BMW announced that it has opened a new Vehicle Accessories Center in Greer, South Carolina, that is associated with its biggest factory on earth. The new center is the result of a $25 million investment from the automaker.
The 60,000-square-foot (5,574 square meter) facility will be operated by 60 employees and will enable BMW to factory install a variety of vehicle accessories on BMW vehicles produced at its nearby plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
The center will service dealers nationwide with a full range of exterior and interior accessories, including wheels, body parts, decals, interior trim pieces, floor mats, roof accessories, and M Performance parts.
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“This new vehicle accessories center embodies our commitment to delivering the best premium customer experience in the industry,” said Sebastian Mackensen, President & CEO, BMW of North America. “By factory installing accessories before delivery to the dealer, vehicles arrive already as ordered by customers. This will provide for a more efficient process and quicker delivery times for our customers.”
Plant Spartanburg builds around 60 percent of BMWs sold in the U.S. and has made the company the biggest exporter of automobiles in the U.S. It builds SUVs, including the X3, the X5, and the X7, among others. Production of the XM, meanwhile, will start in December.
BMW broke ground on the plant in 1992, and it remains the automaker’s only assembly facility in the United States. It is, however, its largest assembly plant on earth. In September, BMW announced that it had built its 6,000,000th vehicle ever at Spartanburg, a Java Green Metallic X6 M that is powered by a 600 hp (447 kW/ 608 PS) 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8.
Plant Spartanburg has an annual production capacity of 450,000 vehicles, all of which are SUVs, and it is run by 11,000 employees.
