MEGA FACTORIES

The first factory, in the Bavarian heartland of Landshut, Germany, casts the automotive industry’s first magnesium composite crankcase, which results in the world’s lightest six-cylinder crankcase. The second factory is in Munich, Germany which takes the lightweight crankcase and precision assembles a 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder engine that delivers 255 horsepower. The lean German muscle is then shipped to a third factory – in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA. This last plant is a forerunner in environmental innovation, being the world's first...