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== Involvement in the arts ==
=== Art Cars ===
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In 1975, sculptor [[Alexander Calder]] was commissioned to paint the BMW 3.0 CSL racing car driven by [[Hervé Poulain]] at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which became the first in the series of BMW Art Cars. Since Calder's work of art, many other renowned artists throughout the world have created BMW Art Cars, including [[David Hockney]], [[Jenny Holzer]], [[Roy Lichtenstein]], [[Robert Rauschenberg]], [[Frank Stella]], and [[Andy Warhol]].<ref name="Patton2009">{{Cite news |last=Patton |first=Phil |date=12 March 2009 |title=These Canvases Need Oil and a Good Driver |periodical=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/automobiles/collectibles/15artcars.html |page=AU1 |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329032117/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/automobiles/collectibles/15artcars.html |archive-date=29 March 2017 }}</ref> To date, a total of 19 BMW Art Cars, based on both racing and regular production vehicles, have been created.▼
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File:Calder CSL.jpg|1975 [[BMW 3.0 CSL|3.0 CSL]] Art Car by Alexander Calder▼
File:BMW M1.jpg|1979 [[BMW M1|M1]] Art Car by Andy Warhol▼
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=== Architecture ===
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In 2001 and 2002, BMW produced a series of eight short films called ''[[The Hire]]'', which had plots based around BMW models being driven to extremes by [[Clive Owen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmwfilms.com|title=BMW Films |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625032109/http://bmwfilms.com/ |archive-date=25 June 2007 }}</ref> The directors for The Hire included [[Guy Ritchie]], [[John Woo]], [[John Frankenheimer]] and [[Ang Lee]]. In 2016, a ninth film in the series was released.
▲{{main|BMW Art Car}}
▲In 1975, sculptor [[Alexander Calder]] was commissioned to paint the BMW 3.0 CSL racing car driven by [[Hervé Poulain]] at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which became the first in the series of BMW Art Cars. Since Calder's work of art, many other renowned artists throughout the world have created BMW Art Cars, including [[David Hockney]], [[Jenny Holzer]], [[Roy Lichtenstein]], [[Robert Rauschenberg]], [[Frank Stella]], and [[Andy Warhol]].<ref name="Patton2009">{{Cite news |last=Patton |first=Phil |date=12 March 2009 |title=These Canvases Need Oil and a Good Driver |periodical=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/automobiles/collectibles/15artcars.html |page=AU1 |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329032117/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/automobiles/collectibles/15artcars.html |archive-date=29 March 2017 }}</ref> To date, a total of 19 BMW Art Cars, based on both racing and regular production vehicles, have been created.
The 2006 "BMW Performance Series" was a marketing event geared to attract black car buyers. It consisted of seven concerts by jazz musician Mike Phillips, and screenings of films by black filmmakers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Performance of a Different Kind: BMW arts series aims at black consumers |date=10 August 2006 |website=www.autoweek.com |url=https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/performance-different-kind-bmw-arts-series-aims-black-consumers |access-date=30 June 2019 |url-status=live |archive-date=30 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630113621/https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/performance-different-kind-bmw-arts-series-aims-black-consumers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=BMW arts series aims at black consumers |periodical=Automotive News |volume=80 |issue=6215 |date=7 August 2006 |page=37}}</ref>
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▲File:Calder CSL.jpg|1975 [[BMW 3.0 CSL|3.0 CSL]] Art Car by Alexander Calder
▲File:BMW M1.jpg|1979 [[BMW M1|M1]] Art Car by Andy Warhol
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=== Visual arts ===
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In 2012, BMW began sponsoring [[Independent Collectors]] production of the ''BMW Art Guide'', which is the first global guide to private and publicly accessible collections of contemporary art worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bmw-art-guide.com/about-the-guide|title=About the Guide – "I don't think anybody has been to all these places."|website=www.bmw-art-guide.com|language=en|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062721/https://www.bmw-art-guide.com/about-the-guide|archive-date=27 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The fourth edition, released in 2016, features 256 collections from 43 countries.<ref name="Borowik Collection">{{Cite web |title=HYPERALLERGIC: The Fourth BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors |date=13 December 2016 |url=http://hyperallergic.com/343491/the-fourth-bmw-art-guide-by-independent-collectors/ |access-date=30 June 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630113622/https://hyperallergic.com/343491/the-fourth-bmw-art-guide-by-independent-collectors/ |archive-date=30 June 2019}}</ref>
[[File:BMW Leipzig MEDIA 050719 Download Karosseriebau max.jpg|thumb|[[Spot welding]] 3 Series bodies in Leipzig, Germany]]
BMW produces complete automobiles in the following countries:
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By 2011, about 56% of BMW-brand vehicles produced are powered by petrol engines and the remaining 44% are powered by diesel engines. Of those petrol vehicles, about 27% are four-cylinder models and <!-- #six-cylinder? -->about nine percent are eight-cylinder models.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/autocarconfidential/archive/2011/02/18/the-future-of-bmw-s-engines.aspx |title=The future of BMW's engines |date=11 February 2011 |author=Hilton Holloway |publisher=Autocar |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117165709/http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/autocarconfidential/archive/2011/02/18/the-future-of-bmw-s-engines.aspx |archive-date=17 January 2012 }}</ref> On average, 9,000 vehicles per day exit BMW plants, and 63% are transported by rail.<ref name="alcl1">{{cite web |url=http://automotivelogistics.media/intelligence/bmw-shaping-self-steering-supply-chain |title=BMW's 'connected' logistics: Shaping a self-steering supply chain |author=Christopher Ludwig |date=22 December 2016 |publisher=Automotive Logistics |access-date=6 April 2017 |quote=logistics as the "heart of BMW's production system": 30m parts per day move from 1,800 suppliers; 7,000 sea freight containers per day, and in a year 84m cubic metres across ocean, road, rail and air freight. Outbound, around 9,000 vehicles leave BMW plants each day on their way to 4,500 dealers in 160 countries. 63% of cars leave plants by train |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407053706/http://automotivelogistics.media/intelligence/bmw-shaping-self-steering-supply-chain |archive-date=7 April 2017 }}</ref>
▲==Production and sales numbers==
Annual production since 2005, according to BMW's annual reports:<ref name="AR2010">{{cite web|url=http://annual-report.bmwgroup.com/2010/gb/files/pdf/en/BMW_Group_AR2010.pdf |title=Annual Report 2010 |access-date=16 March 2011 |publisher=BMW Group |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516025402/http://annual-report.bmwgroup.com/2010/gb/files/pdf/en/BMW_Group_AR2010.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2011 }}</ref>
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