Automotive industry: BMW cancels shifts due to missing parts

Specifically, according to company circles, this will involve the three plants in Regensburg, Leipzig and Oxford. The manufacturer produces its smaller models there, including the British subsidiary Mini series, the 1 and 2 Series models as well as their SUV counterparts X1 and X2 and their electric variants.

This means that the manufacturer's production in Europe is severely affected. Last year, the Regensburg plant was the most important European plant for the group, which is listed in the German leading stock index Dax. With more than 355,000 units produced, it was BMW's second largest single plant after the US plant in Spartanburg. In total, BMW produced more than 2.4 million cars last year.

In Leipzig and Oxford, the company assembled almost 260,000 and 124,000 models respectively in 2025. This means that even individual shift cancellations at the three locations can affect several hundred cars.

The affected models are currently selling well. The compact electric SUV iX1 has seen sales increase by more than 15 percent compared to the previous year, and more than 100,000 of the combustion engine variant have been sold since the beginning of the year. The British subsidiary brand Mini is the only overall brand in the group to show an increase in sales of its models in the first nine months of the year.