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Old 01-13-2008, 03:03 PM
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Ultimate Factories - BMW

Just wondering if anyone has a link to this video that aired on National Geographic in Nov - interested in watching it.
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Old 01-13-2008, 03:11 PM
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Think you'll have to buy it.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...matefactories/
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=246671

The hour-long program will focus on the building of the famous Z4 Roadster and is a one-of-a-kind, behind-the-scenes tour of the high-tech manufacturing plants that create this world class automobile. The National Geographic Channel team spent a week in Germany, filming at the factory in the Bavarian heartland of Landshut, where the automotive industry's lightest six-cylinder crankcase is made, at the Munich factory that assembles 1,200 engines a day, and seven days at BMW Manufacturing in Upstate South Carolina where every BMW Z4 is built.

The program also highlights BMW's environmental innovation by being the world's first automotive factory to recycle landfill methane gas from rotting trash to power its plant. Methane gas routed from the nearby Palmetto Landfill provides BMW Manufacturing Co. with 63 percent of all its power, reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the upstate of South Carolina by 60,000 tons per year - the equivalent of 4,300 cars driving around the equator every year.

The U.S. plant has 4,500 associates - and almost 500 robots - that produce 600 vehicles a day. From the Body Shop to the Paint Shop and then Assembly, in just under 40 hours a sleek, customized and luxurious BMW Z4 Roadster, replete with the unique double kidney grill and famous white-and-blue roundel logo, is made. Tune in and see how it's done.

BMW Manufacturing Co., a subsidiary of the BMW Group based in Munich, Germany, is the exclusive manufacturer of the Z4 and M Roadster, Z4 and M Coupe in addition to the X5 Sports Activity Vehicle. Its website address is www.bmwusfactory.com. 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, and a design firm in California.
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I have it Tivo'ed. I haven't actually copied anything from my Tivo box since I upgraded to Tivo 3 hardware and to MS Vista on my PC. I'll see if I can get it. I have the Corvette one too.
Edited: Sorry, it looks like it would be illegal if I unlocked and shared these Tivo files. They could also be tracked back to my Tivo box...
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It's worth paying for. I lived 2 miles from the plant during the original releases of the X5 and Z3. It is a great place to see and to tour.
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http://dl.btjunkie.org/torrent/Natio...wnload.torrent
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The Z4 Ultimate Factories was good, but the best one I've seen so far was the Ferrari 599 GTB Fioriano. It was like watching porn.

No, scratch that...it was better than porn...
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The program is also available to purchase on iTunes for $1.99. Great show.

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Or if you have a Tivo or other DVR and lots of patience, set it up to record it the next time around... I'm sure they will be repeating it, based on past experience.
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The program is also available to purchase on iTunes for $1.99. Great show.

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any show in this day and age on the internet is not worth paying .01 for. IMO. ex. that torrent (downloading) But atleast itunes doesnt have it at a crazy price.
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any show in this day and age on the internet is not worth paying .01 for.
You don't have to pay if you don't want to.

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