MINI Begins Local Production at the Chennai Plant in India

Chennai: MINI Countryman to be produced outside Europe for the first time.

Expansion of the international production network responds to growing demand for premium MINI cars.

A new chapter is set to be written in MINI’s global success story as cars from the British premium brand roll off an assembly line outside Europe for the first time.

The BMW Group announced commencement of local production of MINI Countryman at the BMW plant near Chennai (formerly Madras), India. The vehicles manufactured at BMW Plant Chennai will fulfill the same quality standards that apply to production of BMW Group models worldwide. The new MINI local production facility has been brought on stream just a year after the start of MINI sales in India and will help to meet the steadily increasing demand.

The locally produced MINI Countryman will be introduced in two diesel variants for the first time in India - MINI Cooper D Countryman and MINI Cooper D Countryman High.

A new petrol variant of MINI ONE Countryman will also be produced at BMW Plant Chennai.

The other petrol variants of the MINI Countryman - MINI Cooper S Countryman and MINI Cooper S Countryman High – will be imported in India as Completely Built-up Units (CBU). The MINI (MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S) and MINI Convertible (MINI Cooper Convertible) will be imported in India as Completely Built-up Units (CBU) in petrol variants.

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