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Monday, January 25th, 2010 |
Volkswagen India has inaugurated India’s first ‘Quick Start Modular 3S Dealership’ in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Volkswagen Raipur will be the company’s first 3S facility in the state of Chhattisgarh. This unique concept is a mobile deployment, including dismounting and relocation, enabling the showroom to create fast sales and service facility. The entire facility takes 3 weeks for foundation and 3 weeks for assembly at the location. The launch of this unique showroom comes at a time when Volkswagen is ready to start sales of the new Polo from March this year.
The 8 module dealership features 3 cars on showroom display, parts storage facility, 4 workshop bays, service and sales office, customer and driver lounge , social room for employees and lavatories. The container showroom of Volkswagen Raipur will offer premium buying experience to its customers, at par with the Volkswagen’s global standards of sales and services. The showroom is also equipped with state-of-the-art service facility well-equipped with tools and equipment capable of servicing 10 cars per day.
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 |
Volkswagen India has launched the Volkswagen Polo in India at the Auto Expo 2010. It was first unvieled the all new 2009 Polo at the Geneva Auto Show ‘09. New Polo is available with two engine options and is available in six variants.
- Volkswagen Polo Petrol - 1400cc engine - 75 Bhp Power and 110 Nm Torque
- Volkswagen Polo Diesel - 1200cc engine - 75 Bhp Power and 180 Nm Torque
Both petrol and diesel models are available in 3 variants each - Trendline, Comfortline and top of the line Highline. The top of the line Highline variant comes with Airbags, Alloys, ABS, Climate control, Leather Interiors, Rear washer/wiper & Parking sensors.
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Sunday, December 13th, 2009 |
Volkswagen , which recently bought a 19.9% stake in Suzuki Motor, has now started production of the Polo at its plant near Pune. With the Polo , a compact hatchback that will compete against vehicles like the Skoda Fabia, Honda Jazz, Hyundai i20 and Fiat Grande Punto, Volkswagen hopes to make significant inroads into India’s growing car market.
VW, which has invested close to US$850 million at its plant in Chakan, near Pune, currently has a capacity of producing 110,000 cars in India per annum. With three VW Group brands - Audi, Skoda and VW - present in India, all of which will be launching various new cars in India in the near future, the German manufacturer is aiming to garner a major chunk of the car market here over the next few years.
Volkswagen is aiming for a high degree of localisation in its cars made in India, to keep prices in check. However, prices for the India-spec VW Polo are likely to be revealed only next month, when the car is shown at the Auto Expo, in Delhi.
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009 |
Volkswagen launched its mid-size luxury sport utility vehicle Touareg in 2002. Touareg was the third SUV from the automaker Volkswagen and shares its platform with the Porsche’s Cayenne. Now, Volkswagen India is all set to launch Touareg in India this december in a price range of 45-55 lakhs. The Touareg is Volkswagon’s radical new sports utility vehicle which represents an attempt to attract a more upscale group of buyers to the Volkswagen brand - buyers who might otherwise be tempted by Mercedes Benz. Accordingly, the company calls the Touareg “one of the most important new vehicle launches in VW history.”
olkswagen India has also started a advertisement which is presently being aired on all leading TV channels in India. In the ad a kid enters Volkswagen showroom and asks: Can we book a car in advance….?? And books a New Beetle for his 18th birthday, a Jetta for his 21st birthday and a Passat when he will become CEO of his dad’s company. The ad ends with sneak peek of Touareg SUV with big VW logo & slogan “Das Auto” which means “The Car” in german launguage. In my opinion this is one of the best ads in which they have shown all the models avaialble in India. Great move by Voklkwagen guys to improve the brand image of the company. Waiting for the launch of New Beetle & Touareg in Indian Market.
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009 |
Volkswagen India is going to launch the Beetle in Indian on 4th December, 2009. It is going to compete with the likes of Fiat 500 and it will be imported as a completely built unit in India which will make it pricier due to high import duty.
It is expect to be priced around Rs. 20 lakh for the base variant and can go upto 24 lakh for the convertible variant. The company has planned a complete advertising campaign including internet, print, electronic and digital media to generate a furor about its upcoming high cost model. The main aim of launching Beetle in India is to build a brand image in the country.
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009 |
Volkswagen has been voted the best volume car manufacturer in Europe, by visitors to the UK-based Road Test Reports website. In a poll conducted by this website, in which 140,000 people took part, Volkswagen netted 35% of the total votes cast to come out on top as the manufacturer of the best, most reliable cars. Skoda (owned by the VW Group) finished in second place, while Spanish manufacturer SEAT took third place.
‘Volkswagen has always had a great reputation; it is an aspirational yet affordable brand and it has worked hard to strike that rare balance,’ says Faye Sunderland, a spokesperson for Road Test Reports. It’s interesting to note that Volkswagen plans to increase its presence in the Indian market in a very big way, from 2010 onwards. The German company is preparing to launch a host of mass-market as well as niche offerings here, including the iconic Beetle, which will be launched in India in December this year.
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009 |
Volkswagen announced that it is aiming to sell 1,00,000 cars annually in India by 2014.The German luxury car maker said that the launch of its Volkswagen Polo in both hatchback and sedan variants in India will help the company boost up its sales in India.
With the introduction of Polo, Volkswagen will move into the mass-volume car market in India. The Volkswagen Polo will be manufactured in the company’s Chakan plant near Pune. The Rs 3,800 Crore Chakan plant has an annual capacity of 1.10 Lakh units. The Volkswagen Jetta and the Volkswagen Passat, which are currently sold in India, are assembled at this facility unit.
Moreover, the German company also sells the high-end Volkswagen Phaeton and the Touareg in India but, these cars are imported from the company’s mother plant in Germany. Volkswagen also will be introducing the iconic Volkswagen Beetle in India by November 2009 and the Beetle, a company spokesperson said, would be shipped into India from Germany in the form of Completely Built Unit (CBU).
The company which has a firm footing in India also is planning to strengthen its dealership network to 40 dealerships across the country by the end of 2009. The company sold 1,566 vehicles last year and has targeted to sell more than 3,000 vehicles in India in 2009 and with the launch of Polo next year; Volkswagen is hoping to sell 25,000 units of Polo in 2010.
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 |
The Volkswagen Group again reported an increase in worldwide deliveries in July, the third successive month of growth. Despite the continuing difficult situation on global automotive markets, Europe’s largest automaker recorded 6.7 percent growth, with deliveries totaling 556,900 (July 2008: 521,100) units*.
This means that 3.65 (January - July 2008: 3.79; -3.5 percent) million vehicles were delivered to customers during the first seven months of this year. The Volkswagen Group therefore continues to perform significantly better than the overall market, which declined by roughly 16 percent during this period.
“We are making good progress and winning market share worldwide. Our current delivery figures are above plan. That proves we are present on the right markets with the right products at the right time,” Detlef Wittig, Executive Vice President, Group Sales and
Marketing, commented in Wolfsburg on Monday. “It gives us a solid, positive basis for the post-crisis period. However, the recession is not over yet, it has perhaps bottomed out, but we see no signs yet of a sustained recovery on world markets. That is why we are viewing further developments with caution,” he added.
Clearly positive trend on core markets of Germany and China - The Volkswagen Group again produced a good performance on its key sales markets. Deliveries on the home market rose by 26.9 percent to 113,700 (89,600) units. The scrapping premium continued to have a positive effect. “We won as many as 250,000 new customers for the Group with the help of the scrapping premium in Germany,” Wittig commented. Developments on the Chinese market were exceptionally positive on the back of state incentive programs. The Group delivered 127,900 (76,000) vehicles in China, 68.4 percent up on the same month in 2008, and also representing the highest deliveries ever in a single month.
Volkswagen could not, however, entirely escape the effects of the tense situation on many automotive markets. A total of 286,900 (295,800; -3.0 percent) vehicles were delivered to customers in Europe. The negative situation on the market in Spain and in several countries of Central and Eastern Europe in particular had an impact.
In South America, the Group sold 74,400 (75,700; -1.8 percent) vehicles in July on an overall market that contracted by 11 percent. In North America, 41,100 (42,400) vehicles were delivered to customers, representing a decrease of 3.1 percent on a market that only contracted by 13 percent as a result of government incentives. In contrast, developments in the Asia/Pacific region were very positive - mainly as a result of success in China. With market growth running at 14 percent, the Volkswagen Group delivered 139,300 (88,200) units, representing a rise of 58.0 percent.
Volkswagen brand grows deliveries in July by 15.2 percent - Audi and SEAT also report increases
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand again performed very well: the core brand reported a 15.2 percent rise in deliveries in July to 351,000 (304,800) vehicles. Apart from models in the Golf range, there was high demand for the Lavida, Passat Lingyu, Jetta and New Bora models which are very successful in China. Deliveries in Germany grew by 38.3 percent to 60,400 (43,700) vehicles, while in China deliveries increased by 67.5 percent to 104,300 (62,300) units. As a result, 2.3 (2.21; +3.8 percent) million vehicles were delivered during the first seven months of this year.
Audi reported worldwide deliveries of 85,000 (83,200) vehicles in July, representing a 2.1 percent rise. As the market’s leading premium brand, Audi benefited from positive developments in China, delivering a record 13,400 (9,400; +42.5 percent) vehicles there. Sales figures for the A3, Q5 and A6 sedan were very satisfactory. In Western Europe, the brand consolidated its leading position as the most successful premium brand thanks to growing market share.
The Czech brand Škoda reported deliveries of 55,800 (58,100; -4.0 percent). The brand made strong progress in Germany, Poland and China in particular.
SEAT benefited from the scrapping premium on the German market with a 71.7 percent rise in deliveries to 5,600 (3,300) units. 10,300 vehicles (9,300) were delivered on the home market of Spain, roughly 11 percent higher than the previous year, and the brand regained its position as market leader. In total, SEAT produced a positive result in July, delivering 33,300 (32,200; +3.6 percent) vehicles.
Courtesy: The Volkswagen Group
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Monday, August 17th, 2009 |
Volkswagen India has started production of the Skoda Fabia at their Chakan plant in Pune. The ocassion was also the moment when all the employees of the plant in Chakan came together to make it a moment to relish as they celebrated India’s 63nd Independance Day.
The celebrations started with the planting of saplings by Joerg Mueller, Volkswagen Group chief representative in India, president and managing director of Volkswagen India Private Limited, along with the board members and all the employees at Volkswagen India’s plant at Chakan.
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Friday, August 7th, 2009 |
Volkswagen is now inviting its European customers to book the new Polo, with deliveries scheduled to start by mid-October this year. Depending on the variant, the car is priced at the equivalent of Rs 8-12 lakh.
The fifth-generation VW Polo, which will also be launched in India next year, is one of the best selling small cars in the world. The new one is being made available with a choice of five engines - three petrol and two diesel - and a choice of five-speed manual and seven-speed DSG twin-clutch automatic gearboxes.
When the Polo comes to India in 2010, we expect it to be offered with a 1.2-litre petrol engine, though a 1.6-litre TDI diesel might also be offered at a later stage. Prices in India could start at around Rs six lakh, though the ‘Indian Polo’ will probably not be as well-equipped as its European sibling, in order to keep prices in check.
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