“Mexico will play an important role in our complete setup,” Zipse told Automotive News this month.
In comparison, the overall luxury light truck segment grew about 24 percent during that period, according to the Automotive News Research & Data Center.
The X3’s U.S factory, BMW’s largest auto assembly plant globally, is in Greer, South Carolina, near Spartanburg.
But the plant operated at 96 percent utilization in 2021, according to data from AutoForecast Solutions.
Production of a new crossover begins in the fourth quarter of this year with the XM plug-in hybrid crossover — BMW’s most powerful M vehicle, combining a V-8 engine and a high-performance electric motor to generate up to 750 hp.
The Mexico manufacturing hub sprawls across nearly 750 acres, surrounded by miles of dusty scrub land.