I was stuck in traffic today and thought to myself, I just booked a MR to Germany. What the heck am I going to do there? I looked up and saw a BMW and found my answer. Wouldn’t it be sweet to see the BMW factory!? Well I got home and one link led to another, and here’s my humble contribution: a brief list of factory tour contact information for BMW, Porsche, Audi, VW, and Mercedes.

Most tours have admissions fees and need to be booked in advance. Feel free to share any experiences with the tours in this thread. (Locals, please help!)

BMW Munich Plant
Phone: +49(0)1802 118822
Duration: 2.5hrs
Route length: 2km (1.2mi)
Notes: No children under 4 years old. Children 4-14 require adult chaperones.
Cars: BMW 3 Series Saloon and Touring
Engines: 6-cylinder, 8-cylinder, 6-cylinder M3, 8-cylinder diesel, 10-cylinder, 12-cylinder engines

BMW Dingolfing Plant
Phone: +49-(0)8731-76-27597 or +49-(0)8731-76-21633
Duration: 2hrs
Route length: 4km (2.5mi)
Notes: No children under 14 years old. (The head of this visitor’s center emailed me within a day of my request. English tours are available on Thursdays at 5:30pm.)
Cars: BMW 5 Series, BMW 6 Series, BMW 7 Series, BMW M5, BMW M6, Rolls-Royce Phantom bodyshells

Porsche Leipzig Factory
Phone: +49 (0) 341 9 99-13911
Duration: 1.5-2hrs
Cars: Cayenne, Carrera GT
Notes: No children under 12 in production facility.

VW Dresden Plant
“The Transparent Factory”
Phone: +49 (0) 18 05 89-62-68
Duration: 1.5hrs
Cars: Phaeton

VW Autostadt
Phone: +49 (0) 5361 400
Duration: 45min – 2hrs

Audi Ingolstadt
Phone: +49 0800 2834444
Duration: 2hrs

Mercedes Sindelfingen
MB EDP Link
Fax: +49-7031-902679
Duration: 1.5hrs
e-mail: [email protected]
Notes: No children under 6 years old.

Mercedes AMG Affalterbach
Private Lounge Sign-up Link
Email: [email protected]
Notes: Tour details can be found at the Private Lounge (need to have AMG VIN# to register) or by emailing.