{"id":49096,"date":"2023-05-07T08:48:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T12:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49096"},"modified":"2023-05-07T08:48:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T12:48:18","slug":"bmw-ix-dingolfing-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49096","title":{"rendered":"BMW iX Marks 12 Millions Cars Built at Dingolfing Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW\u2019s Dingolfing, Germany plant celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, as it was first introduced to build the E12-generation 5 Series<\/a> back in 1973. However, that isn\u2019t the only milestone celebrated at Dingolfing this year. The plant officially built its 12 millionth car, which just so happened to be its most futuristic, the BMW iX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dingolfing isn\u2019t BMW\u2019s most productive plant. With around 282,000 cars built every year, it\u2019s still shy of BMW\u2019s much newer Spartanburg, South Carolina plant. However, it\u2019s still trucking along, pumping out about 1,600 cars per day, many of which are either hybrids or fully electric vehicles. So despite its old bones, Dingolfing is actually quite high-tech and modern inside. It\u2019s even carbon neutral, as it gets much of its electricity from hydropower.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur plant has stood for highly emotional automobiles, for innovation and quality for five decades. The key to our economic success is that we courageously shape the future \u2013 \u201c50 YEARS OF FUTURE WAGEN\u201d is therefore the motto of our anniversary year. The twelve millionth BMW from Dingolfing is exactly a symbol of this, because the BMW iX is an absolute technology carrier. It stands for the change to e-mobility and our departure into the next 50 years.\u201d said Christoph Schr\u00f6der, head of the Dingolfing plant.<\/p>\n

The BMW iX is obviously built in Dingolfing, which is ironic given that the iX is the most cutting engine Bimmer of any on sale. Sure, the i7 is a bit flashier but the iX is the real-deal. It\u2019s built on a bespoke, carbon fiber-extensive chassis, which isn\u2019t shared by any other BMW (take that, XM), features BMW\u2019s best electric drivetrain, and has the funkiest interior of any BMW ever. The one that marked 12 million cars from the plant was painted in Aventurine Red<\/a>, which is one of BMW\u2019s favorite colors at the moment.<\/p>\n

BMW\u2019s Dingolfing plat doesn\u2019t only build iXs and other EVs. The next-gen 5 Series<\/a> will be built there, along with the all-electric BMW i5. So despite being one of BMW\u2019s oldest plants, it\u2019s going to be one of the most important ones moving forward into the future.<\/p>\n

Even more than just typical production, the Dingolfing plant also does specialty work. For instance, that\u2019s where the ultra-limited BMW 3.0 CSL is painted. Same goes for the 8 Series by Jeff Koons art car, whose livery was designed by Koons but recreated in the paint booth at Dingolfing.<\/p>\n

The Dingolfing plant has been around for 50 years and it shows no sign of slowing down. BMW\u2019s continued investment into the plant proves that it could play an integral part in BMW\u2019s manufacturing for another 50 years.<\/p>\n

[Source: BimmerToday<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW\u2019s Dingolfing, Germany plant celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, as it was first introduced to build the E12-generation 5 Series back in 1973. However, that isn\u2019t the only milestone celebrated at Dingolfing this year. The plant officially built its 12 millionth car, which just so happened to be its most futuristic, the BMW iX. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}