Located at Mahindra World City, about 55 km from here, the unit is the first independent plant of BMW Group that assembles and test engines. "The investment in the Chennai plant is about Rs 200 crore and it can produce up to 20,000 units premium engines every year.
BMW last year said it was looking to bring in the 1 Series to complete its product portfolio in India. It was however unclear whether BMW would go the hatchback route or the sedan route, but gauging the popularity of Mercedes's A-class BMW seems to have taken the hatch road hopefully to success.