BMW to invest Rs 130 cr in India to rev up operations

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BSS, New Delhi :
German luxury carmaker BMW is investing another Rs 130 crore in India to enhance operations, taking its total investment in the country to Rs 1,250 crore.
The company will launch new version of its locally manufactured 5 Series later this month and 6 Series Gran Turismo (GT) model next year to strengthen its product portfolio in India.
“Since 2007, we have been consistently investing in India. This year, we are going to increase our investment further to up to Rs 1,250 crore on a cumulative basis,” BMW India President Vikram Pawah told PTI.
BMW has invested Rs 1,120 crore in the Indian operations so far.
The new investment will go into BMW group operations, including Motarrad (two-wheeler business) as well as the financial services arm, he added.
With the fresh investments, the total investments on BMW group operations in India will go up to Rs 520 crore and on BMW Financial Services to Rs 730 crore.
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