BMW India is the Indian subsidiary of German car manufacturer BMW. It started operations in January 2007 with a wide range of its activities, including a manufacturing plant in Chennai, a parts warehouse in Mumbai, a training centre in Gurgaon NCR, and development the of a dealer organisation across major metropolitan centres of the country.

BMW India Pvt Ltd
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
Founded2006[1]
HeadquartersGurgaon, India[2]
Area served
India
Key people
Vikram Pawah (President, CEO)[3]
ProductsLuxury vehicles
Commercial vehicles
Motorcycles
Production output
Increase 11,105 units (2018)
Number of employees
650
ParentBMW
SubsidiariesBMW Indian Financial Services Pvt. Ltd., BMW Indian Leasing Pvt. Ltd.
Websitebmw.in

Locations

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BMW Group Plant Chennai started operations on 29 March 2007. BMW Group Plant Chennai locally produces 12 car models – BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe, BMW 3 Series, BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo, BMW 5 Series, BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo, BMW 7 Series, BMW 8 Series, BMW X1, BMW X3, BMW X4, BMW X5, BMW X7 and MINI Countryman.

Models

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BMW 5 Series
 
BMW X3

Sales performance

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Number of units sold by year

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Year 2012[17] 2013[17] 2014[18] 2015[18] 2016[19] 2017[20] 2018 2019 2020 2012–2020
Units sold 9,375

(including Mini)[17]

7,327

(including Mini)[17]

10,851[18] 11,192[18](including Mini (340 MINI[21])) 7,861[19] 9,800[20] 11,105

(including mini-700)

9,641

(including mini-641)

6,604

(including Mini- 512)

90,894

MINI India

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Mini Countryman
 
Mini Clubman

MINI has successfully established itself as a premium small car brand in India since its launch in January 2012. Presently, the MINI model range in India includes the MINI 3-door, MINI Countryman and MINI Cooper SE. The MINI Countryman is locally produced at BMW Group Plant Chennai. Till date, MINI has established 10 sales outlets in India.

Dealer/service network

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States and cities in India with one or more BMW dealership (number of dealerships):

State City Number of dealerships
Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada 1
Chandigarh Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh Raipur
Delhi South-East Delhi
Goa Verna
Gujarat Ahmedabad
Surat
Haryana Faridabad
Guragaon 2
Jharkhand Ranchi 1
Karnataka Bangalore 2
Mangalore 1
Kerala Kochi
Kozhikode
Trivandrum 1
Madhya Pradesh Indore
Maharashtra Mumbai
Pune 1
Nagpur
Aurangabad
Odisha Bhubaneswar
Punjab Ludhiana
Rajasthan Jaipur
Udaipur
Tamil Nadu Chennai 4
Coimbatore 1
Madurai
Telangana Hyderabad
Uttar Pradesh Kanpur
Noida
Lucknow
West Bengal Kolkata

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bmw India". Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ "BMW India Headquarters". www.bmw.in.
  3. ^ "BMW India appoints Vikram Pawah as new president after death of Rudratej Singh". 20 June 2020.
  4. ^ Gandhi, Shirish. "BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe launched in India at Rs 39.30 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ^ "BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine". Infinity Group. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  6. ^ "2022 BMW M4 Competition launched in India at Rs 1.44 crore". India Today. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  7. ^ Dalvi, Akhil. "New BMW 7 Series launched at Rs 1.70 crore". Autocar India. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  8. ^ Mondal, Saptarshi. "New BMW X1 launched at Rs 45.90 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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  12. ^ Dalvi, Akhil. "BMW XM launched in India at Rs 2.60 crore". Autocar India. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  13. ^ "New Generation BMW Z4 Launched in India; Prices Start at Rs. 64.90 Lakh".
  14. ^ Pereira, Samuel. "BMW iX1 electric SUV launched at Rs 66.90 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  15. ^ "A Higher Power: The First-Ever All-Electric BMW i5 M60 xDrive launched in India". www.press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  16. ^ Khare, Satvik. "BMW i7 launched at Rs 1.95 crore". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  17. ^ a b c d Chauhan, Chanchal Pal (2015). "Audi retains no 1 spot in luxury car pecking order, Mercedes-Benz & BMW follows". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  18. ^ a b c d "Audi sells 11,192 units in India in 2015; loses top slot to Mercedes - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  19. ^ a b "Audi sales fall, no longer number two in India - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  20. ^ a b "BMW Group India posts 25% sales growth in 2017 at 9,800 units". Moneycontrol. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Global leader BMW ranks third in Indian luxury car market". www.businesstoday.in. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  22. ^ Thakur, Soham. "Mini Cooper SE launched at Rs 47.20 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.