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2017 BMW 5-Series India production begins
BMW has commenced the production of the 2017 5-Series at its Chennai facility and the German carmaker is all geared up to launch the latest iteration of the luxury sedan on June 29th.
BMW has commenced the production of the 2017 5-Series at its Chennai facility and the German carmaker is all geared up to launch the latest iteration of the luxury sedan on June 29th. This is a new generation model and it gets major revisions to the exteriors and interiors, and comes loaded with a lot of new-age features.
The 5-Series was unveiled officially last year and is based on BMW’s CLAR (Cluster Architecture) platform. The India-spec 5-Series initially is expected to get a 2.0-litre turbocharged diesel engine that produces 190 HP (520d) and a 3.0-litre turbocharged diesel engine that produces 265 HP and 620 Nm of torque (530d). Both these diesels will come paired to an 8-speed Steptronic gearbox.
The Chennai facility has been operational since the last 10 years and now produces the BMW 1-Series, BMW 3-Series, BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo, BMW 5-Series, BMW 7-Series, BMW X1, BMW X3 and the BMW X5.
