PDA

View Full Version : BMW unveils plant in Chennai, India


Pepe240sx
03-30-2007, 12:49 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6505987.stm
rmani
03-30-2007, 12:58 AM
smart move by them. huge market potential in another decade. from what i remember reading the cars made in india will only be for the indian market also.
Pepe240sx
03-30-2007, 01:19 AM
smart move by them. huge market potential in another decade. from what i remember reading the cars made in india will only be for the indian market also.

Also will avoid the duty fees as well.
de45t
03-30-2007, 01:47 AM
corpoation $$$ hungry
great move, thought!!
generic
03-30-2007, 09:03 AM
wow, must be a pretty small plant to output under 2k cars a year.

good stuff though.
parabellum
03-30-2007, 09:10 AM
Very glad to hear they won't export...I wouldn't want a BMW made in India at all.

Not knocking India...but that country is just not a place where I see high quality control happening in any industry. I'm in software and the code I deal with out of India is *HORRIBLE*...and that is from some of the best contract software operations in India.
BavariaMotorist
03-30-2007, 11:49 AM
If they were exporting, I could see people boycotting BMW because they would see it as exploiting laborers...etc.
kudos328
03-30-2007, 01:29 PM
Not specifically BMW, but all the german auto manufacturers are shipping their production operations to eastern european countries because of the cheaper labor.
pegcity
03-30-2007, 01:50 PM
don't BMW make cars in Russia as well?

Which BMW's are made in South Carolina?
Lsixer
03-30-2007, 02:03 PM
Very glad to hear they won't export...I wouldn't want a BMW made in India at all.

Not knocking India...but that country is just not a place where I see high quality control happening in any industry. I'm in software and the code I deal with out of India is *HORRIBLE*...and that is from some of the best contract software operations in India.

+1 on that.

I lost my last job, and 99% sure it was going to india. The thing is, I have been a programmer since the mid 80's, now I am a DBA, I still cannot figure out how they planned on a remote DBA taking care of Oracle :nuts

For starters, when someone needed some support, they needed it now, and unless I am mistaken there is a small time difference, what kind of tech support are you going to get from a clueless person at 1am in the morning??
parabellum
03-30-2007, 03:10 PM
Many software businesses are finally realizing the *actual* cost of sending work to India, Russia, Brazil, etc....

Its not nearly as profitable as they originally thought.
kellie
03-30-2007, 03:19 PM
Next thing you know, they'll be routing BMW Assist calls to India too. :stickoutt
Cerpin TaxT
03-30-2007, 04:30 PM
Next thing you know, they'll be routing BMW Assist calls to India too. :stickoutt

thats not funny.

i had to make one of thoes calls once.
kellie
03-30-2007, 10:57 PM
thats not funny.

i had to make one of thoes calls once.
Your E21 has BMW Assist?
parabellum
03-30-2007, 11:50 PM
Talk about a retrofit!
Pepe240sx
03-30-2007, 11:58 PM
don't BMW make cars in Russia as well?

Not 100% sure, but I know for sure that BMW has an assembly plant for 3ers in South Africa.


Which BMW's are made in South Carolina?

X5, X3, Z4, and M Coupe.
Pepe240sx
03-30-2007, 11:59 PM
List of BMW assembly plants:

Munich

Dingolfing

Landshut

Regensburg

Berlin

Leipzig (from 2005)

Steyr (Austria)

Spartanburg (USA)

Rosslyn (South Africa)

Oxford and Hams Hall (Great Britain)
darkpoeticken
03-31-2007, 01:57 AM
I need to make it very clear that the X3 ISN'T manufactured in SC. The new X6 is supposed to be, however.