It looked as it was made in China. With new technologies emerging everyday, it won't be hard to replicate a replacement lens. But the problem is that you need to break your current lens to use this replacement or, go through the oven process to remove the original lens. This will be a hold back for many when deciding to buy or not. I think whoever made these, thought that by bypassing the lens removal and just making a whole replacement as one piece, he could push this sale by overcoming the aforementioned challenge. I don't think BMW has any power over anyone making parts for their own classic cars. Frankly I don't don't think they care either. Almost $140 for a pair was too high for forum sale. I'd say it seemed like a 100% profit margin.