Nobody's Trying To Destroy BMW's American Operations, Except Possibly BMW
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Jack Baruth
Published: May 23rd, 2014
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When the fire department assigned to BMW’s plant in South Carolina spotted a 55-gallon drum behind a vehicle in Lot D, they did what everybody does nowadays: they assumed it was a “chloride granulated bomb”. The area was cleared and BMW temporarily suspended production of the X3, X4, X5, and X6, an action that was immediately applauded by Roundel magazine, the BMWCCA E30 M3 Special Interest Group, and possibly Satch Carlson.
Oops.
BMW has in the process of resuming full production, which will come as a great relief to everyone who’s been waiting for their X4 to be completed.
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I wonder if Satch is still with his student.
Dude, where are the VWAG NA MK7 Golf>I reviews you promised us?
It's that bunker mentality...
It makes perfect sense to make the trucks here. It saves a lot of transportation costs. In Germany, the big gas engined cars we think of as "german cars" are rare. Many more of the same body style but with much smaller engines, and oft diesel. (The diesels we get here are the top ones there). I saw in two weeks of Southern Germany two Q7, six X5, and zero big mercedes trucks. I saw lots of 116d, a some great Opel Wagons (not all diesel), and a lot of Golf sized cars...a C class is big, an E huge, and a truck just won't fit a lot of places. Even if the gas was free, you couldn't get an Escalade through some city centers. If you afford to feed it at 10 dollars per gallon....