The new 2011 BMW X3 is slowly go a highly successful vehicle for BMW. The Spartanburg-built premium SAV has shown strong sales over the course of last months with 5,982 units sold globally just last calendar month, a 95 percentage increment over yr-get figures.

In the United States, the company reported 1,987 X3 units sold in Feb, 466 pct increment for the same calendar month in 2010.

On Monday, the visitor announced their plants to invest an additional $100 1000000 into its South Carolina operation due to a high-demand for X3 knocked-down "kits" destined for consign.

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According to Greenville Online, markets for the kits oasis't withal been announced.

The conclusion to export knocked-down X3s is purely a business organization decision, said BMW Manufacturing spokesman Max Metcalf.

The kits — with body parts built in Greer and with final packaging by the Syncreon logistics firm in its Duncan facility — would likely be sent to markets in which duties on finished products are unusually high or regulations assuasive the finished goods into the market are complex, complicated and burdensome.

Virtually four,000 semi-knocked-down painted bodies volition be shipped this year as kits, the company said.

The investment will be spent primarily on the facility and productivity, Metcalf said.

Currently no new employment is under consideration in conjunction with the conclusion to export kits besides as finished X3, X5 and X6 vehicles from the Greer plant.

The company is expected to release more than details on the new investment shortly.

For the new X3 production, BMW Group has already invested $750 million in the South Carolina plant, its largest investment in Southward Carolina to date.