For the future, Volkswagen has planned to make itself, a well established SUV dominated brand in India. For that, it has also hinted the possible SUVs.
Volkswagen India currently has five cars in its lineup, including Polo, Ameo, Vento, Passat and Tiguan. The German has been in India for the last 18 years and recently its share went below 1% in the Indian market.
Globally, there are a lot more products of Volkswagen being sold. Going by fresh reports from Livemint, Volkswagen wants to expand its business in India, but only with the help of new SUVs.
While it will roll out the facelifts of its existing models in future, most of the launches from the company will now include SUVs. What Volkswagen wants is to be known for SUVs in India, from its first one launching next year.
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Volkswagen thinks that its presence in the sub-compact SUV and mid-size SUV is absent and these two segments are growing tremendously. In recent months, we have seen a lot of launches in this segment, including the ultra-famous Kia Seltos and MG Hector.
The first one upcoming from VW is the sub-compact SUV built on MQB-AO platform. It will be most likely the Volkswagen T-Cross that is set to be unveiled at the 2020 Auto Expo. After that, it plans to take on the likes of popular SUVs like Hyundai Creta and Mahindra XUV500.
Other sets of SUV that might make it to India include the Volkswagen T-Roc and Touareg. Volkswagen is also working on an all-new SUV that is still under development. This unknown SUV will be built in collaboration with Skoda and both of them will use their own versions for sale.
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Volkswagen has confirmed disinterest in the small cars or the B segment sedan type for the time being. If seen, despite being excellent driving enthusiastic cars, the Polo and Vento have not managed to grab a decent share in the Indian market.
Also, from April 2020, Volkswagen will discontinue diesel engines post BS-6 norms. So your beloved TDI engines will no longer be available and now’s the right time if you really like one.
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