News Car Release Update : Proud to ‘Make In India': BMW Announces Brand New Prices Starting Rs 2.9 Million

Celebrating the 'Make in India' initiative, BMW India has announced brand new prices for the portfolio of locally produced cars.
 

BMW India has already strengthened its commitment to the Indian market by increasing the level of localization at BMW Plant Chennai up to 50 percent.

Philipp von Sahr, President, BMW Group India said, “The future belongs to India. If you want to benefit from the dynamics of the Indian market, you need to act today.

Following our approach ‘Production follows the market’, we have accelerated our localization program in India. We have created a win-win situation for our customers with a wide range of exclusively authentic luxury products and now equally attractive value proposition with ‘Make in India’.”

BMW Plant Chennai started operations on 29 March 2007. Since then, the BMW Group has strengthened its commitment to the Indian market and has continuously increased the number of its locally produced car models. Up to eight car models can be 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.

Some of the major auto components sourced for local production of cars at BMW Plant Chennai are: Engine and Transmission from Force Motors; Axles from ZF Hero Chassis; Door Panels and Wiring Harness from Draexlmaier India; Exhaust Systems from Tenneco Automotive India; Heating, Ventilating, Air-conditioning and Cooling Modules from Valeo India and Mahle Behr and Seats from Lear India.

Prices as of July 2015:

BMW 1 Series :

BMW 118d (Sport Line) – INR 2,950,000

BMW 3 Series :

BMW 320d (Prestige Edition) – INR 3,490,000

BMW 320d (Luxury Line Edition) – INR 3,890,000

BMW 320d (Sport Line Edition) – INR 3,890,000

BMW Gran Turismo :

BMW Gran Turismo (Sport Line) – INR 3,990,000

BMW Gran Turismo (Luxury Line) – INR 4,290,000

BMW 5 Series :

BMW 520d (Prestige Edition) – INR 4,490,000

BMW 520d (Prestige Plus Edition) – INR 4,790,000

BMW 520d (Luxury Line Edition) – INR 4,990,000

BMW 530d (M Sport) – INR 5,990,000

BMW 7 Series :

BMW 730Ld (Prestige) – INR 9,250,000

BMW 730Ld (Eminence) – INR 10,650,000

BMW 730Ld (Signature) – INR 12,520,000

BMW X1 :

BMW X1 sDrive20d (xLine) – INR 3,790,000

BMW X3 :

BMW X3 xDrive20d (Expedition) – INR 4,690,000

BMW X3 xDrive20d (xLine) – INR 5,190,000

BMW X3 xDrive30d (M Sport) – INR 5,990,000

BMW X5 :

BMW X5 xDrive30d (Expedition) – INR 6,590,000

BMW X5 xDrive30d (Design Pure Experience) – INR 6,990,000

BMW X5 xDrive30d (Design Pure Experience 7 Seater) – INR 7,290,000

Posted by Unknown Friday, July 10, 2015

News BMW Car Update : BMW Unveils Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Prototype Of i8

The German luxury carmaker BMW has unveiled the hydrogen fuel-cell prototype of its plug-in Hybrid supercar i8. The two-door, black matte finish saloon is powered by rear mounted hydrogen fuel-cell powerplant. It’s the same place, where the hybrid’s turbocharged 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine resides.

In order to maintain its weight, the car gets carbon-fibre construction with the aerodynamics package designed at the BMW’s wind tunnel in Munich. The front gets redesigned kidney grille, large air ducts and slimline headlamps.

Under the hood of BMW i8, power comes from the hydrogen which is stored in a cryogenic cylinder arrangement, with oxygen provided by cooling air. The hydrogen fuel powers the rear mounted electric motor with the maximum power output of 242bhp. And since hydrogen being the primary fuel, the only by-product is water- no harmful carbon monoxide or CO2 emissions. This whole arrangement is mounted along the centre line of the car.

The company has also tied up with Toyota to accelerate fuel cell research. Toyota recently has delivered the first unit of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, Mirai, to the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. On a single tank of hydrogen, Mirai can travel up to 483 kms. The car refuels in less than five minutes and emits only water vapour. The compressed hydrogen gas is fed into the fuel cell stack where it combines with oxygen and moves through the fuel cell stack, creating a chemical reaction, thus producing electricity to power the 152 bhp electric motor driving the front wheels of the vehicle.

 

Posted by Unknown Monday, July 06, 2015