BMW India

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 of a dealer organisation across major metropolitan centres of the country.

BMW India Pvt Ltd

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Automotive
Founded	2006[1]
Headquarters	Gurgaon, India[2]
Area served	India
Key people	Vikram Pawah (President, CEO)[3]
Products	Luxury vehicles Commercial vehicles Motorcycles
Production output	11,105 units (2018)
Number of employees	650
Parent	BMW
Subsidiaries	BMW Indian Financial Services Pvt. Ltd., BMW Indian Leasing Pvt. Ltd.
Website	bmw.in

Locations

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

BMW 5 Series

BMW X3

• BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé launched October 2020^[4]
• BMW 3 Series launched December 2017^[5]
• BMW 4 Series launched February 2022^[6]
• BMW 5 Series (Sedan only) ^{[when?][citation needed]}
• BMW 6 Series latest model launched on April 1, 2023
• BMW 7 Series latest model launched on January 7, 2023^[7]
• BMW 8 Series launched November 2020
• BMW X1 latest model launched on Jan 28, 2023^[8]
• BMW X3 launched April 2018 ^[9]
• BMW X4 launched January 2019
• BMW X5 launched May 2019 ^[10]
• BMW X6 launched June 2020^[11]
• BMW X7 launched July 2019
• BMW XM launched December 2022^[12]
• BMW Z4 launched April 2019 ^[13]
• BMW iX1 launched September 2023^[14]
• BMW iX launched December 2021
• BMW i4 launched May 2022
• BMW i5 launched April 2024^[15]
• BMW i7 launched January 2023^[16]

Sales performance

Number of units sold by year

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

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.

• MINI Cooper^{[when?][citation needed]}
• MINI Countryman^{[when?][citation needed]}
• Mini Electric^[22]

Dealer/service network

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

• Audi India
• Porsche India
• Mercedes-Benz India
• Lexus India

References

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.
9. "BMW launches new X3 at Rs 49.99-56.7 lakh in India". www.businesstoday.in. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
10. "New BMW X5 2019 Launch Price Rs. 72.90 lakh in India - Best X5 Ever!". WheelsGreed. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
11. "The Beast: The all-new BMW X6 launched in India". www.press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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. 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. "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. "Audi sales fall, no longer number two in India - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
20. "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.