In Russia, BMW Cars Are Being Assembled From Old Stock. They Charge Millions for the Parts.

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The plant in Kaliningrad, where BMWs were produced before the war in Ukraine, is assembling cars on the sly from leftover parts. What it doesn't have, it replaces with local production.

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Despite sanctions, the new BMW has started production in Russia again. However, the once popular German carmaker is not making a grand comeback, they just found a stock of unused parts in its former factory in Kaliningrad and decided to reuse them. Nevertheless, the Russians are once again presenting this as one of their great automotive victories.