News
The BMW Group’s vehicle plant in Regensburg has been awarded the prestigious title of “Factory of the Year” 2024 in the category of “excellent large-series assembly.” The award, recognized as one of Germany’s most respected…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 24, 2024
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BMW is enhancing its operations in Brazil with the electrification of the Araquari plant. The BMW X5 plug-in hybrid will also be manufactured in South America starting in 2024. The X5 xDrive50e will join the…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 12, 2024
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The BMW Group is an automotive juggernaut that employed 154,950 people worldwide at the end of 2023. It’s the best-selling luxury automaker of them all, fueled by a record level of models across its three…
Adrian Padeanu / March 25, 2024
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The BMW Group has a massive production network encompassing more than 30 factories all over the world. In 2022, it assembled nearly 2.4 million cars and over 200,000 motorcycles. However, the available capacity is not…
Adrian Padeanu / September 9, 2023
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BMW: All German plants are affected by the chips shortage
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: July 21, 2021
Interesting
This week saw the start of production of the new BMW M3/M4 at the Munich plant, an event marked by a few photos and a stern announcement from BMW. Along with those two we also…
Gabriel Nica / November 5, 2020
News
The automotive industry is facing incredible threats this year, but that doesn’t seem to put a dent in BMW’s plans for the future. The Germans announced a few years back their plans to build a…
Gabriel Nica / June 18, 2020
News
BMW is preparing to suspend production at its plants in Europe and Rosslyn, South Africa, until April 19, responding to lower demand and as a way to help reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus….
Horatiu Boeriu / March 18, 2020
News
According to Automotive News, BMW has dropped plans to open a factory in Russia after talks with authorities broke down over government subsidies for the facility. The news outlet reports that BMW failed to reach a…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 12, 2020
News
According to a report by Handelsblatt, but not confirmed by BMW nor Daimler, both companies are putting their investments in Hungary on hold as the industry struggles with lower demand and the threat of higher…
Horatiu Boeriu / May 15, 2019
3 Series
After 35 years, the last BMW 3 Series Sedan rolled off the production line today at Plant Rosslyn in Pretoria, South Africa. The plant has produced a total of 1,191,604 units and five generations of…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 22, 2018