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The companies automobiles are marketed under the BMW, [[Mini (marque)|Mini]] and [[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars|Rolls-Royce]] brands, and motorcycles are marketed under the [[BMW Motorrad]] brand. In 2023, BMW was the world's [[List of manufacturers by motor vehicle production|ninth-largest producer of motor vehicles]], with 2,555,341 vehicles produced<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.factorywarrantylist.com/car-sales-by-manufacturer.html |title=2023 Worldwide Car Sales by Manufacturer |publisher=F&I Tools USA |date=2023 |access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref> and in 2022 the 7th largest by revenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.factorywarrantylist.com/car-sales-by-revenue.html|title=Top 20 Automakers by Revenue | Worldwide Car Sales Revenue|website=F&I Tools}}</ref> In 2023, the company was ranked 46th in the [[Forbes Global 2000]].<ref>{{Cite web|lang=en|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/?sh=51d599675ac0|title=The Global 2000 2023|website=Forbes|access-date=2024-02-07|archive-date=2024-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129031905/https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/?sh=4f5ab07e5ac0}}</ref> The company has significant motor-sport history, especially in [[touring car racing|touring cars]], [[sports car racing|sports cars]], and the [[Isle of Man TT]].
BMW is [[BMW Headquarters|headquartered in Munich]] and produces motor vehicles in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands (ceased in 2023),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2352434-tegenslag-voor-nedcar-bmw-stopt-in-2023-met-de-productie-in-born|title=Tegenslag voor Nedcar: BMW stopt in 2023 met de productie in Born|date=15 October 2020|website=nos.nl}}</ref> the United States, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, India and China. The {{Interlanguage link multi|Quandt (family)|lt=Quandt family|de|3=Quandt (Familie)}} is a long-term shareholder of the company, following investments by the brothers [[Herbert Quandt|Herbert]] and [[Harald Quandt]] in 1959 that saved BMW from [[bankruptcy]], with the remaining shares owned by
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