{"id":24493,"date":"2026-09-14T19:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/?p=24493"},"modified":"2026-09-17T20:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:03:51","slug":"new-bmw-i7-now-assembled-in-india-only-the-second-market-after-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/new-bmw-i7-now-assembled-in-india-only-the-second-market-after-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"New BMW i7 now assembled in India, only the second market after Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d2d648fb058d862776e13c15e27e6ed8.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24495\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4634146341463414;width:1260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d2d648fb058d862776e13c15e27e6ed8.webp 1260w, https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d2d648fb058d862776e13c15e27e6ed8-768x525.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BMW has started local assembly of the fully electric i7 in India, with production of the flagship sedan now underway at the company&#8217;s Chennai plant. India is now the second country after Germany&#8217;s Dingolfing plant to assemble the i7 locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/98e03d031fcde4f36fc8df0f7e98ade2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24496\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7796610169491525;width:1260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/98e03d031fcde4f36fc8df0f7e98ade2.webp 1260w, https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/98e03d031fcde4f36fc8df0f7e98ade2-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>i7 joins Chennai&#8217;s local assembly line<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until now, the BMW i7 had been built exclusively at Dingolfing in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the updated 7 Series now reaching India, BMW is introducing both petrol and electric versions locally, while also starting production of the i7 eDrive50 xDrive M Sport at its Chennai facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flagship i7 M70 xDrive, however, will continue to be brought into India as a completely built-up (CBU) import.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chennai plant has been producing a broad range of BMW models for years. Its local assembly portfolio has included the 2 Series, 3 Series, 5 Series, X1, iX1, X3, X5 and X7, many of which are also familiar to buyers in Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plant produced 16,380 vehicles in 2025, up 12.4% year on year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8edccbbce9e0b9d271026b227afd74cb.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24494\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7721518987341771;width:1260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8edccbbce9e0b9d271026b227afd74cb.webp 1260w, https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8edccbbce9e0b9d271026b227afd74cb-768x433.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7 Series and i7 pricing in India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BMW has also opened bookings for the new 7 Series and published its ex-showroom prices, before road tax and insurance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>BMW 740 M Sport: INR 19.5 million<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BMW i7 eDrive50 xDrive M Sport: INR 19.5 million<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BMW i7 M70 xDrive: INR 26.5 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deliveries of the new 7 Series range are expected to begin at Indian BMW dealerships in October this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local production of the i7 gives BMW another manufacturing base for its electric flagship outside Germany, as the company continues to expand EV production across its global network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW has started local assembly of the fully electric i7 in India, with production of the flagship sedan now underway at the company&#8217;s Chennai plant. India is now the second country after Germany&#8217;s Dingolfing plant to assemble the i7 locally. i7 joins Chennai&#8217;s local assembly line Until now, the BMW i7 had been built exclusively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[6,424],"class_list":["post-24493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car","tag-bmw","tag-i7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24498,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24493\/revisions\/24498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}