Came across this article - posted yesterday in Autoexpress. Found it interesting and hence thought I'd share.
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https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/10...s-mega-factory
20 years of the BMW SUV: inside BMW's US mega factory
To celebrate 20 years of the BMW SUV, we take a tour of BMW's gigantic Spartanburg factory in the US
Spartanburg is BMW’s home away from home. The firm’s factory in the United States directly employs around 11,000 people and supports another 17,000 across South Carolina – accounting for a staggering 1.6 per cent of the state’s total workforce.
Spanning an under-roof campus that measures approximately seven million square feet, BMW’s Spartanburg facility was constructed in just 23 months. The first model (a white E36 318i, in case you were wondering) rolled off the line back in September 1994.
Since its inception, Spartanburg has produced more than 4.5 million cars, earning its place as the global hub of BMW’s extensive range of X-badged SUVs. That’s big business for the sprawling plant; of the 2.1m BMWs built around the world in 2018, almost 800,000 were SUVs.
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https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/10...s-mega-factory