News
In response to a newly imposed 25% tariff on vehicles imported from Mexico, BMW North America has announced their dealers that there is a price protection planned for Mexico-produced models. According to a dealer bulletin, vehicles…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 12, 2025
iX3
In early 2023, BMW announced plans to build electric cars at the San Luis Potosí plant in Mexico from 2027. At the time, the identity of the first model was not disclosed. However, the company…
Adrian Padeanu / October 30, 2024
News
BMW Group is taking a significant step forward at its San Luis Potosí plant in Mexico, preparing for the production of the Neue Klasse by starting the construction of a local high-voltage battery assembly. This…
Horatiu Boeriu / May 3, 2024
News
After a delay, BMW’s High Voltage Battery Production Center at its San Luis Potosí plant will break ground on May 3rd. BMW has so far poured 800 million euros into the expansion of the plant,…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 27, 2024
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BMW Planning Major Investment At San Luis Potosi Plant, According To Mexican Foreign Minister
by Adrian Padeanu / Date: January 15, 2023
BMW X3
According to Automotive News, quoting BMW CEO Oliver Zipse, the Munich-based automaker is considering whether to take some of its X3 production to the San Luis Potosí plant in Mexico. The surging demand for the…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 23, 2022
2 Series
To celebrate the start of production of the new BMW 2 Series Coupe, the BMW Group Plant San Luis Potosi presents an unofficial art car. The paintwork was created internally by painters Luis Esquivel and…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 14, 2021
News
Industry Trend is reporting that the San Luis Potosí BMW plant will start a planned shutdown later this month and will be in effect until April 19. BMW says that in the face of the global…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 23, 2020
News
The prospects for the automotive industry are not great, to put it mildly. The trade tensions between the US and China, the world’s two biggest markets is bound to leave some marks. While most experts…
Gabriel Nica / September 6, 2019
News
After several years of heavy construction, the BMW plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, finally opened today in the presence of high-ranking Mexican representatives from the government and members of the BMW Board of Management….
Gabriel Nica / June 6, 2019
News
Last week, President Trump announced in his typical fashion, on Twitter, that he will instate a tariff on goods imported from Mexico, starting on June 10. This will definitely cause a mild storm over BMW’s…
Gabriel Nica / June 3, 2019