To date, the pricing for the 2 Series coupé and the M2 siblings increases by 4%. Why? To compensate for the Trump government’s 25% tariffs for imported cars. As a refreshment, the G42 and G87 are built exclusively in Mexico in the San Luis Potosí plant. But there is a silver strip. A memo that was sent to us and was seen by Automobile messages shows that the luxury brand does not increase the prices for most imported cars by the end of next month.
Automobile messages According to reports, the price protection will continue until June, so that you still have a few months to purchase a BMW not built in Spartanburg at the current price. The X3 to X7 are gathered together with the XM in South Carolina. The remaining models come from factories outside the USA BMWblog Has already reported that the price protection for the Mexican 3 Series sedan was at least extended at least at the end of May.
It is still too early to say how long BMW can protect customers from higher prices to compensate for the newly imposed tariffs. The prices have already increased significantly in recent years, and there are no models for less than 40,000 US dollars. Even a base 228 Gran Coupé with front-wheel drive now starts at $ 40,775. At the other end of the installation, a fully loaded, two-color i7 M70 $ 205,950 can reach.
Speaking of electric vehicles, BMW also found in the same memo that it would stop the EV production for the US market in May. The company carefully used the word “shifted” and signaled a temporary break in the production of EVS in the USA. In the first quarter of 2025, the turnover of EV rose by 26.4% to 13,538 units. The spike was driven by a strong demand for i4 (plus 57%) and the pre-facelift-ix (around 23.1%).
The Spartanburg plant is currently not building zero emission vehicles, but that will change. BMW has announced plans to produce at least six EVs in South Carolina by the end of the decade. Although it has not named it, sources show that three models are the IX5, IX6 and IX7. The luxury trio will share the Clar platform of the X5 (G65), X6 (G66) and X7 (G67).
We will not surprise ourselves if the remaining three models are also SUVs.
Source: automotive messages
