BMW Launches New Dealership Facility in Hyderabad
BMW India announced the opening of a new sales and service facility of KUN Exclusive at Hyderabad. This is the third KUN Exclusive facility in south India, the others being in Chennai and Coimbatore. Spread over 19,084 sq ft, the ultra modern 4S facility has a classy showroom integrated with after-sales service facility featuring Sales, Service, Spare parts and Business Systems to ensure that customers receive best-in-class pre and post sales ownership experience.
Dr. Andreas Schaaf, President, BMW India said, “BMW India is proud to launch this new facility in Hyderabad. Our business in south India is doing very well and now bigger facilities like KUN Exclusive will facilitate further progress. We are confident of the growing sales and our commitment to aggressively expand our operations in India will continue at a fast pace.”
KUN Exclusive has been a BMW dealer partner since 2007 and has one the biggest showroom facilities in south India. The new showroom in Hyderabad is located at Khairatabad and is headed by Mr. Gautam Gudigopuram, Director, KUN Exclusive.
“Our partnership with BMW India started four years back and since then every year has been full of success and tremendous growth. Today, we are very excited to launch our third facility. With this new facility in Hyderabad, KUN Exclusive also gets the opportunity to be able to reach out to more of our valued customers. There is a firm commitment to serve our growing clientele with more enthusiasm and passion.” said Mr. Gautam Gudigopuram, Director, KUN Exclusive.
The design of the showroom is based upon Reception at the Car (RATC) and Urban Street Display concept which is a signature BMW layout with a Consultation Lounge and Sales Desk close to the display area. The showroom will display up to 12 cars in an urban street display style. The workshop has 10 service bays that can service up to 40 cars per day. KUN Exclusive has employed over 45 people for its new Hyderabad facility and has also provided its staff intense training at BMW’s training centers in Singapore, Malaysia and Germany.
Headquartered in Gurgaon (National Capital Region), BMW India is a 100% subsidiary of the BMW Group. Till September 2010, BMW Group has invested 1.1 billion Indian Rupees. BMW Group’s investment in India will be increased to 1.8 billion Indian Rupees by the end of 2012. The wide range of BMW activities in India include the establishment of a production plant in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and development of a dealer organisation across major metropolitan centres of the country.
On 29 March 2007, BMW India officially opened its production plant in Chennai. The BMW Plant Chennai produces the BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series and BMW X1 in petrol and diesel variants. The BMW Plant Chennai has the capacity to produce 8000 units per year. BMW India will employ around 400 people by end of 2010. Up to 1200 jobs will be created in the dealer and service network in 2011.
BMW India has set a decisive course in India by setting up BMW dealerships of international standards across all metropolitan centres of the country. In Phase I of the Dealer Network Strategy, BMW India established 12 BMW outlets in major metropolitan centres by the end of 2008 (much ahead of its original schedule). In 2011, BMW India will aggressively expand its dealer network by increasing the number of outlets to 22 across major metropolitan centres and emerging markets in India (from the present 20 outlets).