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When the 7 Series G70 entered production in July 2022 at the Dingolfing site, BMW premiered an automated driving pilot program. The fullsize luxury sedan has been driving itself from the assembly line ever since,…
Adrian Padeanu / November 25, 2024
2 Series
Well, that didn’t take long. BMW lifted the veils on the new 2 Series Gran Coupe a couple of weeks ago and now the F74 is already in production. The company’s smallest sedan rolls off…
Adrian Padeanu / November 1, 2024
News
Back in May, we reported that RB Leipzig, the football club from the Red Bull empire, was rumored to embark on a new chapter with a new mobility partner: BMW. Today, that partnership officially begins….
Horatiu Boeriu / July 19, 2024
News
While BMW is one of the few automakers that has been adamant the death of the internal combustion engine shouldn’t be rushed, it’s fully aware the industry will inevitably go purely electric. As early as…
Adrian Padeanu / August 25, 2023
1 Series
BMW Leipzig Plant Has Built The 3,333,333rd Car
by Adrian Padeanu / Date: February 17, 2023
1 Series
Starting today, the BMW Leipzig plant will offer Individual paint jobs for its customers. To celebrate this occasion, a lineup of BMW 1 Series and BMW 2 Series Gran Coupes rolled off the production line…
Horatiu Boeriu / August 19, 2021
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Twenty years ago, on July 18 2001, BMW Group announced a new German plant to be built in Leipzig. When production was finally launched, the plant employed about 2,500 people after a 1 billion euro…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 15, 2021
2 Series
Sixteen years after the Leipzig plant opened its door, the 3,000,000th BMW “made in Saxony” has just rolled off the production lines: a BMW M240i Convertible in Sunset Orange. The celebratory vehicle found a home…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 19, 2021
BMW i
There was a lot of controversy surrounding BMW’s decision to make its first electric SUV in China. However, the decision made a lot of sense business-wise as everything needed for the car to be made…
Gabriel Nica / November 4, 2020
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Autobild is now reporting that the BMW plant in Leipzig has its first coronavirus case (COVID-19). Julian Friedrich (51), spokesman for the BMW plant in Leipzig confirmed the report for the BILD: “Yes, we have…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 15, 2020
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The BMW Group is to invest more than €300 million in its Leipzig plant. Comprehensive construction work to extend and update the body and paint shops, assembly and logistics is already under way. The main…
Horatiu Boeriu / May 23, 2018