Volkswagen Passenger Cars is targeting a volume sales growth of about 15 per cent in the country in 2024, even as it expects the Indian passenger vehicle (PV) industry to grow by 5-7 per cent in the current year, its India brand director, Ashish Gupta, said on Thursday. This means the company is expecting to grow 2-3 times faster than the Indian PV industry in 2024. But globally, the German automaker is expecting just 3 per cent rise in sales this year, down from 12 per cent last year.
olkswagen on Wednesday launched a petrol variant of its premium hatchback Cross Polo in India, priced at Rs 7,07,000.
Volkswagen launches special edition Vento at Rs 10.42 lakh.
The sub-4 metre sedan will be available with both petrol and diesel engines.
it will share the platform will Polo.
'Volkswagen made some big mistakes.'
German carmaker Volkswagen plans to invest Rs 1,500 crore in India over the next 6 years on various activities, including local production of engines, as it aims to consolidate position in the country.
Volkswagen is planning to make India a low-cost manufacturing hub.
Maruti Suzuki posted a marginal increase in January and the likes of Hyundai, Ford and Mahindra & Mahindra reporting a single-digit growth.
MSI said compact sedan Dzire Tour stood out as sales rose by over two-fold during the month under review to 3,370 units as against 1,299 in July 2014.