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Originally Posted by Majikthese42
They sell roughly 20% of production in the US and build roughly 10% here. If they still haven't lost their cachet as a "German car" with so many being built in the US they're doing well.
There is always the risk that they'd change their strategy at exactly the wrong moment.
Otherwise, do the German robots that builld the cars require any more benefits or work fewer hours than American robots?
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It's true, I don't think many people are going to think "American Bimmer" about the X5 or the others that are produced in South Carolina (or is it North Carolina?).
I also remember reading somewhere that the robots used in manufacturing by BMW in the US are actually german Seimens robots identical to the ones used in the German facilities. I wonder if that applies to the South African manufacturing plants as well.
-D.J.