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" Indian-German Automotive Congress" in Wolfsburg

“Entrepreneurs wanting to conquer new markets have to carry out production and purchasing activities on site, at least in the medium term", says Prof. Dr Bernd Wilhelm, Spokesman of the Board of Wolfsburg AG. At the “Indian-German Automotive Congress” held in Wolfsburg on 28th October 2008, the focus is on India as one of Asia’s largest and Read More...

 

Volkswagen Accelerates Focus on Southern India...

Volkswagen India today announced the appointment of Volkswagen Cochin as its authorized dealer in Cochin. Mr. Joerg Mueller, President and Managing Director, Volkswagen Group-India said, “This partnership is in line with our strategy to extend Volkswagen’s reach in the country. We see a growing demand for our cars and this step is towards a Read More...

 

Volkswagen and Audi set up their new Corporate...

Volkswagen Group, Europe’s largest automobile manufacturer is poised to further strengthen its Indian operations with the setting up of a new corporate sales office in Mumbai. The new corporate sales office located at Bandra Kurla Complex will help Volkswagen and Audi in catering to its customers and dealers in India better. Speaking on the Read More...

 

Volkswagen Unveils the Globally Successful Jetta...

Volkswagen India today announced the launch of one of the brand’s globally successful model, Jetta in India at a spectacular ceremony. The Jetta sedan which is being assembled locally at the Volkswagen Group’s Aurangabad plant will be available in India in three variants and two engines – Jetta 1.6L Petrol engine with a 5-speed manual gearbox and Read More...

 

Volkswagen Group registers impressive sales...

The Volkswagen Group, Europe’s leading automobile manufacturer registered an impressive 69 percent growth in sales in India between January to June 2008, a marked increase over projected figures. The three group brands- Audi, Skoda and Volkswagen together delivered 10,366 cars to customers in India in the last six months as against 6,131 cars sold Read More...

 

Christian Klingler appointed to the Board of...

Christian Klingler (39) will be appointed Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand as of 1st August. He will be responsible for Sales, Marketing und After Sales. The economics graduate Christian Klingler is part of the management leadership at Porsche Holding GmbH (Salzburg) since 2004 and is there responsible Read More...

 

Volkswagen India celebrates World Environment Day...

Volkswagen India celebrated the 36th observance of World Environment Day through a tree plantation ceremony at its upcoming manufacturing facility at Chakan, Pune. Volkswagen employees planted 250 trees to encourage green surroundings at the facility. Mr. Joerg Mueller, President, Volkswagen India also participated in the initiatives. This Read More...

 

Volkswagen Working on High-Performance Energy...

Agreement has been reached on a co-operation which sees Volkswagen joining forces with Sanyo, one of the world’s leading developers of rechargeable batteries, to work on new and extremely efficient high-performance storage systems based on lithium-ion technology. “Our focus in future,” says Prof Martin Winterkorn, CEO of the Volkswagen Group, Read More...

 

Volkswagen Zooms Into the Fast Lane; Expands...

Volkswagen India today announced the appointment of Genuss Motors and Prestige Motors as its authorized dealers in Chandigarh and Ludhiana respectively. Mr. Joerg Mueller, Volkswagen Group Representative for India and President of Volkswagen India as well as the Volkswagen National Sales Company, said: “The partnerships are in line with our Read More...

 

Volkswagen Zooms Into the Fast Lane; Expands

Volkswagen India today announced the appointment of Orion Motors as its authorized dealer in Hyderabad. Mr. Joerg Mueller, Volkswagen Group Representative for India and President of Volkswagen India as well as of the Volkswagen National Sales Company, said: “The partnership is in line with our strategy to extend Volkswagen’s reach in the Read More...

 

Volkswagen Groups starts second quarter 2008 with...

- Global deliveries of 550,000 vehicles expected for all eight brands - 2.12 million vehicles delivered in first four months – seven percent rise - Volkswagen brand also reports marked increase in deliveries Market conditions becoming more difficult The Volkswagen Group started the second quarter of 2008 with another global record: Under Read More...

 

Volkswagen to make maiden entry at 9th Auto Expo...

Volkswagen, Europe’s largest car maker will mark its maiden entry at the Auto Expo to be held early next year with a display of its latest range of product line. Volkswagen’s pavilion in Hall No. 12 at the Pragati Maidan, spread over a total area of 1600 square metres will display German engineering at its best. The formidable showcase will Read More...

 

Indian delegation visits Volkswagen in Wolfsburg

The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Maharashtra, Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, visited Volkswagen in Wolfsburg today (Tuesday) accompanied by a delegation. Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with responsibility for ‘Group Production’, and Detlef Wittig, Executive Vice President Group Sales and Read More...

 

Volkswagen Group sets new record with just under...

The Volkswagen Group delivered over 6 million vehicles to customers for the first time ever last year. The Group sold 6.189 million vehicles worldwide, increasing deliveries year-on-year by 7.9 percent. “Vehicle sales in excess of 6 million represent an important milestone for us. I am convinced our great cars, attractive prices and further models Read More...

 

Ratan Tata visits Volkswagen in India

Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Motors visits the Volkswagen pavilion While visiting the Volkswagen pavilion, Mr Ratan Tata was welcomed by Mr Joerg Mueller, President of Volkswagen India and Mr Andreas Prinz, Managing Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars India and had discussion about the range of vehicles on show. This included the new Volkswagen Read More...

 

Rahul Gandhi visits Volkswagen in India

Politician and grandson of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi delighted with Volkswagen UP! A visit from a member of India’s most famous political family caused quite a stir at the Auto Expo today. Rahul Gandhi showed a special interest in Volkswagen products during his tour of the exhibition. While visiting the Volkswagen stand Rahul Read More...

 

Large lineup in New Delhi: Volkswagen presents...

Stars include the UP! concept car and the new Tiguan Starting in 2010 we will be manufacturing up to 110,000 cars per year Today, at the Auto Expo 2008 in New Delhi Volkswagen is once again setting off new fireworks. Among those at the starting line are two absolute highlights: the UP! concept car and the newly developed Tiguan SUV. Europe’s Read More...

 

Volkswagen unveils the Passat - its first locally...

Volkswagen, Europe’s largest car maker today announced the launch of the brand in India with the unveiling of its first locally assembled Passat Sedan. The very well equipped Passat TDI 2.0 litre Highline will be currently available in two versions in India. These are priced at Rs. 22.35 Lakhs and Rs. 24.35 Lakhs, respectively (all prices Read More...

 

Volkswagen Launches India Website

Volkswagen today announced the launch of its all new Indian website as a part of strengthening its Indian operations. The Volkswagen Group recently set up a new sales company called Volkswagen Group Sales India Private Limited in Mumbai to focus on the Indian market. Mr. Andreas Prinz, Managing Director of Volkswagen Passenger Cars at Read More...

 

Volkswagen Group establishes sales company in...

The Volkswagen Group, Europe’s largest automobile manufacturer, is further strengthening its Indian operations by setting up a new company called Volkswagen Group Sales India Private Limited in Mumbai. The Volkswagen Group’s Indian operations will be headed by the Managing Director Mr. Joerg Mueller, who will also be responsible for managing Read More...

 

Volkswagen hold its 1st Suppliers Conference in...

Volkswagen has hosted its 1st Suppliers Conference in Mumbai, India. About 250 suppliers from India and abroad followed the invitation to a one-day meeting with members of the Volkswagen Group. As an important step for the production plans of Volkswagen in India, Europe’s largest automobile manufacturer is to build up its relationships Read More...