9. Production:
From Absolute Precision
to Premium Quality.
BMW
Media
Information
5/2009
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Weight optimised through the use of aluminium and high-strength
steel as well as innovative production technologies.
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Customer-oriented production with permanent quality control.
BMW Plant Dingolfing winner of the Best Factory 2008 Award.
The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo is built at BMW Plant Dingolfing, which
specialises in the production of models in the upmarket segments. Accordingly,
Plant Dingolfing, BMW’s largest plant worldwide, builds all versions of both the
new BMW 7 Series as well as the BMW 6 and the BMW 5 Series.
The integration of yet a further model in the production process further
increases the flexibility of the plant in using the existing production facilities
and at the same time offers new opportunities for increasing efficiency in
production.
BMW Plant Dingolfing has been part of BMW’s global production network since
1967,
the network itself now comprising 23 production plants in 12 countries.
Numerous prizes and awards confirm the outstanding qualities of this unique
car production plant in Lower Bavaria, which so far has built more than seven
million BMWs as clear proof of more than forty years of success.
Lightweight construction with innovative production methods.
To establish the lightweight construction methods also required for the
BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo in Dingolfing, BMW has once again invested in
innovative production technologies in Dingolfing in recent times. The range of
facilities for weight-optimised lightweight construction and for the implementa-
tion of modern design requirements has been expanded, making allowance for
the far greater challenge of moulding aluminium as opposed to – conventional –
steel. As with the new BMW 7 Series where appropriate modifications were
introduced only recently, special production technologies have been newly
developed for the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo. One example is the production
of aluminium doors with frameless side windows now featured for the first time
on a large-scale production model, the new aluminium processing technology
setting the foundation for the fine contours and lines of the most sophisticated
design features such as the character line in the doors at the side.
| Categories | BMW 5-Series Manuals, BMW Manuals |
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| Tags | BMW 530d, BMW 535i, BMW 550i, BMW F07, BMW Gran Turismo, Brochure and Catalogue |
| Model Year | 2010 |
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