The company will sell both VW and non-VW branded cars under the pre-owned car business, Volkswagen Group Sales India Member of Board and Director Neeraj Garg told reporters in New Delhi.
Phaeton is built at Volkswagens Glass factory at Dresden in Germany where a customer can see his or her car being assembled from the stage of choosing chassis.
By 2018, the group, as a whole, were intending to capture 20 per cent of the passenger car market in India.
Sources say Volkswagen may foray into this venture by May.
India's automobile market is expected to register a slower growth between 12-14 per cent in the current calendar year, as compared to 30 per cent in 2010, an industry official said on Thursday.