BMW 5 - Manual (Page 62)

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11/2009
Page 62
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New BMW 5 Series Sedan built together with the BMW 7 Series
and the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo at BMW Plant Dingolfing.
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Use of shared components among several models guarantees
efficient production and the same high standard of quality as
in the luxury class.
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Innovative production technology going straight into large-scale
production volume.
The sixth generation of the BMW 5 Series Sedan is based on the same newly
developed vehicle architecture also featured in the BMW 7 Series Luxury
Sedan. Joint production of the BMW 5 Series Sedan, the BMW 5 Series
Gran Turismo and the BMW 7 Series at BMW Plant Dingolfing, together with
the joint use of components, ensures a highly efficient production process
and a supreme level of quality meeting the most demanding standards.
The BMW Dingolfing Plant in Lower Bavaria has been part of BMW’s
global production network since 1967 – a network now embracing no
less than 24 production plants in 13 countries. In 1973 the production of
car components in Dingolfing was joined by the production of complete
BMW cars at BMW’s new Plant 2.4.
Numerous prizes and awards confirm the supreme standard of the largest
BMW Plant the world over. In all, more than 7 million BMWs have been built
in Dingolfing so far, clear proof of a more than 40-year story of success.
Today the Plant employs almost 19,000 BMW associates, more than
12,000 thereof working in automobile production at Plant 2.4.
The model history of the BMW 5 Series is also closely connected with
BMW Plant Dingolfing. Shortly after the start of production of the first
model generation in 1972, the BMW 5 Series was moved from BMW’s
original plant in Munich to the new plant in Dingolfing – and since then all
generations of the BMW 5 Series have been built in Lower Bavaria.
Apart from all versions of the BMW 7 Series, the BMW 6 Series as well
as the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo are currently built in Dingolfing – and
now the new BMW 5 Series Sedan is also being integrated into the local
production process.
9. Production:
Supreme Quality through
Efficiency and Precision.