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Ian Robertson, the BMW board member, discussed some of the hottest topics that revolve around the Bavarian brand at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show. Naturally, the first thing everybody wants to know is how will BMW deal with Donald Trump’s taxes on cars manufactured in Mexico.
A quick reminder: Trump said the “BMW would waste its time and money” with a Mexico plant, as there will be a 35% border tax.
What did Robertson say to that?
We’re building capacity there which will supply cars to many countries in the world. Mexico is additional capacity. The beauty of BMW is, we are very flexible in the sense we can change things to suit requirements as and when they develop.
On the topic of the X family development, he mentioned the X7 luxury SUV:
We’ve got more (luxury utes) than anyone else. We started this trend with the X5. I think we’re filling every potential niche, and we’re increasing our capacity all around the world on those particular products equally.
