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The manufacturing facility of luxury car maker BMW in Chennai has started the production for the all-new BMW 5 Series, scheduled to be launched in India later this month.Vikram Pawah, president, BMW Group India said, "The all-new BMW 5 Series that will be launched this month has everything that is needed to take the Indian luxury car segment by storm. I would like to congratulate the Plant Chennai team for achieving this important milestone and we are extremely proud for the smooth start of production of the all-new BMW 5 Series."The Chennai facility has been producing cars for the last 10 years and is ready to roll out the new 5 Series, said Jochen Stallkamp, Managing Director, BMW Plant Chennai. The facility started operations in March, 2007, and locally produces 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. The total number of employees at BMW Group India is over 650. More than 3,000 ...