New press shop, who’s this? Celebrating 30 years in business, BMW Manufacturing is opening its first press shop in North America, right here in the Upstate — Spartanburg, to be exact.
With this new shop comes new BMW models: the Fourth-Generation BMW X3 + the Silver Anniversary Edition of the BMW X5. You can get your hands on these new rides in the fall.
By the numbers
- 219,000. That how many sqft the shop has. The space will produce sheet metal parts (think: doors, fenders, and lift gates) for the BMW X3.
- $200 million. That’s the total investment our community will receive from this project.
- 200. That’s how many new jobs will be created.
According to a press release sent about the shop, by 2026, the assembly of all electric sports activity vehicles will start at the new shop in Sparkle City. We think that’s BMW - tiful.
