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BMW has announced it will add to its China investment by opening another plant in 2012 according to the Wall Street Journal.

The China investment is expected at $836 million through BMW’s joint-venture partner Brilliance Automotive Holdings Ltd. and will add 100,000 units of capacity a year up from BMW’s current capacity of 41,000.

China overall cars sales rose 34.2% in 2009 for a year earlier thus far.