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BMW Factory Tours

Did you know that BMW Manufacturing currently produces more than 1,400 vehicles each day? The factory is the global producer of BMW X3, X4, X5 and X6 Sports Activity Vehicles and Coupes (and their variants) to more than 140 global markets. Experience the past, present, and future of BMW in the only BMW museum in North America. From the beginning stages of aviation and motorsports to how BMW maintains its reputation today, you will be awestruck at everything that goes into making the Ultimate Driving Machine. This tour begins with the painted body of the vehicle and ends with the completed vehicle driving out of the plant. From rarities such as the world-renowned Isetta “Bubblecar,” it’s not hard to take inspiration from BMW’s restored classics. After learning about BMW’s past, you can also explore what is current in BMW, including a sneak-peek at their exclusive collection. Additionally, housed right next door at the South Carolina manufacturing plant is the X family of vehicles – a remarkable, up-close-and-personal experience you simply cannot miss! Known for being a living museum, get ready to be amazed by all The Zentrum has to offer. Between innovation and performance, get your backstage pass today for a VIP experience of history and future like no other. Visiting the Zentrum museum is free, tours of the manufacturing facility are available for an additional cost.

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• Days Open: Monday-Friday
• Hours of Operation: 9:30am-5:30pm

Venue Information

Facility info.

• Total Sq. Ft. 28000
• Reception Capacity 400
• Space Notes Auditorium seats 200
• Theatre Capacity 250
• Banquet Capacity 250
• Number of Rooms 2
• Classroom Capacity 60

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BMW WELT AND BMW MUSEUM.

The entire bmw brand world. a truly unique experience in two unique buildings..

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Opening hours building + parking garage:

• Monday to Saturday 7:30 am - 00:00 midnight
• Sundays and holidays 9:00 am - 00:00 midnight

Please note that BMW Welt is closed from Sunday, May 12th to Thursday, May 16th at 10:00 a.m.

Please note that our vehicles are serviced in the showroom from 09:00 to 18:00. For a personal consultation with a BMW Genius, book a free appointment in advance.

Please note that the cash payment option for tickets for admissions, guided tours and workshops is not possible at BMW Welt.

Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm (last admission at 5:30 pm). 

Changed opening hours on the following days:

• Monday, 20 th of May: 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
• Friday, 25 th of July: 01:00 pm – 06:00 pm

Please note that the cash payment option for tickets for admission, guided tours and workshops is not possible at BMW Museum.

At the BMW Museum you can pay by credit card, debit card, Apple or Googlepay or buy your ticket online.

Please note that the BMW Welt parking gaarage is closed from Sunday, May 12th to Thursday, May 16th at 10:00 a.m. The Parkharp in the Olympic Park is available for parking.

SHOP OPENING HOURS.

BMW Welt Lifestyle & Accessory Shop.

The BMW Welt Lifestyle & Accessory Shop is open from Monday to Sunday from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm.­ 

BMW Museum Shop.

The BMW Museum Shop is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm. 

RESTAURANT OPENING HOURS.

M1 Bistro – BMW Museum. The M1 Bistro at BMW Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 am to 06:00 pm. 

Cooper's Garden – BMW Welt.

Cooper's Garden by Käfer at BMW Welt is open from Monday to Sunday from 08.30 am to 06.00 pm. Warm dishes until 04.00 pm.

Bikers Lodge - BMW Welt.

We are happy to welcome you Monday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 05.30 pm.

Restaurant Bavarie in the BMW Welt. We are looking forward to welcome you in the restaurant Bavarie from Monday to Saturday from 12:00 noon to 03:00 pm and from Tuesday to Saturday from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Please not that restaurant Bavarie is closed on Sundays and public holidays. 

Restaurant EssZimmer in the BMW Welt. Please note that the Restaurant EssZimmer is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 07:00 pm to midnight. Please note that restaurant EssZimmer is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

OTHER OPENING HOURS.

"The Campus" at BMW Welt. 

"The Campus" is open from Monday to Sunday from 09:00 am to 06:00 pm. Numerous workshops for children, young people & families can be booked. Details can be found  here .

Junior Museum at BMW Museum. The Junior Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm. Numerous workshops for children, young people & families can be booked. Details can be found  here .

Admission to BMW Welt is free.­ ­

Please note the parking garage fees:­

• 15 minutes free of charge­
• 2.50 EUR per hour­
• 19.00 EUR daily maximum

Parking garage notice:  From Friday (March 8th) to Tuesday (March 12th), the parking area P2 in the parking garage will be closed. As an alternative parking option, the parking area in the Olympiapark is available.

Book guided tours

Please note that the cash payment option for tickets for admissions, guided tours and workshops is not possible at BMW Welt .

Permanent Exhibitions and Temporary Exhibitions:

• Single Ticket: 10.00 EUR
• Reduced*: 7.00 EUR
• Group (min. 5 people) per person: 9.00 EUR
• Family (max. 2 adults and 3 children under 18 years of age): 24.00 ­EUR

Admission Tickets BMW Museum

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All prices include VAT.

Please note that animals are unfortunately not allowed in the BMW Museum.

Access for children under 14 years is only permitted if accompanied by an adult.

The ticket is valid for five hours.

If you have booked a guided tour in the BMW Museum, admission is included.  Please note that tickets for group tours can only be sold at the counter.

Please note: tickets are excluded from exchange, return and partial refund.

*Apprentices, students (7 to 27 years, children 6 years or younger have free entry); seniors (over 65 years of age or with proof of retirement); visitors with disabilities (registered accompanying person free of charge); individuals during a gap year of social or environmental service; job seekers; BMW Card (credit card) and BMW Premium Card (credit card) holders; official BMW clubs. Discounted admission is also available upon presentation of a daily ticket from the Olympic Tower or Gray Line Bus.

Extra discounts are also available on site for the MGV (Munich Tourist Guide Association), the BVGD (German National Tourist Guide Association) as well as journalists (with press pass).

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Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

MINI Cooper SE: Power consumption combined: - (NEDC) / 15,03 – 14,09 kWh/100 km (WLTP); CO2 emissions combined: 0 g/km*.

* The figures are expected figures that have not yet been officially confirmed.

BMW X7 xDrive40d: Fuel consumption in l/100 km (combined): - (NEDC) / 8.6-7.8 (WLTP); CO2 emissions in g/km (combined): - (NEFZ) / 225-203 (WLTP)

Official data on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, electric consumption and electric range were determined in accordance with the mandatory measurement procedure and comply with Regulation (EU) 715/2007 valid at the time of type approval. In case of a range, figures in the NEDC take into account differences in the selected wheel and tire size; figures in the WLTP take into account any optional equipment.WLTP values are used for assessing taxes and other vehicle-related charges that are (also) based on CO2 emissions, as well as for the purposes of vehicle-specific subsidies, if applicable. Where applicable, the NEDC values listed were calculated based on the new WLTP measurement procedure and then converted back to the NEDC measurement procedure for comparability reasons. For vehicles type-approved after 01.01.2021 only WLTP values officially exist. For more information on the WLTP and NEDC measurement procedures, see  www.mini.de/de_DE/home/footer/wltp.html  or  www.bmw.de/nefz-wltp-vergleich .

For more information on the official fuel consumption and official specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars, see the ‘Guide to Fuel ConsumptionCO2 Emissions, and Electricity Consumption of New Passenger Cars’, which is available free of charge at all sales outlets, from Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH (DAT), Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen, and at  https://www.dat.de/co2/ .

FURTHER INFORMATION.

Reservation.

You can conveniently reserve your table online here. If you cannot find any more available dates online, please contact the Restaurant Esszimmer directly by phone at +49 89 35 89 91 814 .

Let us navigate you to the Restaurant Esszimmer here .

The Restaurant EssZimmer will be open again from Wednesday, August 31 from Tuesday to Saturday from 19:00 to 00:00.

Please note that the Restaurant EssZimmer is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

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The most important questions about your plant tour

General questions.

Tickets for the Plant Tour Leipzig are available in the ticket shop . Please note that all tickets for guided tours must be purchased in advance. There is no ticket counter on site. Tickets can be purchased three months before the respective tour date. If you are planning a visit for a longer period of time and the desired period is not yet bookable, please register on our waiting list .

Tickets for the Plant Tour Berlin are available in the ticket shop . Please note that all tickets for guided tours must be purchased in advance. There is no ticket counter on site. Tickets can be purchased three months before the respective tour date. If you are planning a visit for a longer period of time and the desired period is not yet bookable, please register on our waiting list .

Tickets for the Plant Tour Oxford are available in the ticket shop . Please note that all tickets for guided tours must be purchased in advance. There is no ticket counter on site. Tickets can be purchased three months before the respective tour date. If you are planning a visit for a longer period of time and the desired period is not yet bookable, please register on our waiting list .

Here you will find all the information you need about purchasing tickets at the BMW Museum and BMW Welt München.

You will find information on the ticket costs for your chosen factory tour in our ticket shop . If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our staff by sending an email to [email protected]

All information about your visit to the BMW Group Plant Munich can be found here .

Reduced prices apply to children and pupils under 18, apprentices, students, severely disabled persons, unemployed, pensioners and BMW Clubs. BMW Group employees receive a reduced price on single tickets.

A transfer of the ticket to another person is possible up to two days before the booked date. Please inform our booking centre in advance of the name change in writing by e-mail to [email protected] .

Tickets can be cancelled free of charge or rebooked for another date up to 14 days before the booked date, after which the full ticket price will be charged as a cancellation fee. If you wish to change or cancel a booked tour, please contact our ticket shop at [email protected] .

In exceptional cases, tours that have already been booked may be curtailed or cancelled for operational reasons. In this case, the price of your guided tour will of course be refunded in full.

Should it not be possible to conduct a tour due to official orders, the BMW Group reserves the right to cancel the tour.

The cancellation conditions for the BMW Museum and BMW Welt Munich can be found here .

For safety reasons, children under the age of 7 are not permitted to take part in the guided plant tours, and children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult. An accompanying person may look after a maximum of five children at the same time. The BMW Group offers school classes the opportunity to visit selected plants in specially tailored tours. If you are interested, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected] .

For safety reasons, children under the age of 14 are not permitted to take part in the plant tours. 

The BMW Group offers school classes the opportunity to visit selected plants in specially tailored tours. If you are interested, please send an email to [email protected] .

Children under the age of 14 are not allowed to enter the factory premises. Children under 16 years may only enter the factory premises if accompanied by an adult.

The BMW Group currently offers public tours at several locations. Three locations are in Germany: Berlin, Leipzig and Munich. A fourth location with the option of a public plant tour is in Oxford (United Kingdom).

Not all BMW Group production and assembly sites offer public plant tours. The BMW Group plants in Dingolfing, Landshut, Regensburg and Steyr, for example, are so-called target group locations that offer their tour formats for trade visitors and special formats. Guided tours are therefore not bookable.

The public factory tours are offered in German and English. For safety reasons, tour guests should understand the language of the respective tour or have an interpreter present.

Tickets can usually be booked three months in advance. If you are planning a visit in the longer term and the desired period is not yet available for booking, please register on our waiting list . We will then inform you as soon as the period is available for booking.

Please note: Unfortunately, no guided tours can be offered at the Berlin plant during the months of July, August and September.

You can find all information about your arrival here .

We recommend travelling by public transport: The bus and underground station “Haselhorst” is only a three-minute walk from the main entrance at Gate 1. You can find all information about your arrival here .

Parking spaces for passenger cars can be found in front of the entrance to the central building. Please make sure to park only in the appropriately marked parking spaces for guests. Parking spaces for coaches can be provided, subject to prior notification via the booking centre .

You will find public parking spaces for cars in Zitadellenweg. Due to the limited number of parking spaces, we recommend travelling to the plant by public transport: The underground station “Haselhorst” is only a few minutes’ walk away. Parking spaces for motorbike groups and coaches can be reserved by prior arrangement via the booking centre .

Parking spaces for coaches can be reserved in advance via the booking centre . No reservation is possible for cars. Sufficient public car parking spaces are available and are signposted on site.

Group tours

A group can consist of up to 15 participants. Groups of up to 30 participants will be divided between two guides.

A group can consist of up to 15 participants. Larger groups are divided among several guides. 

Group tours are exclusive tours for the participants of your group only and can be booked directly through our ticket shop

Individual requests can be made by emailing [email protected] . For group requests, please let us know the number of participants and your preferred date, and we will try to enable said request or suggest alternatives.

Persons using pacemakers must avoid the body shop as there is electromagnetic radiation in these areas. The stations can be skipped during the tour without any problems. Before visiting the factory, please contact the booking centre .

For a full tour experience visitors will receive audio guides with headphones. Wearing the headphones is mandatory. If you are unable to wear headphones for health reasons, please contact the booking centre before visiting the plant.

Persons using pacemakers or insulin pumps must avoid certain areas, but may still participate in the plant tour. Before visiting the factory, please contact the booking centre .

Tours are not suitable for pregnant people or persons with an electronical medical implant (e.g. pacemakers, insulin pumps, etc.)

Assistive listening technology can be provided for individuals with reduced ranges of hearing (Inductive Neck Loops).

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY

The tour is suitable for wheelchair users.

The tour is wheelchair accessible, but it is necessary that the person in the wheelchair can board a bus independently. Upon arrival of the bus, we will provide a foldable wheelchair for the duration of the tour, you can leave your own wheelchair at the Visitor Center. No electric wheelchair may be brought along. Whether your own wheelchair can be taken along, can only be checked on site (subject to availability, must be able to be lifted into the bus). An accompanying person will have to push the wheelchair during the tour; carers have free entry. Please note that you can use the toilets only at the beginning and/or at the end of the tour.

Our shop is located directly at Gate 1 – this is also the meeting point at the beginning of the tours.

The BMW Lifestyle Shop is located in the central building of the BMW Group Plant Leipzig.

Visit the MINI Online Shop: shop.mini.co.uk

All information about your visit and purchase at the BMW Group Plant Munich can be found here .

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BMW unveils 2025 i4 with a reimagined gloss black front end and sportier digitized interior

BMW USA has shared initial details of its 2025 model year i4 EV ahead of the all-electric sedan’s official launch this summer. Updates include a redesigned front fascia (all hail the kidney!), new exterior colors, and a digitized interior with sportier textiles.

The BMW i4 debuted as a 2022 model-year sedan, which we at Electrek have had the chance to test out multiple times (with mostly nice things to say about it). It’s not the flashiest or most powerful of the BMW “i” line of BEVs and has been updated with lower specs to make it one of the German automaker’s most affordable models.

In fact, the version of the i4 before today’s incoming 2025 model is BMW’s most affordable EV lease option . Last summer, we saw BMW introduce a new variant of the 2024 i4 called xDrive40, positioned between the dual-motor i4 M50 and the single-motor i4 eDrive40.

Today, BMW USA has begun teasing its 2025 i4 models, including a redesigned M50 xDrive.

BMW shares new 2025 i4 details, just no pricing yet

Per BMW USA, the 2025 model year versions of the i4 BEVs have received cosmetic updates inside and out. The German automaker states the sedan’s slim headlights and vertical kidney grille have been refreshed. The former sees adaptive single LED modules that generate a “Welcome Light” animation when the drive gets within ten feet.

The latter gains a new matte chrome finish and its upper section has been fully enclosed to further showcase its high-gloss black finish (seen above). The M Sport package of the 2025 BMW i4 now also includes a lower diffuser in the rear bumper, finished in high-gloss black to match its air intakes on the front fascia. Those elements were Cerium Grey in previous i4 models .

New exterior colors have been added as configurable options, including Cape York Green metallic and Vegas Red metallic. Future 2025 BMW i4 customers will also be able to select from several new alloy wheel options, including 19-inch M Aero bi-color wheels available in the M Sport package.

Inside the 2025 i4, BMW said it focused on providing digitalization and “a sharper sporting profile.” A new QuickSelect feature in iDrive reduces the number of physical buttons in the cockpit, and additional features can be activated via touch on the sedan’s center display, including climate control and seat/steering wheel heating. Here are some more deets, per the release:

The new BMW i4 and new BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe are fitted as standard with sport seats in perforated Sensatec. Vernasca leather trim with decorative quilting is available in five colors, including the new bi-color Black with Red Highlight. 2025 BMW i4s and new BMW 4 Series Gran Coupes come standard with a two-spoke steering wheel with polygonal rim and illuminated multifunction buttons. Adding the M Sport Package now brings an M leather steering wheel in a three-spoke design with a flat-bottomed rim and a black center stripe marking the 12 o’clock position. The three-spoke M leather steering wheel standard on the i4 M50 xDrive and M440i models additionally features M tricolor stitching and a red stripe at top dead center.

The new EVs will arrive powered by BMW Operating System 8.5, which will enable updated cloud-based BMW Maps navigation and more holistic access to the My BMW App. Two elements BMW’s press release lacks are any mention of upgrades to the 2025 i4’s performance and what its variants will cost when they launch.

The automaker says pricing will be announced soon, ahead of the official launch of the 2025 i4 in July 2024. The BEVs continue to be built near BMW’s headquarters in Munich, Germany. Here’s a look at the European version of the i4 while we await more details.

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