Calendar year

2001

What the archive documents for calendar year 2001. “Introduced” and “in production” are listed separately; model years, where a market uses them, are shown apart from calendar years.

Across the archive in 2001

Introduced Honda Fit (first generation) Honda · June 2001
Production started Mini Hatch Mini · 26 April 2001
Production started REVAi Reva · 2001
Production ended Premier Padmini Premier · 2001
Production ended Jeep Cherokee (XJ) Jeep · June 2001
Production ended Tata Sierra (1991) Tata · 2001

Other models in production during 2001

Introduced earlier; their documented production covers 2001. Introduced-this-year models are listed above.

Chevrolet Suburban Volkswagen Beetle Hindustan Ambassador Lada Niva (VAZ-2121) Fiat Panda (141) Maruti Suzuki 800 Hindustan Contessa Maruti Suzuki Gypsy Honda NSX (first generation) Toyota Land Cruiser (J80) Hummer H1 Ford Mustang (SN95) Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W210) Chevrolet Corvette (C5) Lotus Elise Toyota Prius (XW10) Volkswagen Golf Mk4 Daewoo Matiz (M100) Smart Fortwo (first generation) Tata Indica Tata Safari (first generation) Toyota Land Cruiser (J100) Honda Civic (seventh generation) Pontiac Aztek

Detailed reference: events in calendar year 2001

Production started Honda CR-V (RD4) 2001^[1]
Facelift or update Mercedes-Benz M-Class (W163) — Facelift (2002 model year) 2001^[2]
Production ended Honda CR-V (RD1) 2001^[1]

Detailed generations in production during 2001

Production years from the sources; a generation counts if 2001 falls within its first and last production year.

BMW1999–2006

BMW X5 (E53)

First generation

Honda1995–2001

Honda CR-V (RD1)

First generation

Honda2001–2006

Honda CR-V (RD4)

Second generation

Kia1993–2005

Kia Sportage (NB)

First generation · sold as Wanli Sportage / Sportage Grand

Mercedes-Benz1997–2004

Mercedes-Benz M-Class (W163)

First generation

Nissan2000–2007

Nissan X-Trail (T30)

First generation X-Trail

Toyota2000–2005

Toyota RAV4 (XA20)

Second generation · sold as RAV4 L / RAV4 J

Sold as model year 2001

Honda CR-V (RD1) model years 1997–2001, United States^[3]
Kia Sportage (NB) model years 1995–2002, North America^[4]
Mercedes-Benz M-Class (W163) model years 1998–2005, North America^[2]
Toyota RAV4 (XA20) model years 2001–2005, North America^[5]

Sources

Honda CR-V — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Mercedes-Benz GLE — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Honda CR-V Timeline and Milestones — Honda News (American Honda) Manufacturer (read 9 October 2026)
Kia Sportage — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Toyota RAV4 — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)

Wikipedia sources link to the exact revision that was read. Specifications differ between markets, years and versions; each figure is shown with the market and version its source states.