German luxury car manufacturer BMW today launched its new sports utility vehicle ‘X1’ in India, priced between Rs 22 lakh and Rs 29.9 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
The vehicle will be available in both petrol and diesel variants. While the petrol option is tagged at Rs 22 lakh (ex-showroom, all-India), the diesel variant will have two options priced at Rs 23.9 lakh and Rs 29.9 lakh (ex-showroom, all-India), respectively.
President of BMW India Andreas Schaaf said, “The new BMW ‘X1’ sets the benchmark by bringing together features of a sports activity vehicle with spontaneous flexibility and outstanding fuel economy.”
Bullish on its latest model, the company said it expected the X1 to be its biggest volumes driver in India.
“Already we have 1,000 orders for the BMW X1 and we are sold out for the first quarter of the next year. We expect the X1 to be the biggest volume model for BMW in India,”he said.
The new vehicle will be assembled at the company’s Chennai plant. The sports utility vehicle will be positioned below its existing ‘X3’ and ‘X5’ SUV models, which are already being sold in the country.
