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Originally Posted by acediac
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1) How long do manufacturers keep making spare parts, sheet metal bodywork(fenders, roof, bumpers etc), chassis rails, etc, after a car is no longer in production? Would it be a lot harder to repair cars when new body parts are no longer available? (I would assume you would then need chop up other donor cars)
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IIRC from many years ago: minimum of 15 years after end of sales by law of most EU countries. Perhaps longer nowadays?. Afterwards some brands voluntarily keep stock or even outsource stock parts as a business to 3rd parties. Do not know what the BMW policy is yet.