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BMW to raise its Chinese production
By Yoann Besnard on 1 February 2008 | 
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With a goal to sell 2 million vehicles annually by 2020, BMW has to go where the growth is: in China. After a 42% sales increase last year, the german car maker has announced it will raise its local production by 45% over the next few months.
The current production of 30,000 vehicles will be raised to 44,000 vehicles in the Shenyang factory owned by BMW and the Chinese car maker Brilliance. Chinese media have also reported that the venture planned to build a second factory capable of making 20,000 vehicles per year.The Chinese plant produces the 3-Series and the 5-Series models although BMW sells the whole range on the Chinese market.
Last year, BMW sold 51,588 cars there and expect a similar growth for 2008.
