Force Motors inaugurates its BMW engine manufacturing plant

Force Motors inaugurated its newest facility at Mahindra World City, Chennai. Set up at an investment of Rs. 200 crores, the company will manufacture and test diesel engines for BMW.

As a part of a contract manufacturing deal between BMW and Force Motors, the latter will locally manufacture 4 and 6-cylinder diesel engines for various BMW cars sold in India. Transmissions are produced and mated to the engines at this facility itself.

The plant was formally inaugurated by Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industries. Force Motors has already supplied 3,000 units since January 2015. It has a capacity to manufacture 20,000 engines annually, which can be further increased to 50,000 units.

Earlier this year, BMW reported to have increased the levels of localization in India to 50%. As a result, the company recently announce revised prices of its cars (related article).

BMW is the second German car maker who utilizes Force Motors' service for engine assembly. The company has been assembling engines for Mercedes-Benz at its Pune plant.