Scelte strategiche BMW Group

[Beckervdo]

Dovrebbe essere il Superbowl

 

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51 minuti fa, Beckervdo scrive:

Dovrebbe essere il Superbowl

 

Super Bowl sara una settima prima 😉

 

[j]

BMW sale al 75% della JV cinese con Brilliance

 

https://www.formulapassion.it/automoto/mondoauto/bmw-compra-un-altro-25-per-cento-della-jv-con-brilliance-604035.html

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BMW's European production takes big hit from Ukraine crisis supply disruption
BMW is pausing production in its factories in Germany and other European countries because of supply bottlenecks.

BERLIN -- BMW is being forced to stop production of BMW and Mini cars in its German and other European plants after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine halted deliveries of key components.

"The conflict in Ukraine is having a far-reaching impact on production in the supplier industry there. The resulting production stoppages will lead to successive production adjustments and interruptions at several BMW plants," a company spokesman told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Vehicle production at BMW's plants in Munich and in Dingolfing, both Germany, will be paused next week, as will output at the Mini factory in Oxford, England.

Engine production at BMW's engine factory in Steyr, Austria, will also be suspended.

Adjustments to production shifts will also be necessary at BMW's plants in Leipzig and Regensburg, Germany, the spokesman told the newspaper.

The stoppages mean that almost the entire European production of the automaker is being impacted by the Ukraine crisis.

BMW has set up a crisis team, similar to those established by other automakers including Volkwagen and Stellantis that have been hit by the supply disruption.

Specialist departments are in intensive talks with suppliers to secure supplies via alternative production sites and to restart production as quickly as possible, the BMW spokesman told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

The stoppages are being caused after deliveries of wire harnesses that BMW sources from western Ukraine were disrupted. The harnesses are a key part of a vehicle's electrical systems.

German cable maker Leoni, with two plants in Ukraine employing some 7,000 workers, said it is intensifying efforts to help offset the disruption in Ukraine by adding capacity at other sites, while prioritizing the safety of its employees. 

“Logistics in and out of Ukraine are a particular challenge, especially because of the partly chaotic situation at the border points with the EU,” a Leoni spokesman said in a statement.

German automotive companies and suppliers maintain some 49 production sites in Russia and Ukraine, according to the German car lobby group VDA.

BMW also said it had halted the export of cars to Russia and would stop production in the country.

Last year, BMW assembled about 12,000 vehicles at a factory in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad that BMW has operated with local partner Avtotor for more than 20 years.

Sales of BMW brand vehicles in Russia rose 10 percent to 46,802 last year, according to the Moscow-based AEB industry association.

 

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BMW and Alpina become ONE – BMW buys specialist Alpina to add to its brands

 

BMW has acquired BMW specialist Alpina in a move that adds to BMW’s portfolio of brands and secures the future of Alpina.

Alpina has been doing very good things to BMWs for a very long time – over 50 years – adding performance and style and doing it in a tasteful and elegant way, producing cars that are more bespoke and more individual than BMW’s models, cleverly delivering performance in a more cosseting way than BMW’s M models

Currently, in the UK, Alpina offers the 3 Series D3 S and B3, the XDs (X3), 5 Series D5 S and B5, the 7 Series B7, the XB7 (X7) and the 8 Series B8, with prices starting at £56k for the D3 S rising to £137k for the XB7.

But with the car world moving ever quicker, it’s getting more and more difficult for boutique makers like Alpina to survive – even when they get the base cars, with warranty, direct from BMW – but BMW has decided it’s time to acquire Alpina and bring it in-house to secure its future.

BMW’s Pieter Nota said:

The automotive industry is in the midst of a far-reaching transformation towards sustainable mobility. For that reason, existing business models need to be re-examined on a regular basis. For over fifty years, the Buchloe firm has demon­strated how to deliver top-quality car cachet through meticulous attention to detail. The BMW Group is also driven by this same passion for cars that capture the imagination.

That is why we are now embarking on a new chapter in our long-standing partnership. Acquiring the trademark rights will allow us to shape the long-term course of this brand steeped in tradition. We are delighted to welcome the ALPINA brand to the BMW family.

The current co-operation agreement will run until the end of 2025, after which the Alpina brand will be brought fully in-house, no doubt with BMW expanding the offerings and doing with the Alpina Brand what Mercedes has done with AMG, adding differently focussed models to sit alongside the regular range and M cars.

 

 

 

[Beckervdo]

Oh no...praticamente avremo M Performance by Alpina  -.-

 

[j]

Io adesso voglio tutta la gamma Alpinizzata 😍😍

[Auditore]

23 minuti fa, j scrive:

Io adesso voglio tutta la gamma Alpinizzata 😍😍

Fatto!

 

Modificato 10 Marzo 2022 da Auditore

[ItalianBrands]

31 minuti fa, Beckervdo scrive:

Oh no...praticamente avremo M Performance by Alpina  -.-

 

Dai, se conservano il gusto di Alpina tanto meglio.

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2 ore fa, Beckervdo scrive:

Oh no...praticamente avremo M Performance by Alpina  -.-

 

 

Si...ma alla fine non cambia molta se lasciano lo sviluppo di Alpina a Buchloe come oggi - la produzione delle macchine gia oggi e sulle linee dei stabilmenti BMW. Alpina fornisce le componente specifiche, l'assemblaggio fa BMW.

Ma piu in futuro, con le modelli bev, lo sviluppo speciale di Alpina naturalment non conta piu, poi una propulsore Alpina non esistera piu. L'equipe a Buchloe sicuramente sara ridotta perche non e piu necessario.

 

 

 

 

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