Leipzig Wins New Work

BMW AG’s Leipzig, Germany, plant gets the nod as the site for production of the upcoming X1, which will slot below the X3 in the German auto maker’s growing cross/utility vehicle lineup.

BMW is in the midst of a more than €100 million ($155 million) investment to upgrade the Leipzig plant, with most of that earmarked for a new stamping line to launch at the end of 2009.

A portion of the money will be spent on expanding the body shop to accommodate door, hood and trunk-lid production.

Leipzig currently assembles 700 3- and 1-Series cars daily.