Rolls Royce Outsourcing R&D to India, Is BMW Next?

The Rolls Royce faithful all cried a tear in their Earl Grey when the iconic British luxury car manufacturer became a subsidiary of German monolith BMW. Now, in a move that could push the faithful even closer to the edge, BMW has announced it may outsource a portion of Rolls Royce design and R&D to India. BMW is already in the process of setting up a 20 Million Euro manufacturing facility near Chennai to build BMW vehicles, a sales subsidiary and design center will follow shortly there after.

So far, there are no plans for Rolls Royce to assemble vehicles in India, but the presence of the design center will give them the ability of better customization for the emerging market. A move to India by Rolls Royce is expected to go much smoother than recent ventures into China by BMW. Cultural and political similarities, along with English being a second or even first language for many residents of India will make the transition much easier. This coupled with India’s much deeper pool of educated workers makes the move an attractive proposition.
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PlanoA4 - 9/20/2006 2:01:56 PM

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Translated: We can do the R&D work cheaper here. So we have setup shop.

dragvorl - 9/20/2006 2:53:49 PM

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Like they are making Daewoos, not RR.

PlanoA4 - 9/20/2006 3:59:10 PM

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Actually India has the higher education standards and the lower cost of living. Those two factors alone make it prime for such venture. Educated minds without the need to pay western wages.

kart1 - 9/20/2006 5:11:51 PM

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India has the most engineers and pumps out the most every year.

chewy - 9/20/2006 8:51:03 PM

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BMW fans getting excited about outsorcing. Qustion, after Bentley and RR were separated which company has been more sucessful?

YZFracer23 - 9/20/2006 9:16:52 PM

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haha, good one chewy

kart1 - 9/20/2006 11:13:59 PM

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huu76: that is all about management control. Toyota doesn't have this problem do they??? I think we have had this discussion before.

dragvorl - 9/21/2006 2:06:18 AM

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I think that they won't tell that to RR customers (that they are developing cars in India). Don't you think? Mr. logical idiot...

razzy23 - 9/21/2006 11:36:21 AM

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i just hope BMW doesnt start building cars in Mexico. Look whats going on with VW quality, ughhh.
Been going on for decades now. Horrible.

mand - 9/22/2006 10:06:50 PM

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my parents are of indian heritage, and from what i know about my culture, indian people are either extremely intelligent, or they are extremely hard working(as in labour jobs) both ways they are dilligent.