centre outside of Germany. In October 2018, BMW announced that it would increase its stake from 50% to 75%, making BMW the first foreign carmaker to take majority control of its joint venture in China. In February 2022, BMW acquired a majority 75% stake in BMW Brilliance with Brilliance indirectly owning the remaining 25% of the company.

Products

BMW Brilliance currently produces the following vehicles: * BMW 1 Series (F52) (1.5 litre and 2.0 litre) * BMW 2 Series Active Tourer (F45) (1.5 litre and 2.0 litre) * BMW 3 Series (G20/21) (1.6 litre, 2.0 litre and 3.0 litre) * BMW 5 Series (G38) (2.0 litre, 3.0 litre and Hybrid version) * BMW X1 (F49) (1.5 litre, 2.0 litre and Hybrid version) * BMW X3 (G08) (2.0 litre and iX3)

Former products

* BMW 3 Series (E46) (2.0 litre and 2.5 litre) (2004) * BMW 3 Series (E90) (2.0 litre and 2.5 litre) (2005-2012) * BMW 3 Series (F30/35) (1.6 litre 2.0 litre and 3.0 litre) (2013-2019) * BMW 5 Series (E60) (2.2 litre to 3.0 litre) (2004-2010) * BMW 5 Series (F18) (2.0 litre and 3.0 litre) (2011-2017)

Gallery

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Zinoro vehicles

Zinoro is a vehicle brand under BMW Brilliance specializing in electric vehicles. * Zinoro 1E * Zinoro 60H

Sales

References

External links

*BMW Brilliance page
English
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