Volkswagen Up! could be manufactured in India
Volkswagen surprised the market experts when they announced their Up! low cost car model.
This model could be manufactured by the company at their Indian plants to benefit from the low cost manufacturing for sale in the international market.
Market sources say that this model could be manufactured [...]
Porsche rejects Volkswagen ultimatum for merger
German sports car manufacturer Porsche has rejected the ultimatum given to them by auto giant Volkswagen for a potential merger deal between the two companies.
Wolfgang Porsche said that he was willing to go into talks with Volkswagen but those talks would have to be done privately and not [...]
Volkswagen considering investing in Suzuki
Volkswagen is the largest automobile maker in the European market.
However, they are somewhat struggling to compete against their rivals in the Asian markets like India.
Market sources say that VW is considering investing in Japanese automaker Suzuki which dominates the small car market in India through their subsidiary Maruti Suzuki [...]
Skoda Fabia now being manufactured at Volkswagen facility in Pune
German auto giant Volkswagen has announced that they are manufacturing Skoda Fabia at their new factory located in Pune near Mumbai.
Volkswagen also plans to start manufacturing a version of VW Polo at this plant in the near future.
More models are expected to be build at [...]
Volkswagen… World’s largest automaker?
It just might have happened. Toyota recently overtook General Motors to become the largest car seller in the world.
However, considering the Japanese auto giant is also struggling in these tough times… market sources say that Volkswagen just might have taken the top spot in the first three months of the year.
VW [...]
GM aims to double sales in China in the coming years
General Motors might be struggling in their home market but they are doing well in the overseas markets.
China for example is a very profitable market for the US based automaker. And they are now planning to double their sales in China in the coming [...]
Volkswagen opens up their new manufacturing plant in India
Volkswagen has opened up their new manufacturing plant in India.
This this new development the company is now aiming to increase their market share in India to 10% in the coming years.
This new plant would manufacture the upcoming small car from Skoda.
It would also [...]
Volkswagen Beetle coming to India this year
Volkswagen has plans to bring the original people’s car Beetle to the Indian market sometime later year.
Things would become even more interesting with the launch of the Volkswagen Polo early next year.
Volkswagen India-Project Head Ludwig Geerken had this to say on the future launches by the company in [...]
Volkswagen Jetta is MotorWeek Best Car of the Year
Auto Magazine MotorWeek has named Volkswagen Jetta as their Best Car of the Year.
The magazine evaluated the cars on several parameters including buyer’s point-of-view, and uses trends and innovations.
Mark Barnes, COO, Volkswagen of America had this to say on winning the award: “Having the Jetta [...]
Volkswagen advances production plans at Chakan plant
While other automakers are cutting production and slowing down expansion plans, Volkswagen India are doing something different.
The company has announced that they would start production at their new Chakan factory in Maharashtra from April 2009.
This would be much ahead of the original schedule.
The company decided to take [...]
