BBS is almost 90 days into the restructuring process. We continue to produce wheels in Germany for road and race cars. There will certainly be some changes as we move forward, but don't expect BBS to go away... We are still providing new race wheels into every major road racing series in the U.S....

 

BBS STILL ROLLING ALONG
Wheel company may have new buyer soon



BBS, the famous German wheel-maker, has been attracting plenty of buyer interest in recent weeks. The firm has been in receivership since February, but bankers have collected 35 bids for the firm, according to an Autocar story.
“We hope to announce a buyer in the next six to 10 weeks. We are talking to several investors and competitors and are very hopeful of securing BBS’s future,” said Marc Hornung, a lawyer with administrator Wellensiek.

The main problem for BBS has been the rise in price of aluminium. “There are other issues like management problems and other cost problems, but the basic business is strong,” Hornung added.

BBS has supply contracts with prestige manufacturers such as Jaguar and Maserati, and last season Ferrari, Honda, Toyota, Midland and Super Aguri used BBS wheels in F1 – as well as supplying many other forms of motorsport. About half of BBS’s business is with car-makers; the rest is with aftermarket retailers and tuners.

BBS was set up in the 1970s by Heinrich Baumgartner and Klaus Brand to make plastic body panels, basing itself in the town of Schiltach. Together, the three initials gave the company its name. Since then its thin spoke alloy wheels have become easily recognisable on performance cars all over the world.

 

I bought two new LM's for my S4 in January that weren't made in Germany.. Maybe the same company in Japan will continue to make BBS wheels?

 

just like many tires are now made in russia