Force Motors has inaugurated a new plant in Chennai to assemble BMW engines. The engine plant was inaugurated by Union cabinet minister for Heavy Industries and Public Sector Enterprises Anant Geete, in the presence of Thiru Thangamani, the Tamil Nadu state minister for industries, steel, mines and minerals.

The new facility is the only BMW engine and transmission plant outside of Germany. The new plant will assemble four and six cylinder engines for  the seven locally assembled BMW models: 1 Series, 3 Series, 5 Series, 7 Series, X1, X3 and the X5.

BMW recently increased localisation in their cars by upto 50 percent as part of the ‘Make in India’ campaign. This has also led to a reduction in prices as well. The new plant is fully air conditioned and can produce 20,000 engines annually and production capacity can be increased with demand.