Originally Posted by bcredliner

The European automakers have been successful building vehicles in China for China in joint venture plants. So much so that BMWs will soon be exported.

The quality of the parts supplier network is strictly controlled and monitored using the latest quality control processes. The plants have the latest mfg. equipment and German trained workers. The lower cost of labor affords BMW the opportunity to maintain the level of quality of parts previously made in Germany.

In many many cases our perception that China makes junk is absolutely true though luxury brands have learned their lessons from years of outsourcing to low labor rate countries like Japan and Korea were at one time.

That said, because German brands have touted German engineering so long, meaning to me all parts are also made in Germany, I don't want parts made in China either. Right or wrong, I am not ready to accept that from BMW.