[BMW DIY Guy]

While it may be harder and more expensive to do a plant tour in Europe (if flying over from the US), we have one here!

I still run into fellow enthusiasts who don't realize all of the X model cars are made here in the US, at the Spartanburg plant! I had a chance to go and do the tour and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.

While I have watched the assembly videos, it's an entirely different thing to be in the middle of it all. Robot arms all over, assembly lines of cars going everywhere including multiple layers overhead!

If you ever get a chance, make sure to go and check it out! Plus, there is the BMW Car Club of America museum nearby, and the BMW M performance school too! (hint hint for coming content!)

[BWBike]

That looks like a nice place to visit.

[BeEmVe]

Originally Posted by BMW DIY Guy

I still run into fellow enthusiasts who don't realize all of the X model cars are made here in the US, at the Spartanburg plant!

The X1 and X2 are made in the Rosenburg plant in Germany.

[WayneM3]

I am planning on taking the plant tour and doing the M School in the first week of August.

[BMW DIY Guy]

Originally Posted by WayneM3

I am planning on taking the plant tour and doing the M School in the first week of August.

I will have the Performance School video up next week 8)

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by BMW DIY Guy

While it may be harder and more expensive to do a plant tour in Europe (if flying over from the US), we have one here!

I still run into fellow enthusiasts who don't realize all of the X model cars are made here in the US, at the Spartanburg plant! I had a chance to go and do the tour and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.

While I have watched the assembly videos, it's an entirely different thing to be in the middle of it all. Robot arms all over, assembly lines of cars going everywhere including multiple layers overhead!

If you ever get a chance, make sure to go and check it out! Plus, there is the BMW Car Club of America museum nearby, and the BMW M performance school too! (hint hint for coming content!)

I did the track drive experience about a decade ago when it was just $100!! It was a no brainer back then and it was a blast!! At $300 it’s not quite a no brainer the way it was. At $200 it would still be a no brainer. Did the factory tour also, but not all of it was available, because they were tooling up for a new model. The Performance Center is a hidden gem that surprisingly many enthusiasts are not aware of. The big hidden gem of BMW (now that ED is no more) is taking delivery of your custom ordered BMW at the Performance Center and getting a half day of professional driving instruction all for free!!!

[Chihuahua]

I'll also mention there is a 60 years of Alpina exhibit there now through mid-January 2026.

https://bmwccafoundation.org/uncateg...n-may-16-2025/

[DrFerry]

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"BMW Manufacturing employs 11,000 people at its eight million square-foot campus. The Spartanburg plant assembles the BMW X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and XM Sports Activity Vehicles and Coupes and their variants. For 30 years, our associates have been proud to assemble more than 6.5 million safe, premium-quality BMWs for our customers around the world. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the BMW Group is one of the largest automotive exporters by value from the U.S. with a total export value of about $10.1 Billion in 2023."

https://www.bmwgroup-werke.com/spartanburg/en.html
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[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by DrFerry

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"BMW Manufacturing employs 11,000 people at its eight million square-foot campus. The Spartanburg plant assembles the BMW X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and XM Sports Activity Vehicles and Coupes and their variants. For 30 years, our associates have been proud to assemble more than 6.5 million safe, premium-quality BMWs for our customers around the world. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the BMW Group is one of the largest automotive exporters by value from the U.S. with a total export value of about $10.1 Billion in 2023."

https://www.bmwgroup-werke.com/spartanburg/en.html
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With the exception of exports of U.S. built cars to Canada, BMW is the largest exporter of vehicles by volume from the United States globally. BMW exports 70% of their South Carolina production to all of their markets around the world.