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 the of a dealer organisation across major metropolitan centres of the country.
| 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 |
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 2 Series Gran Coupé launched October 2020[4]
- BMW 3 Series (Sedan only)
- BMW 5 Series (Sedan only)
- BMW 6 Series latest model launched on April 1, 2023
- BMW 7 Series
- BMW X1 latest model launched on Jan 28, 2023[5]
- BMW X3 launched April 2018 [6]
- BMW X4 launched January 2019
- BMW X5 launched May 2019 [7]
- BMW X6
- BMW Z4 launched April 2019 [8]
- BMW X7 launched July 2019
- BMW iX1 launched September 2023[9]
- BMW iX launched December 2021
- BMW i4 launched May 2022
- BMW i7 launched January 2023[10]
Sales performance
Number of units sold by year
| 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
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
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 |
References
- "Bmw India".
- "BMW India Headquarters". www.bmw.in.
- "BMW India appoints Vikram Pawah as new president after death of Rudratej Singh". 20 June 2020.
- Gandhi, Shirish. "BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe launched in India at Rs 39.30 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- Mondal, Saptarshi. "New BMW X1 launched at Rs 45.90 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- "BMW launches new X3 at Rs 49.99-56.7 lakh in India". www.businesstoday.in. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- https://www.wheelsgreed.com/new-bmw-x5-price-india-2019-13668
- "New Generation BMW Z4 Launched in India; Prices Start at Rs. 64.90 Lakh".
- Pereira, Samuel. "BMW iX1 electric SUV launched at Rs 66.90 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- Khare, Satvik. "BMW i7 launched at Rs 1.95 crore". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- 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.
- "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.
- "Audi sales fall, no longer number two in India - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- "BMW Group India posts 25% sales growth in 2017 at 9,800 units". Moneycontrol. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- "Global leader BMW ranks third in Indian luxury car market". www.businesstoday.in. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- Thakur, Soham. "Mini Cooper SE launched at Rs 47.20 lakh". Autocar India. Retrieved 7 March 2024.