Which BMW models are built at Spartanburg?

The X3, X5, X6, X7 and XM, plus their M variants. Spartanburg is BMW's only vehicle assembly plant in the United States and the lead plant for the X range; some of those models are also assembled from kits at other sites for local markets.

How big is BMW's Spartanburg plant?

The site covers about 10 million square feet and employs more than 11,000 people, with a maximum capacity of 450,000 vehicles a year. It has built more than seven million vehicles since production began in 1994.

Does BMW export cars from Spartanburg?

Yes. About 70% of the plant's output leaves the United States, shipped through the port of Charleston to more than 120 countries, which has made the site one of the country's largest vehicle exporters by value.

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Greer, South Carolina, USA

Operator

BMW Manufacturing

Opened

1994

Status

Active

BMW's plant in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is the group's largest production site by volume and the company's only vehicle factory in the United States. Production started in 1994 and the campus now covers about 10 million square feet with more than 11,000 employees and a maximum capacity of 450,000 vehicles a year. It builds the X3, X5, X6, X7 and XM, and exports roughly 70% of them.

BMW built its first plant outside Germany in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and started production there on 8 September 1994 with 500 employees, building the 318i saloon first and adding the Z3 roadster the following year. The workforce is now over 11,000 on a campus of about 10 million square feet, maximum capacity is 450,000 vehicles a year, and cumulative output has passed seven million cars. It is the largest plant in the BMW Group’s production network by volume.

The site builds the brand’s SUVs, which BMW calls Sports Activity Vehicles: the X5, X6, X3, X7 and the XM. Around 70% of that output is exported, mostly through the port of Charleston, which for years has made BMW the largest vehicle exporter from the United States measured by value rather than by units.

Spartanburg is also where BMW’s next generation of large SUVs is being prepared. The fifth-generation X5 was revealed at the plant, and the second-generation X7 and its electric iX7 sibling are due to enter production there in 2027, which would make it the first BMW plant in the United States to build a battery-electric model.

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