bmw india has announced the opening of kun exclusive its new fullyfledged 4s dealership in maduraifirst ultramodern fullyfledged 4s dealership in madurai to offer sales service spareparts and systems mumbai bmw india which is on an aggressive revival path following a good show in 2017 after years of lukewarm volumes will be creating a new segment every year going forward to maintain the growth momentum a senior official has said after years of declining sales the german luxe car major had posted a robust 25 per cent volume growth in 2017 creating 9800 new customers the numbers include those sold under the bmw and the mini brands bmw alone clocked 9379 units advt the second largest luxury carmaker hopes to maintain the 2017 growth rate this year as well but is not chasing the top slot for some more time something it lost out to compatriots audi and then to mercedes since 2012 we will be creating a new category every year so that we bring in more customers this year we have an entirely new segment with the new x3 which has got tremendous customer response already while we already have the petrol variant of the car launched at the recent auto expo we will have the diesel variant by june bmw group india president vikram pawah told over phone from delhi today also read bmw to invest more in local assembly despite duty hike on imported kits similarly they will create a new category next year as well with a new x4 coupe which will has no competition he added the x3 will be in a new segment of executive sedan both selfdrive and chauffeurdriven thereby creating an entirely new segment he said adding it will be launched by the middle of april the company into its 11th year of operations here had the biggest product offering at the auto expo this year rolling out seven new models and plans to launch another six more later this year while it launched 6 series gran turismo m5 x6 xdrive 35i m3 sedan m4 coupe f 750 gs and f 850 gs it will launch six new models including a new x3 later this year along with the i8 roadster a new mini countryman in june which will be rolled out from the chennai plant the g 310 r g 310 gs and the another x3 advt on network expansion pawah said they are present in 31 cities with 43 outlets at present and plans to touch 40 cities and 50 outlets by december 2019 that apart the company will extend its mobiles touch points to another 50 cities thus covering 90 top cities by december next year sounding bullish about the companys twowheeler business under the bmw motorrad brand which it took over from the dealers late last year pawah said currently they have seven outlets which will increase to 10 this year selling 15 models at the recent auto expo bmw had said motorrad is betting on the