BMW X3

Replying to: markcincinnati (Jul 29, 2006 7:46 am)

Re: roaring.
 
No, I was not pulling anyone's leg. Juanchypr frequently punctuated his car reviews with the term "roaring", and I didn't know what exactly he was trying to describe! Did he mean the vehicle had wind noise, engine noise, a healthy engine tone, or was it an affectionate reference to the vehicle's machismo?!

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Replying to: bargamon (Jul 29, 2006 7:53 am)

"..don't do drugs, don't drink or party. Never paid for a prostitute and don't gamble"
 
So...I guess your Friday nights are pretty quiet then!

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Replying to: bodble2 (Jul 29, 2006 9:41 am)

Hey Bodble2
 
Driving an Acura TL, you never going to feel what is the "roaring" and its not a "machismo".
Is when you start your car in the mornings and you can not do it with the garage door close, due to vibration that the compression of the motor created hitting in the door, or when you depart from a red light, in from of the pack with a very nice background of your motor.
 
Also, I not in love with my X3. People that enter on this forum the same that I did from the ends of 2003, is looking for commnets about a car that they want to buy or that they or really have, and want to know about too differents topics about the car.
 
At the beggining of the launch of the X3, most of the owners have problems with creaking doors, panoramic roof, black bumpers, interior design to cheap, but you never hear about mention problems with motors,, transmissions, CV joints, brakes, power sterring, thats mean that the car is realiable.
 
If the X3 is not a reliable car, take a look of this new;
 
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps...NESS/607290308
 
numbers talk by itself.
 
Thank you Mark to understand my words between lines,
Bargamon, also my wife drive is a 05/04 2004 Toyota Sienna LE, that is another kind of car with extremelly good realiable, and lot of fun driving it.
 
 

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Replying to: driver100 (Jul 29, 2006 12:28 pm)

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060729/BUSINESS/607- 290308
 
BMW could move X3 production to Greer
Demand for SUV has automaker weighing options, according to reports
 
Published: Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 6:00 am
 
  
By Jenny Munro
STAFF WRITER
jmunrogreenvillenews.com
 
BMW could move production of its X3 SUV to the Greer assembly plant within four years, a European trade publication reports.
 
Automotive News Europe reports that the German automaker is considering a couple of scenarios when it launches production of the second-generation X3 in about 2010.
 
The X3, the smaller of the company's SUVs, is presently assembled in Austria on a contractual agreement with Magna Steyr.
 
Production of the X3 could move to the United States and Germany from Austria -- and could conceivably be built solely at BMW Manufacturing Co. in Greer, according to Automotive News Europe.
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Plans are for a peak annual production of more than 160,000 units for the second-generation X3, according to Automotive News Europe.
 
BMW, which implemented a single assembly line this year, now has the capacity to produce about 590 vehicles a day, up from about 500 a day with separate lines for the X5 and Z4 roadster.
 
BMW Manufacturing spokeswoman Bunny Richardson said capacity, with normal shifts, probably is about 140,000 vehicles.
 
In 2003, the company produced more than 166,000 vehicles, meeting a request that it take up some of the slack when German plants were being renovated.
 
"It's speculative," Richardson said. "There have been discussions. The plant has not been directed in any way. There are no timetables on any of this."
 
It is not, however, a new concept.
 
Norbert Reithofer, who will become head of BMW AG on Sept. 1, said in 2003 that Greer "is the plant we're thinking of" when the X3's initial life cycle of about seven years is completed.
 
Richardson said splitting production would not be unusual, with the local plant assembling vehicles for the North American market and Germany producing vehicles for the European market.
 
That's the way initial production at the Greer plant began, with workers here building a 3 Series car for sale domestically.
 
BMW is leaning toward putting a third of its X3 production in the United States and two-thirds in Regensburg, according to Automotive News Europe.
 
Reithofer, who currently is the board member responsible for worldwide manufacturing, also announced three years ago that the local plant would produce the second-generation X5 when the time came for that launch.
 
Bobby Hitt, manager of public relations for the BMW plant, has said he expects the 4,500 employees to begin production of the second-generation X5 this year or in early 2007.
 
When Reithofer was visiting the Upstate, he said the plant could become the home of a third model and could expand to production of more than 200,000 vehicles. The Greer plant has been named the home of a new coupe-like crossover model, expected about 2008.
 
During a media briefing earlier this week with Helmut Panke, the current chairman, Reithofer told Boersen-Zeitung that if a production expansion were to come about, production at the Greer plant could increase from the current 140,000 units to about 200,000. However, he gave no timetable for an expansion.
 
"We are going to continue the successful journey of the BMW Group," Reithofer said, declining to speculate on production shifts of the X3.
 
The X3 has been a big seller since its launch in 2004. The company originally planned to sell about 40,000 X3s a year, but demand was higher. Magna Steyr built 112,800 units in 2004, the first full production year, according to the magazine.
 
The peak U.S. sales year for X3s was 2004, the year it was introduced and sold 34,604 units. Competition from other markets has held down the number sold in the United States, BMW officials have said.
  
 

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Replying to: juanchypr (Jul 29, 2006 10:07 am)

Hey juanchypr, I still don't know what the hell point you're trying to make. Am I missing something here? Is there some kind of secret BMW lingo, or is it just you?
 
"vibration that the compression of the motor created hitting in the door" ?? For the love of Christ, get a hold of yourself!!

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Replying to: bodble2 (Jul 29, 2006 4:41 pm)

"Of course, my lake house near the skis slope don't suck either!"
 
Yes, no doubt. But then again, my condo and resort club membership smack in the middle of one of the top-ranked ski resorts in North America also serve me nicely!!

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Replying to: juanchypr (Jul 29, 2006 3:07 pm)

BMW could move X3 production to Greer
 
Thank you Juan, I got to the sight this time and it was very interesting. First, I had no idea they were planning on making X5's and 3's in North America, and second and more important, looks like the X3 won't get a model change until 2010, which is quite a ways off.
I bought a fairly standard version because I was a little hesitant and it seemed expensive to me at the time, almost double the cost of a Jeep. If I could do it again I would get a lot more options. I probably would come out ahead because I would want to keep the car for another year or two or more, so I wouldn't take as much of a hit in depreciation and taxes etc.