It was the first time that BMW sold more than 300, 000 vehicles in China in a single year.

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The new car weighs 4, 255 pounds, according to BMW, which is 300 to 350 pounds heavier than the old M6 (2005-10), depending on who is doing the weighing.

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The carmaker sold close to 30, 000 Cadillac cars in China in 2012, whereas both BMW and Audi sell more than 300, 000 vehicles there.

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General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler accounted for about 800, 000 of the vehicles exported from the United States in 2011, but European- and Asian-based manufacturers, with plants in states like Texas, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, increasingly see the U.S. as a production source for markets outside the U.S. BMW is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., shipping about 70 percent of the 300, 000 vehicles it produces annually at its factory in Spartanburg, S.C.

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