Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Volkswagen is going to introduce Beetle in India by 2009

German carmaker Volkswagen has firmed up plans for its introduction of Beetle in India.

According to Volkswagen India President and Managing Director Joerg Mueller, "Beetle will come here. After strengthening our dealership network, it will come next year."

The company has been looking at using the Beetle as a brand building tool for Volkswagen as it prepares to get into the highly competitive Indian compact car segment by 2010.


Volkswagen is investing 580 million euros (approx rs 3,600 crore) in setting up a manufacturing facility at Chakan in Maharashtra from where it would roll out is small car for the Indian market.

It plans to launch its compact car based on the Polo platform in two variants -- hatchback and sedan -- once it starts production at its Chakan plant in Maharashtra.

According to Mueller, "The car based on Polo platform will be rolled out from our upcoming plant (in Chakan) by the first half of 2010."

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