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23-637: The plant is the largest production site of the BMW Group in Europe. The origins of the BMW Group's Dingolfing plant go back to the former Hans Glas GmbH , which had been based in Dingolfing since 1905. In 1967 BMW took over Hans Glas, in 1968 the production of chassis parts and motorcycle parts for BMWs began, production of the Goggomobil continued until 1969. On November 9, 1970, the foundation stone

46-502: A manual clutch . The engine was behind the rear wheels. Suspension was independent all round using coil springs with swing axles. 214,313 sedans, 66,511 coupés, and 3,667 Transporter vans and pickups were built from 1955 to 1969. The Goggomobil T250 was introduced by Glas at the 1954 IFMA international bicycle and motorcycle show. The T250 was a conventional-looking two door sedan with a rear-mounted 245 cc air-cooled two-stroke straight twin engine. Design changes were made to

69-419: A financer becoming Glas & Lohn and changed its brand name from Bavaria to Isaria; the partnership ended in 1911. 1908 Glas production moved to Dingolfing to overcome the mandatory rule which forbade non-local factories from participating in the important local agricultural machine exposition. The new factory started with 150 seed drills per year. The production count rose each year. 1920 Glas Werke AG became

92-684: A producer of motor scooters, then automobiles. It was purchased by BMW in 1966, mainly to gain access to Glas's patents; they were the first to use a timing belt with an overhead camshaft in an automotive application. Its limited model range was shortly phased out by its new parent. Mechanic Andreas Glas (born 1857, son of Maurus who founded the first agricultural machinery factory in Bavaria in Freising in 1860) founded his own repair company for agricultural machines in 1883 in Pilsting . He named

115-475: A record production of 376,580 vehicles was achieved (2016: 339,769 vehicles). In May 2022, The plant increased production of fifth-generation electric motor, high voltage batteries and battery modules for use in BMW iX and BMW i4 . The BMW Group Plant Dingolfing was created by the takeover of Hans Glas GmbH in 1967. The former Glas plant became plant 02.10. at km 27.7 at km 25.8 A special feature of this plant

138-589: A share company partnering with Stumm Group. 1924 Hans Glas (1890-†1969) became CEO of Glas Werke AG. 1931 failure of the Stumm Group. 1933 Hans Glas bought Glas Werke by the shareholders After World War II , the market for seed drills was declining, and the company began building little carrows and later working machines for bakers along with seed drills. 1949 Glas Werke becomes a family company renamed Hans Glas GmbH (Ltd) involving son Andreas (1923-†1990) and daughter Hertha. Glas were known for small cars like

161-588: Is the commuter bus service, which brings employees from large parts of Lower Bavaria, parts of the Upper Palatinate and Upper Bavaria to Dingolfing. This was introduced to reduce the traffic load on the small town of Dingolfing with its 18,000 inhabitants. 320 buses bring 13,000 employees to Dingolfing. They cover 43,000 kilometers per day. At the BMW Group Dingolfing plant, more than ten models from five series are currently being made. With

184-507: The BMW 1500 . The popular four-door compact's success exhausted the production capacity of the Munich plant. In 1966 the management decided to buy Glas and absorb the Glas model line. Most of Glas' existing lineup was retired, while some models ended up being badged as BMWs until the company was fully absorbed. It was reputed that the acquisition was mainly to gain access to Glas' development of

207-485: The Goggomobil . However, in 1964 the company introduced the Glas 1300GT coupe and later the 1700GT. The body was designed by Pietro Frua . However competition, mostly from British cars, was tough and in 1966 they released the 2600GT powered by a SOHC V8 engine , with a volume just under 2.6 litres. However this didn't help and later the same year the company was sold to BMW . The Glas models were kept in production by BMW, but fitted with BMW engines. The Glas 1300 GT coupe

230-547: The BMW 530e and the BMW 740e, two models with plug-in hybrid drive, as well as the new BMW iX Series are manufactured at the Dingolfing plant. 48°38′58″N 12°28′17″E  /  48.64932°N 12.47142°E  / 48.64932; 12.47142 Glas (company) Hans Glas GmbH is a former German automotive company, which was based in Dingolfing . Originally a maker of farm machinery, Glas evolved first into

253-495: The Glas range, including all of the outdated microcars. In the late 1960s BMW shut down Glas and built entirely new production facilities, which would eventually become an important production site. In June 1969, the final Glas vehicle, a Goggomobil, rolled off the production line. As of 2008 , BMW's Dingolfing branch is BMW's largest factory in Europe, with 22,000 workers producing 5 , 6 and 7 Series cars and as well as bodies for Rolls-Royce . Goggomobil Goggomobil

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276-472: The T sedan. Total production of TS coupes was 66,511. The specifications of a 1957 Goggomobil TS 300 Coupe are: A TS300 coupé tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1957 had a top speed of 59.2 mph (95.3 km/h) and could accelerate from 0 to 50 mph (80 km/h) in 27.9 seconds. A fuel consumption of 50.5 miles per imperial gallon (5.59 L/100 km; 42.1 mpg ‑US )

299-636: The T250 in 1957. Two windshield wipers were used instead of the earlier single wiper, and the sliding windows in the doors were changed to wind-up windows. Also, at this time the T300 and T400 became available; these had larger engines of 300 cc and 400 cc capacity respectively. The last design change for the T sedan came in 1964, when the rear-hinged suicide doors were replaced by conventional front-hinged doors. 214,313 sedans were built before production ended on 30 June 1969. The Goggomobil TS 2+2 coupe

322-543: The company Andreas Glas, Reparaturwerkstätte für landwirtschaftliche Maschinen mit Dampfbetrieb (in English : Andreas Glas, repair-shop for steam-powered agricultural machines). During the summer periods about 16 people worked for him. In 1905 Andreas Glas' company built their first crop sowing machines ( seed drill ). He then had sufficient work to employ all his employees during the winters. The production of seed drills rose from year to year: 1906 Andreas Glas partnered with

345-523: The steel bodies of their German counterparts. Australian production totalled approximately 5,000 units. The Goggomobil reentered the Australian consciousness in the 1990s when it featured in a widely-quoted advertisement for the Yellow Pages telephone directory. A man (actor Tommy Dysart ) was calling many workshops looking for parts for his Goggomobil, with most people hanging up thinking it

368-457: The timing belt with an overhead camshaft in automotive applications, although some saw Glas' Dingolfing plant as another incentive. However, this factory was outmoded and BMW's biggest immediate gain was, according to themselves, a stock of highly qualified engineers and other personnel. The Glas factory began the manufacture of BMW front and rear axles until they could be modernized and fully incorporated into BMW. BMW immediately retired most of

391-731: Was a series of microcars produced by Hans Glas in the Bavarian town of Dingolfing between 1955 and 1969. Glas produced three models on the Goggomobil platform : the Goggomobil T sedan , the Goggomobil TS coupe , and the Goggomobil TL van . The engine was an air-cooled, two-stroke, two-cylinder unit originally displacing 250 cc, but later available in increased sizes of 300 cc and 400 cc. It had an electric pre-selective transmission built by Getrag and

414-941: Was available as an enclosed van with double back doors or as a pickup with a tailgate to the open bed. Transporter pickups were often used by municipal services as snowplows or street sweepers. 3,667 Transporter vans and pickups were produced. Goggomobils were exported to the United States. These were special export versions, with the 400 cc engine, an automatic gasoline-oil mixer, and 7-inch (180 mm) sealed-beam headlights as required by US regulations. Between 1957 and 1961 some 700 sports cars called Goggomobil Darts were produced by Buckle Motors Pty Ltd in Sydney , Australia . Other Goggomobil models were also produced under licence, including saloon , coupe , coupe-convertible and light van variants. These were fitted with Australian-produced fibreglass bodies in place of

437-598: Was fitted with a 1.6-litre BMW engine and renamed BMW 1600 GT. BMW also fitted a 3-litre engine and named it 3000 GT. This model kept the Glas name, but had a BMW logo in the front and rear. In 1968 BMW created their own large coupe, the BMW 2500 CS, and this meant the end for Glas. 277 copies of 2600 GT were made and 389 of the 3000 GT. In 1951 Andreas Glas (1923-1990), son of Hans Glas, saw the Vespa scooter from Piaggio in an agricultural machines exposition in Verona , Italy. He

460-606: Was introduced at the 1957 IFMA show alongside the improved T sedan. It was available as the TS250, the TS300, and the TS400, the number reflecting the approximate engine size in cubic centimeters. The only major design change to the TS coupe was the change from rear-hinged suicide doors to front-hinged conventional doors in 1964. The TS coupe was always ten to twenty percent more expensive than

483-410: Was laid for vehicle plant 02.40; on September 27, 1973, the first BMW 5 Series left the production line. Since then, more than ten million BMW vehicles have been produced at the Dingolfing plant. The factory produces up to 1,600 BMW automobiles a day, as well as bodyshells for all Rolls-Royce models. In addition, chassis and drive components as well as pressed parts are manufactured on site. In 2017,

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506-576: Was recorded. The test car cost £625 including taxes of £209 on the UK market. The specifications of a 1958 Goggomobil TS 250 Coupe are: The Goggomobil Transporter, or Goggomobil TL, was introduced at the 1956 IFMA show. The Transporter was built largely at the request of the German Federal Postal Service, which procured more than 2,000 Transporters between October 1957 and November 1965. The Transporter had sliding front doors. It

529-425: Was so enthused that he began production of motor scooters that July. The scooter debuted with a 125 cc motor, increased over time to 150 cc and 200 cc. Until 1956 46,181 motor scooters were built. Production of scooters stopped because of the Goggomobil cars. From 1953 on, load-carrying scooters were built as well. With the 200 cc engine and 9.5 bhp , they had a load capacity of 200 kg. In 1962 BMW released

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