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Volkswagen India

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Industry
  
Automotive

Website
  
www.volkswagen.co.in

Key person
  
Andreas Lauermann

Products
  
Automobiles

Founded
  
2007

Motto
  
Das Auto

Type
  
Division of Volkswagen Group India

Key people
  
Dr. Andreas Lauermann (President and Managing Director)

Parent organizations
  
Volkswagen Group Sales India, Volkswagen Group

Profiles

Volkswagen india j d power 2015 india awards presentation


Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd is a division of the Volkswagen Group India, founded in 2007.

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Manufacturing facilities

Volkswagen India operates a manufacturing plant in Pune (Chakan) Maharashtra which is capable of producing 200,000 vehicles per annum. Along with the manufacturing of Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen Vento and the newly launched Volkswagen Ameo, the plant is also shared by Škoda Auto India Private Limited for manufacturing the Škoda Rapid.

Volkswagen has an engine assembly facility (an extension to the previously mentioned plant) built in 2015 at a cost of 240 crore (710 million Euro ). The plant reportedly holds production capacity of about 98,000 engines annually.

Models

Vehicles sold by the company include

  • Volkswagen Jetta (2008–present)
  • Volkswagen Polo (2009–present)
  • Cross Polo (2015–present)
  • Polo GTI (2016–present)
  • Volkswagen Vento (2010–present)
  • Volkswagen Ameo (2016–present)
  • Volkswagen Beetle (2014–present)
  • The Volkswagen Tiguan will be launched on 1 April 2017 under Rs 20 Lakhs. The Volkswagen Passat GTE will also be launched in May 2017.

    Vehicles discontinued by the company include

  • Volkswagen Touareg (2008-2013)
  • Volkswagen New Beetle (2011-2013)
  • Volkswagen Phaeton (2010-2013)
  • Volkswagen Passat (2007-2014)
  • Sales and service network

    Volkswagen India Private Limited’s prime focus is to manufacture quality products at its Chakan Plant. It sells its products to a group company viz. Volkswagen Group Sales India Pvt. Ltd., which is based out of Mumbai. Volkswagen Group Sales India Pvt. Ltd. has a large dealer network in India for sale of products manufactured by Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. Volkswagen India has 119 showrooms and 113 service centers across 101 cities.

    References

    Volkswagen India Wikipedia