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21
The year 2006
20/02/2006
Prince Andrew
visits
Rolls-Royce
in Goodwood.
Goodwood. For the first
time, His Royal Highness
theDuke
of York,
Prince
Andrew,
visited the
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
manufacturing plant
and head office in Good-
wood near Chichester.
The Duke of York
arrived in a Rolls-Royce
Phantom and was wel-
comed by the Chairman
and Chief Executive of
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars,
Ian Robertson. During a
tour of the plant, Prince
Andrew was informed
about the production
process: each Phantom
is hand-built.
07/03/2006
BMW plant in Spartanburg
passes the one million mark.
Spartanburg. At the beginning of March, the one
millionth BMW was produced at the BMW plant in
Spartanburg, South Carolina.The jubilee vehicle,
a blue
Z4 M Roadster, remained on the premises
and was handed over to the plant’s Visitor Centre.
Twelve years ago, on 8 September 1994, the
first BMW rolled off the assembly lines in the United
States.The BMW Group has invested more than
2.6 billion US dollars in Spartanburg to date and now
has more than 4,300 employees there.Today, the
Spartanburg plant produces the BMW Z4 models
and the X5 for markets all over the world.
>> 05
>>01 BMW Z4 M Coupé:
without compromise,
purist and extraordinarily
powerful.
>>02 BMW Z4 Coupé:
two-door roadster
with superior chassis,
maximum dynamics and
agility.
>>03 BMW 320si: excel-
lent performance and
exclusive appearance,
combined with the typi-
cal
functionality of the
BMW 3 Series.
>>04 MINI Cooper S
John Cooper WorksGP Kit:
the first series-produced
MINI with just two seats.
>>05
His Royal Highness
the Duke of York,
Prince Andrew, asked
employees about
the production of the
Rolls-Royce Phantom.
>>06 BMW plant in
Spartanburg: at the
beginning of 2006 the
production area was
converted to one-line
production.
>> 06