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    Volkswagen unveils chakan plant!

    Road Rocket
    Road Rocket


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    Post  Road Rocket 31st March 2009, 8:26 pm

    Volkswagen today officially announced that it will start production at its new chakan (near pune )plant. With an annual production capacity of 110,000 vehicles, the pune plant is built at an investment of Rs 3,800 crore. Volkswagen will build Skoda Fabia, new Polo and a polo based sedan at the new plant. “The Pune plant will begin building the Skoda Fabia compact car in May,” a VW statement said. “Production of a hatchback version of the Volkswagen Polo specially developed for the Indian market will be added from 2010,” the statement added. Chakan plant sports a flexible assembly line which means Volkswagen Gr
    oup brands – Audi, Skoda, Volkswagen will make a range of cars here. “Thanks to the local production of Volkswagen and Skoda models in Pune, we will benefit even more from enormous growth on the Indian automobile market in future,” VW board member Jochem Heizmann said at the opening ceremony.

    What it means to you:
    Once Volkswagen ramps up production at the Chakan plant, localisation levels for the Fabia will be up to 50 per cent in three years from the present 15 per cent. Result, you can expect a more VFM (value for money) Fabia soon.

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    thackervijay
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    Post  thackervijay 2nd April 2009, 9:18 am

    yeah RR, read this news in local paper yesterday, company is eying on more market share and localising parts is the best way to get their prices down which might lure more customers with affordable parts and ownership, but i still believe that skoda india needs to work hard on its ASS part which is not so good and in some cases is pathetic.
    Crazy cat
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    Post  Crazy cat 4th April 2009, 12:16 am

    With this new plant, Fabia is going to get more features for the same cost, as a result of local production.

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