AUTOS

BMW Reportedly Picks South Carolina for U.S. Plant: German luxury car maker BMW has picked the Greenville-Spartanburg area of South Carolina as the site of its planned U.S. plant, the newsmagazine Der Spiegel said. BMW officials in Germany were not immediately available for comment, but an executive with BMW of North America said a decision has not been made. The newsmagazine said BMW chief Eberhard von Kuenheim will officially announce the decision in two weeks. But it said top BMW managers “already are sure what it will be: BMW will build an auto factory in an area between Greenville and Spartanburg in South Carolina.”