BMW investing $600M in South Carolina plant

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — German luxury automaker BMW plans to invest $600 million and add 1,000 workers through 2021 at its sprawling plant in Spartanburg, S.C. to prepare for production of X models, including the redesigned X3. The investments solidify the future of the company’s largest plant globally, which produced an all-time record 411,000 units in 2016 after 23 years in operation. The plant, which now has more than 9,000 employees, exported about 70 per cent of the vehicles it made last year. The latest model to be made at the plant is the redesigned, third-generation X3, which debuted Monday.