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Originally Posted by ABMW
BMW is also outsourcing some of its parts, and although I'm not familiar enough with the X70 (yet) to know which parts BMW makes and which parts they farm out, I'm going to guess that every automobile company is going to take a close look at their operations.
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The vast majority of all vehicle parts are outsourced by auto manufacturers, e.g., With BMW most, if not all, transmissions are outsourced, and some of their engines are also outsourced. Seat assemblies, alternators, radiators, hoses, injectors, fuel pumps, gauges, radios, glass, carpets, wheels, tires, brakes, etc. Heck, even the assembly of the X3 itself was outsourced.
On the X5, the entire front fender assemblies are apparently outsourced and shipped to the factory as a painted assembly (Page 17 of the attached link):
http://www.bharatbook.com/upload/aut...ufacturers.pdf
02-01-2010, 01:56 PM
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