2.7.2019 Leipzig. The BMW Group plant in Leipzig has launched the serial production of the new BMW 1 series.
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To produce “the all-new BMW 1 series now in series, is for all of us in the plant in Leipzig is a very special Moment,” said Hans-Peter Kemser, and the importance of the Premium stressed-compact model: “The 1 series will contribute in the coming years to a consistently high level of utilisation of our plant is crucial.”
The daily production of the new BMW 1-series will increase in the coming months, gradually, to about 600 units. The Leipzig plant is the first location within the global production network of the BMW Group, which manufactures the third Generation of the successful Premium compact model. From November the BMW produces the 1 series at the Regensburg plant.
“The last months were marked by intensive preparations for the new model,” said Manager Hans-Peter Kemser plans. In comparison to the previous model, the new BMW is powered 1 series on the front wheels. “With the BMW 2 series Active Tourer could our employees, their competence in the production of vehicles with the BMW front-drive architecture to prove,” said Kemser. Added to this is Offered to a significantly increased complexity in terms of driver assistance systems and Connectivity with the new 1 series in the Premium compact class. The plant Manager what is convinced that the workforce “is well prepared for the new challenges and with your passion for auto with our worldwide customers to build will delight”. The market launch of the new 1er in September of this year, two petrol and three diesel engines are available. The customer has the choice between the new front-wheel drive and intelligent all-wheel drive BMW xDrive.
The production of the BMW 1 series in Leipzig, in the meantime, a Tradition: the first and second Generation were produced in Leipzig. The new BMW 1 series is currently one of the eight models for the Leipzig product range. Currently, the site in Saxony, therefore, produces the BMW 2 series Coupé and Cabrio, the BMW M2 Competition, as well as the BMW 2 series Active Tourer in a flexible Mix of a production line for customers all over the world. In addition, the purely electrically powered BMW i3 and the Plug-in Hybrid BMW i8 sports car as a coupe and Roadster from the Band. The volume of production is around 1000 vehicles per day.
In the past year, extensive construction work started on the expansion of its Leipzig plant. The BMW Group is investing at the location of 300 million euros and thus creates the capacity for the production of the new BMW 1 series and the completely new model, the BMW 2 series Gran coupe, whose production will start in November. Thus, the increase of the existing production capacity of approximately 250,000 units to 350,000 in 2020 is connected.
The previous BMW 1 series the second Generation of the left since its start of production in March 2012, exactly 424.111 the Assembly hall of the Leipzig plant. Together with the BMW Group plant Regensburg-built 1-series models, the BMW Group delivered a total of 1.248.737 vehicles to customers all over the world.
Vehicle Assembly BMW Group plant in Leipzig (photo: BMW AG)
