BMW Chennai plant celebrates 15 years of operations

TusharK · 30th March 2022, 09:51

The BMW factory in Chennai has completed 15 years of operations in the country.

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Production at BMW's Chennai plant began on March 29, 2007. The BMW 3 Series was the first model to be built at the facility. Earlier this year, the plant achieved the production milestone of 1,00,000 units.

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Today, BMW's India unit produces a total of 13 models, including the 2 Series Gran Coupe, 3 Series, 3 Series Gran Limousine, M340i, 5 Series, 6 Series Gran Turismo, 7 Series and SUVs like the X1, X3, X4, X5, X7 and the Mini Countryman.

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carthick1000 · 30th March 2022, 14:18

BMW India can be proud of itself, because IMHO, one of the best workforce in the industry consistently maintaining assembly quality as stipulated by BMW. Used both assembled in Germany and assembled in India models and it is hard to tell the difference. It comes from high level of workmanship and internal processes.

sunilch · 14th January 2023, 23:47

I recently saw an RC of a X3 car and the name of the manufacturer mentioned on it was "PIAGGIO VEHICLES PVT LTD"

Wondering if it is a printing mistake from RTO or BMW does indeed outsource manufacturing/assembly of their cars to PIAGGIO?

Of-course, there was one more wrong entry on the RC but that I am sure was an RTO mistake: Body Type: Saloon but Model X3.

Car is a 2014 registered car btw.

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TusharK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Pune Posts: 6,266 Thanked: 55,817 Times	BMW Chennai plant celebrates 15 years of operations The BMW factory in Chennai has completed 15 years of operations in the country. Production at BMW's Chennai plant began on March 29, 2007. The BMW 3 Series was the first model to be built at the facility. Earlier this year, the plant achieved the production milestone of 1,00,000 units. Today, BMW's India unit produces a total of 13 models, including the 2 Series Gran Coupe, 3 Series, 3 Series Gran Limousine, M340i, 5 Series, 6 Series Gran Turismo, 7 Series and SUVs like the X1, X3, X4, X5, X7 and the Mini Countryman. Link to Team-BHP News
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carthick1000 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: CJB-Driel Posts: 693 Thanked: 2,861 Times View My Garage	Re: BMW Chennai plant celebrates 15 years of operations BMW India can be proud of itself, because IMHO, one of the best workforce in the industry consistently maintaining assembly quality as stipulated by BMW. Used both assembled in Germany and assembled in India models and it is hard to tell the difference. It comes from high level of workmanship and internal processes.
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14th January 2023, 23:47	#3
sunilch BHPian Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Thane - MH04 Posts: 594 Thanked: 2,284 Times	Re: BMW Chennai plant celebrates 15 years of operations I recently saw an RC of a X3 car and the name of the manufacturer mentioned on it was "PIAGGIO VEHICLES PVT LTD" Wondering if it is a printing mistake from RTO or BMW does indeed outsource manufacturing/assembly of their cars to PIAGGIO? Of-course, there was one more wrong entry on the RC but that I am sure was an RTO mistake: Body Type: Saloon but Model X3. Car is a 2014 registered car btw.
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