The BMW Group announces the choice of Leipzig as the site for its new plant at the press conference on 18 July 2001. (07/2021)

Kurt Biedenkopf, Minister President of the Free State of Saxony 20 years ago, speaks at the press conference on 18 July 2001 to announce the decision for Leipzig. (07/2021)

Aerial view of the site on which BMW Group Plant Leipzig now stands, photographed in 2001, before Leipzig was chosen. (07/2021)

After the company’s decision, the site is prepared for construction of BMW Group Plant Leipzig. (07/2021)

BMW plant Leipzig, aerial view (08/2003)

Aerial view of BMW Group Plant Leipzig, photographed in 2017. (07/2021)

Start of series production in the BMW Plant Leipzig. (02/2005)

The one millionth BMW out of BMW Plant Leipzig: the jubilee vehicle rolls off the assembly line. (12/2011)

In 2016 the 2,000,000th BMW from BMW Group Plant Leipzig was a BMW i3 in Protonic Blue. It too was celebrated by Plant Director Hans-Peter Kemser (left), the Lord Mayor of Leipzig, Burkhard Jung, and Works Council Chairman at Plant Leipzig, Jens Köhler (right). (03/2021)

3,000,000 BMWs “made in Leipzig”: The Lord Mayor of Leipzig, Burkhard Jung (left), Plant Director Hans-Peter Kemser (front) and Works Council Chairman at Plant Leipzig, Jens Köhler (right), with the anniversary vehicle, a BMW M240i Convertible in Sunset Orange.

200.000 BMW i3, production at BMW Group plant Leipzig (10/2020)

Production of battery-modules for high-voltage batteries at BMW Group Plant Leipzig (04/2021)

MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 in Leipzig (11/2020)