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Originally Posted by jhu321
Yeah I was going for a bit of sarcasm... I guess it didn't come across on the net...
I've been relatively disappointed with BMW on the build quality of the X5... my last new BMW was a 3er and that had very minor issues... I had a used M5 and a used 745Li and both were okay... I'm really wondering if it's just the quality of work that comes out of the factory in spartanburg.
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This is just my opinion, but I don't think there is a problem with the quality of work done in Spartanburg. I do think that there are challenges for a manufacturer when the engineering, and engine manufacturing, are done in one country, and then assembly is done in another country many time zones away. I think it is the integration of the various subcomponents, dealing with third party suppliers that are a long way from the mother ship, and so on, that causes the nuisance issues. I don't know where the purchasing function is done, but I suspect it is spread across two continents. The potential issues in this are compounded by BMW's technology-driven approach, which often results in complexity for complexity's sake.
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