March 31, 2022
Blog Admin
German luxury car manufacturer – BMW’s Indian subsidiary, BMW Group India, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. This German luxury carmaker entered the Indian market in January 2007. On 29th March 2007, the BMW Group India’s Chennai plant commenced its operations and now it’s celebrating its Crystal Anniversary in the country. 
Recently, the 1,00,000th made-in-India car was rolled out from the BMW Group India’s Chennai facility.
The 1,00,000th locally produced model was a BMW (7 Series) 740Li M Sport Edition. To commemorate this significant achievement, the plant celebrated this landmark at a memorable event with all its associates following all necessary safety guidelines.
Thomas Dose, Managing Director, BMW Group Plant Chennai said, “BMW Group Plant Chennai has emerged as a centre of manufacturing excellence in the last 15 years. BMW Group Plant Chennai achieves its goals every time, even under difficult situations, because of a positive attitude and high level of efficiency in all pillars. We look forward to establishing many more milestones.”
Vikram Pawah, President, BMW Group India said on this occasion, “Big congratulations to the team at BMW Group Plant Chennai on this joyous event. The plant plays the most instrumental role in fulfilling the demand for the latest, most aspirational BMW and MINI products. ”
BMW Group India currently locally produces 13 different models, which include the BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe, BMW 3 Series, BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine, BMW M340i, BMW 5 Series, BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo, BMW 7 Series, BMW X1, BMW X3, BMW X4, BMW X5, BMW X7, and MINI Countryman. Moreover, making sustainability a top priority, the BMW plant is said to run on 100 per cent green electricity.