All Entries in the "BMW Manufacturing" Category

BMW Manufacturing – Paint Process

Not An Ordinary Paint Job

Step 1. Phosphate Bath

Your BMW is immersed in a bath of phosphate, zinc, manganese, and nickel, then removed. The chemicals form a protective crystalline coat that aids in the corrosion-protection process.  It’s the first of several layers of protective coating that will be applied to your BMW body.
Step 2. E-Coat: [...]

BMW Manufacturing – Assembly

BMW Assembly

Intro to Vehicle Assembly Process: Let the performance begin
To this point in the process, we have worked to prepare the canvas.  Now begins the work of filling it with the combination of components, options, and luxuries that will make this BMW as distinctive as its owner.  This is Assembly, where it all [...]

Neatly Diced.

Recycling at BMW: 95% of a new 7 series BMW qualifies for ecofriendly reutilisation.
The reporter cannot believe his ears. “This one’s next”, remarks Torsten Winter, pointing to a seemingly immaculate, white BMW M3. It is the latest model and has been on the market for just a year. “Surely you can’t do that”, begs the [...]