{"id":21185,"date":"2016-10-21T04:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=21185"},"modified":"2016-10-23T22:58:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T03:58:44","slug":"building-the-bmw-x3-and-bmw-x4-a-factory-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/building-the-bmw-x3-and-bmw-x4-a-factory-tour\/21185\/","title":{"rendered":"Building the BMW X3 and BMW X4: A Factory Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>We go behind the scenes in a factory tour of the BMW Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, where they build the BMW X3 and BMW X4. These BMW models are built in the USA and distributed across the world from the port in Charleston, SC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/shmula100-150x150.png\" alt=\"factory tour, lean manufacturing, shmula.com\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-21191 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/shmula100-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/shmula100-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/shmula100-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/shmula100-600x599.png 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/shmula100-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/shmula100.png 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Factory Tour: The BMW Story<\/h2>\n<p>Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (German for Bavarian Motor Works), usually known under its abbreviation BMW, is a German luxury vehicle, motorcycle, and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. Headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. BMW owns Mini cars and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad, and plug-in electric cars under the BMW i sub-brand and the &#8220;iPerformance&#8221; model designation within the regular BMW lineup. 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