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      08-12-2024, 03:43 PM   #1
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Check your new order (UK)

Hello all how can I check the order state of my new X3 build with order number in the UK.
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      08-12-2024, 05:09 PM   #2
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Hello all how can I check the order state of my new X3 build with order number in the UK.
Contact BMW genius via live chat from the BMW UK website.

UK G45’s are from South Africa Rosslyn plant, not USA.
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      08-13-2024, 10:42 AM   #3
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Contact BMW genius via live chat from the BMW UK website.

UK G45’s are from South Africa Rosslyn plant, not USA.

Thank you for that.
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      08-18-2024, 03:44 AM   #4
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Contact BMW genius via live chat from the BMW UK website.

UK G45’s are from South Africa Rosslyn plant, not USA.
I queried this with the 'Genius' and was told that my M50 would come from Spartanburg.
Who knows ???
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I queried this with the 'Genius' and was told that my M50 would come from Spartanburg.
Who knows ???
Once you have a VIN it will confirm the plant origin.

I believe USA plant will produce G45 first, but Rosslyn SA is defo where most UK G01's came from recently apart from hybrid and BEV. Rosslyn SA will also produce UK bound G45's, including the Hybrid, which will cease production in USA. China was the origin of the G01 based BEV.

In terms of build quality and QA, the USA made X3's have been pretty hit and miss. Wish BMW would move production to Germany.

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Once you have a VIN it will confirm the plant origin.



In terms of build quality and QA, the USA made X3's have been pretty hit and miss. Wish BMW would move production to Germany.
Hate to hear that - we've got a 2021 m40i and 2024 x3mc and couldn't be happier w/ USA builds.
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Once you have a VIN it will confirm the plant origin.

I believe USA plant will produce G45 first, but Rosslyn SA is defo where most UK G01's came from recently apart from hybrid and BEV. Rosslyn SA will also produce UK bound G45's, including the Hybrid, which will cease production in USA. China was the origin of the G01 based BEV.

In terms of build quality and QA, the USA made X3's have been pretty hit and miss. Wish BMW would move production to Germany.
M50 are USA exclusive for all markets.

While my SA build 2020 X3 was perfect in any aspect, my wifes SA build 2024 X3 LCI had various minor flaws.
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M50 are USA exclusive for all markets.

While my SA build 2020 X3 was perfect in any aspect, my wifes SA build 2024 X3 LCI had various minor flaws.
You’re replying to my post from August, and exclusive model production plant wasn’t clear at the time.

I think it’s just poor BMW QC period. Maybe a reflection of cost cutting in terms of lowering the bar a car must reach to pass QC.

A recent poster has issues with his M50 body panel alignment, and it appears other G45’s at the dealership also exhibited similar issues when it was returned for assessment.

https://g45.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2141953

It’s a lottery but my personal experience of German assembled models I’ve had, compared to US assembled models I had. The later exhibited more QC related issues.

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Contact BMW genius via live chat from the BMW UK website.

UK G45’s are from South Africa Rosslyn plant, not USA.
No, they are not from SA. You commented on my previous post about this, so you already knew that they are coming from US.
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No, they are not from SA. You commented on my previous post about this, so you already knew that they are coming from US.
Lol, you’re replying to my post from 12 August, and at that point it wasn’t clear that M50 would be exclusively Spartanburg and 30e exclusively Rosslyn, which apparently it is at present.

I don't know where the UK 20i and 20d will be made, but some UK models will be assembled in South Africa, as in the OP’s hybrid 30e order.

https://www.bmwblog.com/2024/10/05/2...-south-africa/

“It’s barely been a month since BMW ended production of the X3 “G01” in South Africa. On October 1, its successor, the “G45”, hit the assembly line. Plant Rosslyn will be the only factory in the world to produce the plug-in hybrid model, the X3 30e xDrive. The first vehicle to roll off the assembly line was built for an export market, specifically a right-hand-drive country.”

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