The seventh generation of the BMW 5-Series will be produced in two factories - in the BMW Group facility in Bavaria and in the factory of Magna Steyr in Austria. Production in Germany will start this year and the market introduction is planned for early 2017, reported by the German company. To prepare for the new model in recent months have made many changes of all technologies at the plant in Dingolfing. In this process we invested several hundred million euros, as the new Vehicle body production in the western part of the plant and the restructuring of the embedding of aggregates in the assembly of the car.
Besides the production of multiple models in the BMW 7-Series and the BMW 6-Series there in the future will be produced and all variants of the new BMW 5-Series. For the first time the new BMW 5-Series sedan will be produced by the Austrian company Magna Steyr AG & Co KG at its plant in Graz. The BMW 5-Series has long been the market leader in the premium segment of the upper middle class with over 347,000 vehicles sold in 2015, the statement said. After the integration of the new models of the BMW 3-Series and 4-Series production at the BMW Group plant in Dingolfing increased significantly, as there annually produce about 350,000 cars.
Production
The production of the new BMW 5-Series sedan started at the end of the year, first at the plant in Dingolfing, and since the beginning of 2017 and at Magna Steyr in Graz. The plant in Dingolfing is one of 31 production facilities the BMW Group worldwide. Every day 2.4 mill produces about 1600 cars by BMW 3-Series, 4-Series, 5-Series, 6-Series and 7-Series. In 2015 the plant produced more than 360,000 cars. Currently in Dingolfing plant employs about 17 500 employees and 800 trainees. Besides the main automotive production in this factory are manufactured and automotive components such as molded parts, seats and suspension components and drive. Due to the high competence in respect of aluminum in the manufacture of suspension and long experience in the field of alternative propulsion plant of BMW in Dingolfing comes in Leipzig and important components such as high-voltage batteries, electric transmission and Drive-structures for new models of BMW i and manufactures high-voltage batteries as well as motors for Plug-in hybrid models of the BMW Group.
In this factory are manufactured and bodywork for all models of Rolls-Royce. The so-called dynamic center, a large warehouse and logistics base provides Original BMW parts and accessories to dealers of the BMW and MINI throughout the world.
