News
BMW Group is taking a significant step forward at its San Luis Potosà 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 Potosà 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
News
BMW Group Plant San Luis Potosi went operational in 2019 when it started production of the 3 Series Sedan before the 2 Series Coupe hit the assembly line a couple of years later. It’s also…
Adrian Padeanu / 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 Potosà plant in Mexico. The surging demand for the…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 23, 2022
2 Series
New BMW 2 Series Coupe turned into an unofficial art car
by Horatiu Boeriu
/ Date: September 14, 2021
News
Industry Trend is reporting that the San Luis Potosà 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
3 Series
According to some dealer bulletins, the first BMW G20 3 Series models built at the San Luis Potosà plant in Mexico might not have all the packages and features available as those manufactured in Germany. The…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 29, 2018
3 Series
BMW’s Spartanburg, South Carolina plant has been around for 22 years. In recent years, it’s become one of the largest BMW factories in the world. However, in doing so, it’s a bit less streamlined in…
Nico DeMattia / August 1, 2016