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Lamborghinis factory in SantAgata Bolognese, Italy [ALT: 20 miles/30 kilometers north of Bologna) is building its fastest car ever the Murcielago SV, of which just 350 will be made. The $450,000 Murcielago SV launches from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 3.2 seconds and can achieve a top speed of 212 miles per hour.

Lamborghinis factory in SantAgata Bolognese, Italy [ALT: 20 miles/30 kilometers north of Bologna) is building its fastest car ever the Murcielago SV, of which just 350 will be made. The $450,000 Murcielago SV launches from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 3.2 seconds and can achieve a top speed of 212 miles per hour.

Go behind the scenes as National Geographic explores manufacturing goliaths and brings to life some of the greatest one-of-a-kind factories in the world. From an inside look at the making of BMWs newest sports car and Corvettes latest high performance, aerodynamically-efficient street machine, to a tour of Caterpillars six mega-plants and Budweisers state-of-the-art brewing factory, this collection of 11 episodes offers exclusive access into the world s Ultimate Factories.

Part 1: BMW
BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works. So you’d expect the Bavarian town of Landshut, Germany to be the place where BMW transforms liquid metal into lightweight engine crankcases. You’d also expect BMW to precision assemble its high-performance 3.0 liter six-cylinder engines in the Bavarian city of Munich. But most people don’t expect BMW to ship some engines across the Atlantic Ocean to BMW’s first full manufacturing plant outside of Germany—in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

NGC heads to the Boeing plant in Mesa, Arizona -- where cameras are rarely allowed -- for an in-depth look at the world's most lethal attack helicopter and its sophisticated technology.