VolksWagen in India

[Beetle]

There has been talk in some of our over eager Auto magazines that VolksWagon is headed for india for some time now.
Actually It is surprising that VW has kept out for so long considering that *Honda, Toyota , GM,Ford , Daimler-Chrysler have set up shop here already.The indian auto market is growing fast and By keeping out , VW is missing a big piece of the pie!

VW's Golf is a premium hatch and could find a niche segment in the indian market.
Other models like Jetta and Passat could fit very well into the midsize and luxury segments respectively.

Another point to note is VW is going great guns in China. and is setting up more plants there :

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...how/729593.cms

Why do you think VW is not in india yet ? Or is it going to sell its chinese made VWs in India ?

-Beetle

[v12]

If VW has a manufacturing plant in China, it wud be cheaper to import the cars from China.
VW gettin the Golf here is what i doubt. It'll be too expensive.

[amit]

NEVER!!!!
The market here is too immature and VW , i guess has learnt from fiat and is intelligent enuff to keep away from the indian market. Our loss! we r stuck with the dingy , tiny korean and japanese cars and we think that we r getting the best in the world!

[satish_appasani]

Skoda is owned by Volkwagon and I believe Octavia shares the same platform with Golf and Zetta. Passat has lots of similarities with Octavia.

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Quote[/b] ]If VW has a manufacturing plant in China, it wud be cheaper to import the cars from China.
VW gettin the Golf here is what i doubt. It'll be too expensive.

If they start importing cars from China, they have to pay more taxes to the Indian government and finally have to sell the car for more than double it's actual value.

[ajmat]

VW are not making much money, makes more sense to go the skoda way over here and expand China market for now. wasted too much money on the Phaeton and the Bugatti - done a good job on Bentley