Deliveries of BMW-branded cars jumped 9% to a record 2.2-million last year, surpassing Mercedes's about 2.1-million. Output of the Daimler AG-owned brand shrank 5% after the lack of chips grew much worse during the second half. "In 2022 we want to continue our profitable growth and we will systematically expand our range of fully electric vehicles," Pieter Nota, responsible for sales at BMW, said in a statement on Wednesday. BMW's victory over Mercedes may partially be a sign of the component shortages skewing global car sales.