Mini starts local assembly at BMW's Chennai Plant

This is the first time that a Mini will roll off an assembly line outside Europe. BMW announces commencement of local production of the Mini Countryman at Chennai. The local assembly kicks in a little after a year of the brand's launch in India.

The locally produced Mini Countryman will be available in two diesel variants; the Cooper D Countryman and Cooper D Countryman High. A new petrol variant of the Mini One Countryman will also be produced at BMW's Chennai plant.

While the Countryman Cooper S variant will continue to be imported as a Completely Built-up Unit (CBU), like the regular Mini Cooper & Convertible are, BMW is expected to soon localise production of the entire Mini range in India.

Ex-showroom prices are as follows:

Mini Cooper : 26,60,000
Mini Cooper S : 29,90,000

Mini Cooper Convertible : 32,50,000

Mini One Countryman : 23,50,000
Mini Cooper D Countryman : 25,60,000
Mini Cooper D Countryman High : 28,90,000
Mini Cooper S Countryman : 34,20,000
Mini Cooper S Countryman High : 37,50,000

India is the 100th market in the global Mini sales network. The company currently has showrooms in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.