BMW Chennai plant rolls out 50,000th car

BMW has rolled out the 50,000th car from its plant in Chennai. Car no. 50,000 is a 7-Series sedan, which was launched in India at the 2016 Auto Expo, earlier this year.

At the facility, which started operations on March 29, 2007, up to eight car models are produced on two assembly lines. At present, the 1-Series, 3-Series, 3-Series Gran Turismo, 5-Series, 7-Series, X1, X3 and X5 are built at the plant.

In 2015, BMW increased the level of localisation at their Chennai plant to 50 percent. Till date, the BMW Group has invested over Rs. 490 crore in its India operations.

BMW India is headquartered in Gurgaon and is a 100% subsidiary of the BMW Group. The company's activities in India include a manufacturing plant in Chennai, a parts warehouse in Mumbai, a training centre in Gurgaon and development of a dealer organisation across major metropolitan centres of the country.

At present, BMW India has 38 sales outlets. The company employs a total number of 650 people and has created more than 1,200 additional jobs in the dealer and service network.