new delhi german luxury carmaker bmw india has rolled out its 50000th made in india car from its chennai plant on thursday informed the company in an official statement the allnew bmw 7 series received the distinction of being the 50000th car locallyproduced in india launched at the auto expo 2016 the allnew bmw 7 series features gesture control bmw display key bmw touch command system wireless charging sky lounge and remote control parking to be introduced in 2016 dr jochen stallkamp managing director bmw plant chennai said it is with great pride that we are rollingout the 50000th car locally produced at bmw plant chennai each and every bmw that is locally produced is of the same international standards as anywhere else in the world and brings a smile on the faces of our customers highly skilled employees advanced manufacturing processes along with stateoftheart machinery and technology provide all the necessary ingredients to achieve these tough standards we are proud of this achievement and look forward to many such milestones in the future advt bmw plant chennai started operations on 29 march 2007 since then the bmw group has continuously increased the number of its locally produced car models upto eight car models are locally produced on two assembly lines at bmw plant chennai presently the bmw 1 series the bmw 3 series the bmw 3 series gran turismo the bmw 5 series the bmw 7 series the bmw x1 the bmw x3 and the bmw x5 are locally produced at bmw plant chennai celebrating the make in india initiative bmw has further strengthened its commitment to the indian market by increasing the level of localisation at bmw plant chennai upto 50 percent till date bmw group has invested over rs 49 billion its indian arm currently bmw india has 38 sales outlets in the indian market the total number of employees at bmw india is 650 more than 1200 additional jobs have been created in the dealer and service network etauto published on may 12 2016 at 1223 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app investment indian market bmw india bmw chennai plant bmw 7 series make in india auto expo 2016 dr jochen stallkamp bmw india private limited homenewsbmw rolls out its 50000th made in india car from chennai plant