{"id":84246,"date":"2025-11-22T04:07:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T09:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84246"},"modified":"2025-11-22T04:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T09:07:53","slug":"bmw-x3-production-south-africa-running-full-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84246","title":{"rendered":"BMW X3 Production In South Africa Is Running At Full Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW\u2019s Rosslyn factory in South Africa builds no fewer than 330 X3s every single day. Production of the \u201cG45\u201d started a little over a year ago when the first 30e xDrive rolled off the assembly line. It\u2019s worth noting that the plug-in hybrid is made exclusively in SA for all global markets. A few months later, the electrified crossover was joined by the gas-powered X3 20 and diesel X3 20d.<\/p>\n

Much like the PHEV, the six-cylinder X3 40d<\/a> is also built solely in South Africa. Of the four variants, the electrified model is by far the most popular, currently accounting for half of Plant Rosslyn\u2019s output, according to Peter van Binsbergen, CEO of BMW Group South Africa. In an interview with Cars.co.za<\/em>, the local chief said production is \u201cmaxed out.\u201d<\/p>\n

BMW is pleased with its decision to shift production from the 3 Series to the X3. That change happened in 2018 when the \u201cF30\u201d 3 Series<\/a> was discontinued to make room for the \u201cG01\u201d X3. Van Binsbergen calls it a \u201cgreat strategy,\u201d as the company accurately predicted the crossover boom at the expense of sedans. The previous-generation X3 proved the point, remaining sold out right up until the \u201cG01\u201d was discontinued in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cG45\u201d production isn\u2019t confined to South Africa, as BMW also builds the upscale crossover in Spartanburg, South Carolina. That\u2019s where the hot M Performance version (X3 M50<\/a>) is made exclusively. This time around, there\u2019s no successor to the diesel M Lite model, as the X3 M40d won\u2019t return. A full-fat combustion-powered X3 M is also off the table.<\/p>\n

BMW assembles the X3 in other global plants as well, including in China, where it produces the long-wheelbase \u201cG48.\u201d<\/a> Despite its familiar name, the new iX3 is unrelated to the combustion-engine model and is built solely in Debrecen, Hungary. Starting in 2027, the Neue Klasse-based electric SUV will also be produced at the San Luis Potos\u00ed plant in Mexico.<\/p>\n

Through the first half of the year, combined BMW X3\/X4 sales are down 24.6% to 145,663 units. However, the drop isn\u2019t as grim as it looks. The \u201cG45\u201d is a new-generation model, and production and availability didn\u2019t fully ramp up until recently. On top of that, X4 \u201cG02\u201d production is tapering off ahead of its imminent retirement, with no direct successor planned. That said, a Neue Klasse iX4<\/a> is coming next year.<\/p>\n

Source: Cars.co.za<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW\u2019s Rosslyn factory in South Africa builds no fewer than 330 X3s every single day. Production of the \u201cG45\u201d started a little over a year ago when the first 30e xDrive rolled off the assembly line. It\u2019s worth noting that the plug-in hybrid is made exclusively in SA for all global markets. A few months […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84247,"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-84246","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\/84246","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=84246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}