Dingolfing. BMW Group Plant Dingolfing has today
celebrated the official start of production for the new BMW 5 Series
Touring. The newcomer is the first premium vehicle in its segment to
feature not just a petrol, diesel or plug-in hybrid drive but also a
fully electric one. That makes the BMW i5 Touring the fourth
all-electric model to enter series production at Plant Dingolfing in
not even three years.
“Our BMW 5 Series Touring is especially important for Germany and the
European market, and a lot of customers have been waiting for it,”
said Plant Director Christoph Schröder. But at the end of May, the
wait will be over, because that’s when the new Touring – now in its
sixth generation – will reach dealers’ showrooms and the first cars
are handed over to customers. The new model is already available to
order now.
Since launching the first generation in 1991, Plant Dingolfing in
Lower Bavaria has been the sole producer of the BMW 5 Series Touring,
with more than 1.2 million rolling off its production lines over the
years. Like its predecessor, the new BMW 5 Series Touring –
irrespective of drive – is manufactured flexibly alongside the BMW 5
Series Sedan and BMW 4 Series and 6 Series models, all on a single
production line. Investments in the plant for the new BMW 5 Series
Touring amount to approx. 80 million euros.
“For us here in Dingolfing, the BMW 5 Series is part of our DNA,”
explained Plant Director Christoph Schröder, “and the launch of the
new Touring represents the next step in the renewal of our successful
model series.” Last year BMW 5 Series vehicles accounted for about a
third of output from Dingolfing. But with the Touring now available,
numbers could rise significantly in 2024, potentially nearing the 50
percent mark.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Julian Friedrich, BMW Group Plant Dingolfing, Head of Press and
Public Relations
Phone: +49 8731 76 22020, email: Julian.Friedrich@bmw.de
Thomas Niedermeier, BMW Group Plant Dingolfing, Press and Public Relations
Phone: +49 8731 76 27666, email: Thomas.Niedermeier@bmwgroup.com
Internet: www.press.bmwgroup.com, www.bmw-werk-dingolfing.de
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmwgroupwerkdingolfing/
BMW Group Plant Dingolfing
BMW Group Plant Dingolfing is the BMW Group’s largest European
production facility. Every day it produces more than 1,500 vehicles,
with the BMW 4 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series, 8 Series and the
all-new BMW iX rolling off the production lines. In 2023 output
totalled some 292,000 units.
Currently the site employs over 18,500 people and has 900 trainees
learning 15 professions. That makes it not just by far the largest
employer in the region but also one of the largest industry and
vocational training bases in Germany.
As well as producing vehicles, Dingolfing manufactures components
such as pressed parts and chassis and drive systems. The component
plant 02.20 is home to the BMW Group’s Centre of Excellence for
e-drive production, which supplies BMW Group plants worldwide with the
electric motors and high-voltage batteries they need to produce
plug-in hybrid and fully electric models.
Plant Dingolfing also manufactures bodies-in-white for all the
Rolls-Royce models. Its so-called Dynamics Centre, a huge warehouse
and reloading point, is the heart of central aftersales logistics at
the BMW Group and delivers original BMW parts and accessories to BMW
and MINI trade organisations worldwide.
BMW i5 eDrive40 Touring:
Power consumption combined in WLTP cycle: 19.3 – 16.5 kWh/100
km
Electric range in WLTP cycle: 483 – 560 km
BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring:
Power consumption combined in WLTP cycle:
20.8 – 18.3 kWh/100 km
Electric range in WLTP cycle: 445 – 506 km
