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Originally Posted by JCL
Pedestrian safety was a factor, but so was assembly cost. BMW outsourced the entire assembled fender. Good article on the Automotive Engineering website.
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Thanks for posting this link. While I was impatiently waiting for our 2009 X5 35d to be built I noticed that the Paint Shop at the SC factory only painted the metal parts. The front clip shows up later intact during Assembly. One of my questions was how they were able to match the paint. And now we know
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