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BMW PRODUCES 500,000th X5 SPORTS ACTIVITY VEHICLE
Fri Jun 10 09:00:00 CEST 2005 Press Release
Spartanburg, SC - June 10, 2005... BMW Manufacturing Co. produced its 500,000th X5 Sports Activity Vehicle today, just five and a half years after its market introduction.
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Martha McKinley
BMW Group
Spartanburg, SC - June 10, 2005... BMW Manufacturing Co. produced its 500,000th
X5 Sports Activity Vehicle today, just five and a half years after its market
introduction.
The milestone vehicle is an X5 3.0d, equipped with a 3.0-liter inline
six-cylinder diesel engine and outfitted with Midnight Blue exterior paint,
Walknappa Champagne leather, Mahogany Maritime fine-wood trim, and light alloy
V-spoke 19-inch wheels.
The 500,000th X5 will be shipped and delivered to a customer in Hamburg,
Germany.
The first X5 sports activity vehicle rolled off the production lines at BMW
Manufacturing?s Plant Spartanburg on September 1, 1999. Less than two years
later, the 100,000th X5 milestone was reached on August 23, 2001.
The X5 Sports Activity Vehicle is produced exclusively at BMW Manufacturing Co.
for distribution to more than 120 markets worldwide. BMW is the largest
exporter of U.S.-made automobiles to non-NAFTA countries, exporting 60 percent
of its U.S. production.
BMW Manufacturing Co. is a subsidiary of BMW AG in Munich, Germany. In addition
to the South Carolina manufacturing facility, BMW's North American subsidiaries
include sales, marketing and financial services operations in the United
States, Canada and throughout Latin America; an information technology
consulting and systems integration firm in South Carolina; and a design firm in
California.