BMW was barely two years old when it started manufacturing airplane engines in a factory on Moosacher Strasse in Munich. Two years after that, it sold the factory to Knorr-Bremse AG, a leading ...

Most people would probably assume that BMW’s largest factory in Europe is the historic plant in Munich. In reality, BMW says its Regensburg site was its highest-volume vehicle plant in Europe in 2025, ...

Imagine a factory that produces a brand-new BMW every 57 seconds —and is already prepping for the next generation of electric vehicles. That’s the pace and ambition behind BMW Group Plant Regensburg, ...

The BMW X5 is, as the company itself puts it, the SUV that "created the Sports Activity Vehicle category." It did so 25 years ago, which is the reason the X5 seen here exists. It's called the Silver ...

Last month, VW marked the Polo’s legacy with a Gymkhana-style video that sent the WRC and RX1e Rallycross models drifting through one of its factories. Not to be outdone, BMW has now handed ...

Tesla isn’t the only car manufacturer working to use humanoid robots at its factories as recently, BMW conducted a trial run of an advanced robot at its factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The ...

BMW has built more than 6.5 million cars at its factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina, since the plant was opened in 1994, with over 1,500 vehicles being assembled every day. Around 57 percent of the ...

Virtual planning is key to BMW’s iFACTORY strategy, utilising tools that integrate building, equipment, logistics, and vehicle data with 3D process simulations. Credit: The BMW Group. The BMW Group is ...