India, Nov. 20 -- To start with, BMW India has begun assembling BS-VI diesel variants of its 5 Series sedan and the 6 Series Gran Turismo (GT).

In April 2018, BMW India became one of only a few premium carmakers in the country to offer an entire range of BS-VI compliant petrol motors. Now though, with the final BS-VI implementation deadline of 1st April 2020 closer than ever before, the company has officially started local production of BS-VI compliant diesel variants at its Chennai facility. The move, as per BMW India, comes ahead of their timeline. To start the BS-VI diesel chapter, BMW India has started assembling the corresponding variants of its 5 Series sedan and the 6 Series Gran Turismo (GT). In the SUV line-up, the X1 is likely to...