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About two weeks ago news surfaced about a potential meeting to be held in the White House between US administration representatives and the three general managers of BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen, regarding a potential trade…
Gabriel Nica / December 5, 2018
BMW X4
BMW says it is sticking with plans to add 1,000 workers in South Carolina, even though the company will start production of a new vehicle in China. BMW and Chinese partner Brilliance Automotive Group Holdings on…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 11, 2018
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The “trade war” between the US and the rest of the world continued this week with a new episode, which unfortunately, is almost always first reported on Twitter. As reported in the last few months,…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 1, 2018
BMW X4
The newly launched BMW X4 will soon find its ways to the first customers with deliveries kicking off in just a few days. The new X4 comes with a design that most of us appreciated from…
Gabriel Nica / June 27, 2018
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BMW quiet on potential auto tariffs and supply chain effects
by Nico DeMattia / Date: June 25, 2018
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Tariffs on car imports in the United States, if implemented, would hurt jobs in the world’s second-largest car market, the chief executive of BMW said on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. “Should we…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 7, 2018
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BMW Group South Africa today announced an additional R160 million to be pumped into the Rosslyn manufacturing facility to enhance production linespeed. The enhancement raises the maximum production capacity by almost 10%, from 71 000…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 3, 2017
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BMW Plant Spartanburg overtook Dingolfing, Germany as the largest BMW plant in the world with more than 450,000 vehicles produced annually. But its rival in Stuttgart has no intention to follow BMW’s steps, arguing mega-plants are too…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 2, 2017
BMW X4
23 years ago BMW opened what it’s arguably its most successful manufacturing plant in the world. With record production of more than 411,000 units in 2016, the BMW Spartanburg is the largest BMW Group plant worldwide….
Horatiu Boeriu / September 8, 2017
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Since BMW first opened the doors to its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, back in 1999, it has become a linchpin for the State’s economy. BMW is now celebrating its 25th anniversary of the Spartanburg plant…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 9, 2017
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The BMW Group has been a committed “local player” in the US market for a quarter-century: On 23 June 1992, the BMW Group announced its decision to build its US plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina….
Horatiu Boeriu / June 26, 2017