BMW Cranked Out Over One Million Cars In Germany In 2025

The BMW Group is an automotive juggernaut, working greater than 10 car meeting crops worldwide. A major share of its manufacturing stays at house in Germany, the place the luxurious automaker runs 4 factories. The services in Dingolfing, Leipzig, Munich, and Regensburg construct a variety of fashions, from the compact 1 Sequence to the flagship 7 Sequence.

In 2025, manufacturing at BMW’s German crops as soon as once more reached seven figures, with multiple million autos assembled domestically. To place that into perspective, one in 4 automobiles in-built Germany final 12 months was both a BMW or a MINI. In response to the German Affiliation of the Automotive Business (VDA), 4.15 million automobiles had been produced nationwide, with BMW Group merchandise accounting for roughly 25% of the full.

Hooked up on the backside is a desk displaying which fashions are produced at every of the 4 German crops. Nevertheless, modifications are on the horizon. As an example, 3 Series production is shifting from Munich to Dingolfing, coinciding with the arrival of the “G50” later this 12 months. As well as, the absolutely electrical i3 sedan (“NA0”) will enter manufacturing in Munich within the second half of 2026.

Time is operating out for the Dingolfing-made 8 Sequence, with the ultimate examples scheduled to roll off the road within the coming months. Sadly, BMW has no plans for a direct successor. Though nothing has been formally confirmed, the three Sequence Touring can also miss out on a subsequent technology. The hole left by the rumored “G51” might as an alternative be crammed by the unconfirmed i3 Touring (“NA1”).

Wanting additional forward, the iX is unlikely to be renewed. Ending the polarizing electrical SUV after a single technology would release capability for the following 3 Sequence. BMW probably sees little long-term want for an additional iX, particularly with the iX5 launching this 12 months. Come 2027, a bigger iX7 is predicted to affix the lineup. These first-ever fashions are more likely to be constructed on the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina.

Talking of Neue Klasse merchandise, the Regensburg plant is slated to construct an NK mannequin later this decade. Whether or not that would be the already spied next-generation iX1 or one thing else stays unclear. That “one thing else” could possibly be the i1 hatchback and/or the i2 sedan, each anticipated earlier than 2030.

If sources near BMW are right, the Leipzig plant will section out the two Sequence Energetic Tourer in October 2027. The minivan is unlikely to obtain a successor as a result of, properly, it’s a BMW minivan…