BMW increases production capacity in China
- The German manufacturer BMW which produces in China for the local market, in joint venture with the Chinese OEM Brilliance, has just increased its production capacity in this country. They will increase from 300 000 vehicles per year in 2016 to 450 000 per year in 2017 (ie + 50% capacity), in their current plants. This increase in its Chinese capabilities is welcome as BMW has already manufactured 129,000 cars in the first four months of this year, and at this rate should produce at least 375,000 cars over the whole year to meet demand.
- In fact, BMW sold 500,000 cars in China last year, of which 300,000 were produced locally and 200,000 were imported from Europe and the United States. Theoretically, BMW could therefore continue to increase its production capacity in China up to 600,000 units or more.
- The BMW models currently manufactured in China are 2 Series (15,000 units in 2016), 3 Series (98,000 units), 5 Series (144,000 units) and X1 (48,000 units). The 1 Series (Sedan) started production a few weeks ago. Those BMWs not manufactured in China are imported, such as 1 Series (15,000 units in 2016), 2 Series Active / Gran Tourer (9,000 units), 3 Series GT (14,000 units), 4 Series (9 000 units), 5 Series GT (14,000 units), 6 Series (1,000 units), 7 Series (20,000 units), X3 (30,000 units), X4 (13 000 units), X5 (44 000 units), X6 (10,000 units) and Z4 (1,000 units).
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