BMW SA ends production of third-generation X3, gears up for new model in October

BMW Group South Africa (BMW SA) has halted production of the third-generation X3 at its Rosslyn plant, in Pretoria, and will now gear up for production of the new-generation model. The last vehicle in the current series, which has been shipped to a customer in Germany, was produced at the end of August, with a total of 403 114 X3s rolling off the assembly line at the local plant over a seven-year period.