Time to bid farewell to the fifth-generation BMW 3 Series, from a local perspective. The final locally-produced E90, vehicle number 8,930, has rolled out of BMW Malaysia’s assembly facility in Kulim, Kedah, and brings to a close local assembly of the model.
The E90 was the first BMW to be locally assembled at the Kulim plant – production of the car began in 2006, first at the Associated Motor Industries (AMI) plant in Shah Alam, before moving to the company’s current premises in the Inokom Corporation Plant from July 2008. To date, a total of 10,743 E90s have been sold locally, of which the above number were locally-assembled units.
The final production schedule of the E90 paves the way for the introduction of the highly- anticipated sixth-gen F30, which is set to be introduced in Malaysia very shortly – the car has already been spotted around town, after all.
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“The E90 was the first BMW to have ever been locally assembled,” I thought the E32 was the one… Please correct me if I am wrong…
The car was the first model to be assembled at the BMW plant in Kulim; it wasn’t made clear in the story earlier, and has since been amended to reflect that.
Seriously, is there any difference between this locally assembled one and imported one? in term of assembly quality?
enough laaaa…. x yakin dengan kebolehan tenaga negara sendiri. how long will you be like that?!
kualiti superb..
we produce premier car……..
dont worry…
kalu nk tau… salah satu beli bmw pun.. nk cari yg ckd mcm nni…
there would still be certain quality, fit and finish issues. nothing is perfect though but the benefits of a ckd car is that the car is more suitable for usage in our country as the materials have been localised or tuned to our conditions.
nonsense! their weather condition there much more harsher than ours, summer or winter…
not really.their harshest weather is during winter but ours is harsher during summer. i can’t exactly explain this but the cbu version which is tropicalised for malaysia from bmw vs the cbu model from uk which has not been tropicalised are two different cars.
Very good question, i also very curious as to the locally assembled units’ quality, any owners/sales rep to share experience here?
people want to car maker make car here…yet the complaint wont stop..that st*p*d…u want or not want? If want dont complaint, live with it..
cannot bring T/C/H/N to build plant here = complain.
locally CKD = complain.
haters gonna hate no matter what.
I think they were referring to the Kulim plant
The last of the line… I wonder who will be the lucky one to get this final E90?
Errr…lucky? Seriously?
I pity the owner…unless he got a great discount/promotion..then its ok..
umm, lucky in the sense that he got the final E90 that was assembled in here. That’s considered to be quite unique. Maybe BMW should have put some sort of marking or decals at the car to show the number 8930 on it.
So does the last few E90 in the production line will be sold cheaper than the new F30? Just wondering… If anyone knows this answer me please =)
Of course lorr salesman told me 218000 for 320. 228000 for 323
they are clearing out the stocks everywhere. so it’s the used premium selection or you get a lot of freebies from BMW. they did the same thing for F10
the final E60 batch got 19″ wheels, all the options ticked, so it’s not a bad deal at all…
when you see the F30 CBU at RM300K over, and later the CKD at RM250K for basic, its very easy to decide, then people will think why don’t i get a 320 earlier at RM210K…:)
I wonder whether the Thai people or Indon people complain why BMW choose to assemble here and not in their country….
Dekat thailand dan indon pun ada bmw ckd plant.
even though locally assembled, but still heavily and insanely taxed by gomen…..
I wan real world car price, n i also wan real world petrol price. How i drive n plan my journey is my f&@cking bzns, i just wan the real deal. Not the so called fuel subsidy n totally unacceptable tax imposed on marvelous driving machines.
these 320s final batch are fitted with specs equavalent to 335s.. everything in. at super low prices too..
I suggest getting this for everyday driving as its maintenance free for 5 years..
and get the F30 for weekends.. hahahaha….
end of life , still looking damn good.
Hi,
Was just wondering if anyone has Any inkling as to when the new f30 Will be assembled locally in malaysia-I understand There is no announcement as yet but based to previous
Experience what is the usual period btw CBU and the CKD assembly In malaysia for other bmw models could anyone provide any opinion on this? Any advice is greatly appreciated
Thanks