List of articles tagged: VW

The economic recession seems not to have touched automakers from around the world. In a latest report from Volkswagen, the company claims to have done record deliveries (6.29 million vehicles) than compared to the prior year.

VW India rolled out its first production Polo on Saturday. Present at the ceremony were The Honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Ashok Chavan and Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, with responsibility of ‘Group Production’.

Volkswagen and Suzuki Motor Corporation have reached a common understanding to establish a close longterm strategic partnership. A framework agreement has been signed by representatives of both companies today. 

Volkswagen Group which launched its New Beetle and the Touareg officially last Friday, will commence the production of its premium hatchback the Polo on the 20th December at the Chakan plant near Pune.

Volkswagen has announced the launch of the New Beetle, and the Touareg in India. The New Beetle will be priced at Rs 20.45 lakh and the Touareg at Rs 51.85 lakh (ex-showroom ,Delhi.) Speaking at the launch, Mr. Neeraj Garg, Member of Board and Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars said, “We are excited to bring this iconic Beetle, to India after its success across the world.” He further added, “The launch of the Touareg is our marketing debut in the SUV segment. India has a great demand for SUVs. The Touareg has been successful across countries and the entry will further enhance our presence in the market.”

After last week's post of the Seat Ibiza and Jetta caught on test, we’ve now caught a 2010 Polo and a very pretty Fabia testing. Here are the shots.

Our intrepid spy photographer has struck again, this time with images of VW cars doing what seems to be engine benchmarking with the Jetta.

These are spy pictures of the VW Polo caught during testing in India. The Polo will be manufactured at Volkswagen’s Chakan plant, where the Skoda Fabia is currently being manufactured and will start producing the Polo fairly soon. This not-so-little hatchback will be launched at the upcoming Auto Expo (2010).

Skoda Fabia’s production at the Volkswagen plant in Chakan near Pune commenced from this Independence Day. The Volkswagen plant was inaugurated earlier this year on the 31st of March.

Volkswagen Group has launched its first Logistics Service Facility which is provided by Skoda Auto India Private Limited at its Aurangabad plant. On the basis of a facility for Skoda spare parts the expansion to a Volkswagen Group facility for the brands Audi, Skoda and Volkswagen has been conceptualized and set up in a record period of 4 months. The total investment of this expansion is of over Rs. 13.6 Crores (2 Million Euros).