BMW US Manufacturing Company
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| legal form | Limited Liability Company |
| founding | 1992 |
| Seat |
 United States : Greer , Spartanburg County , South Carolina |
| management | Knudt Flor (Managing Director) |
| Number of employees | ≈10000 |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturing |
| Website | www.bmwusfactory.com |
BMW US Manufacturing Company, LLC is a US automobile manufacturer and a subsidiary of BMW AG . Production began on July 11, 1994.
Factory data
It currently employs around 10,000 people who produce around 1,400 vehicles a day. In 2016, the plant employed 8,800 workers and produced 405,000 cars. The plant was the largest production facility for German automakers in the USA.
Several manufacturer codes are and have been used within the vehicle identification number , for example 4US and 5UX , but also 5UM and 5YM . The letter L is used in the eleventh position to identify the assembly plant .
Models
The first vehicle produced was a BMW 318i .
From 1995 to 2002 the BMW Z3 was produced in 297,087 copies.
The BMW X3 , X4 , X5 , X6 and X7 models are currently in production .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Terms of Service Violation. Retrieved August 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Knudt Flor, Plant Manager BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, USA (from December 2016) (10/2016). In: press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d Production Overview: Manufacturing , information on the company's website.
- ^ Company Overview of BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC on Bloomberg.com.
- ↑ Max Hägler: Trump's fairy tale of German auto dominance. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 26, 2017.
- ^ Manufacturer's Information Database (MID) of the NHTSA
- ↑ BMW VIN decoder at BMW
- ^ Last Z3 Roadster rolls off line at BMW Manufacturing , press release from June 28, 2002.
- ↑ Plant Spartanburg Vehicle Models | BMW US Factory, information on the company's website. Retrieved March 9, 2019 (American English).