BMW says that its Chennai plant has rolled out the 40,000th locally produced car.

The BMW Plant Chennai locally assembles 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.

BMW Plant Chennai started operations in 2007 and since then has continued to expand the local production portfolio in India.

The facility is located in the Mahindra World City business zone near Chennai, Tamilnadu.