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BMW plans £60m plant
00:00 07 Jun 2000
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by Glenda Thisdell
A new £60m factory and corporate headquarters for Rolls-Royce cars is to be built at Goodwood, West Sussex early next year.
The move is in preparation for when German carmaker BMW assumes control of the prestige marque from Volkswagen in 2003. At this point, the new factory will need to be ready to produce cars at a rate of 1,000 per annum. BMW said it would be looking for a British contractor to build the plant on a 3.2ha area of land within a 12ha site near the Goodwood racetrack.
The carmaker said: "The particular character and ambience of Goodwood will be taken into account through the special architectural design of the building complex.
"We intend not to make the facility an imposition on the landscape and extensive landscaping with rolling banks and planting will form part of the development." An architectural contest is already underway.
A new £60m factory and corporate headquarters for Rolls-Royce cars is to be built at Goodwood, West Sussex early next year.
The move is in preparation for when German carmaker BMW assumes control of the prestige marque from Volkswagen in 2003. At this point, the new factory will need to be ready to produce cars at a rate of 1,000 per annum. BMW said it would be looking for a British contractor to build the plant on a 3.2ha area of land within a 12ha site near the Goodwood racetrack.
The carmaker said: "The particular character and ambience of Goodwood will be taken into account through the special architectural design of the building complex.
"We intend not to make the facility an imposition on the landscape and extensive landscaping with rolling banks and planting will form part of the development." An architectural contest is already underway.
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