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BMW Group Starts Building the New Rolls-Royce Facilities
Fri Aug 24 12:00:00 CEST 2001 Press Release
The final go ahead has been given by all relevant authorities to the proposed new Manufacturing Plant and Head Office for Rolls-Royce automobiles at Goodwood, home of The Earl of March, near Chichester, West Sussex. A new Rolls-Royce model will be manufactured at the plant from 2003 onwards.
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Martha McKinley
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(Munich/Chichester.) The final go ahead has been given by all relevant
authorities to the proposed new Manufacturing Plant and Head Office for
Rolls-Royce automobiles at Goodwood, home of The Earl of March, near
Chichester, West Sussex. A new Rolls-Royce model will be manufactured at the
plant from 2003 onwards.
Says Karl-Heinz Kalbfell, Senior Vice President BMW Group Marketing and
Director of the Rolls-Royce Project:
"We made very good progress in bringing into realisation what is probably the
most unique project in car manufacturing worldwide. Our goal is to lead this
most prestigious of all car brands into a prosperous and profitable future as
an independent company within the BMW Group from the year 2003. The new
enterprise will have access to all resources of the BMW Group. It will continue
to produce in England authentic Rolls-Royce automobiles with a modern
interpretation of all its traditional values."
Earth moving work has started as part of the first phase of construction of the
new facility. Designed by one of Britain's top architects, Nicolas Grimshaw &
Partners of London, who have received awards for examples of 'green
architecture', the entire building complex will partly be sunk into the ground.
The roof area will be covered in living plants, thus blending perfectly with
the countryside of Goodwood.
BMW acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand for automotive business from
its owner Rolls-Royce plc in 1998 and will take over full responsibility,
including production and distribution, in 2003. In conjunction with setting up
an independent worldwide distribution network appropriate locations for
dealerships have been identified; preliminary agreements have already been
signed.
Equally, the development of the all new Rolls-Royce sedan is at a very advanced
stage: prototypes were subjected to extensive winter testing in northern
Scandinavia last winter and are currently undergoing further testing under
extremely hot climate conditions.
Contact: Fred Fruth
BMW Group
Project Rolls-Royce
Tel: +44 (0)1243 791971
Fax: +44 (0)1243 791998
e-mail: friedrich.fruth@bmwgroup.projectr-r.com