BMW India

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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

BMW India is the Indian subsidiary of German car manufacturer BMW. It started operations in January 2007 with a wide range of its activities, includeing 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.

Locations[edit]

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[edit]

BMW 5 Series
BMW X3

Sales performance[edit]

Number of units sold by year[edit]

Year 2012[11] 2013[11] 2014[12] 2015[12] 2016[13] 2017[14] 2018 2019 2020 2012–2020
Units sold 9,375

(including Mini)[11]

7,327

(including Mini)[11]

10,851[12] 11,192[12](including Mini (340 MINI[15])) 7,861[13] 9,800[14] 11,105

(including mini-700)

9,641

(including mini-641)

6,604

(including Mini- 512)

90,894

MINI India[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BMW India".
  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. ^ Mondal, Saptarshi. "New BMW X1 launched at Rs 45.90 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ^ "BMW launches new X3 at Rs 49.99-56.7 lakh in India". www.businesstoday.in. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. ^ https://www.wheelsgreed.com/new-bmw-x5-price-india-2019-13668
  8. ^ "New Generation BMW Z4 Launched in India; Prices Start at Rs. 64.90 Lakh".
  9. ^ Pereira, Samuel. "BMW iX1 electric SUV launched at Rs 66.90 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  10. ^ Khare, Satvik. "BMW i7 launched at Rs 1.95 crore". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ a b "Audi sales fall, no longer number two in India - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  14. ^ a b "BMW Group India posts 25% sales growth in 2017 at 9,800 units". Moneycontrol. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Global leader BMW ranks third in Indian luxury car market". www.businesstoday.in. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  16. ^ Thakur, Soham. "Mini Cooper SE launched at Rs 47.20 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.