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    Peugeot all set to re-enter India on January 5th

    Peugeot Citroen, the French car manufacturer had made their intentions well-known to participate in the 2012 Auto Expo at New Delhi. They chose to make their presence official in India on the very first day, the January 5th of the Indian Auto Expo that will be held from 5th-11th January, 2012. The company’s Managing Director Frederic Fabre and the Peugeot India Vice- President Thierry Poirat will make their presence well felt to mark the beginning of their journey in India.

    Ritesh
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    Published On Dec 28, 2011 13:24 IST
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    They might have a couple of products up their sleeve to showcase them at the Expo. The sedan Peugeot 508 seems to be more than a possibility but perhaps, the car manufacturer might bring a 208 hatchback as well. One might have expected to showcase the Peugeot 207 hatchback instead, as it was caught during undergoing test rounds a couple of times. But, remember, it was said even back then that they were just conducting the tests only to check if the product is viable for Indian conditions in the first place. Anyhow, looks like Peugeot 207 is not on their cards as of now.
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    Coming to the Peugeot 508 sedan which is what the French car manufacturer will bring it to India as a Completely Built Unit (CBU) to begin with. Going forward, we can expect the localisation of the sedan at the Peugeot’s manufacturing plant in Gujarat, however the production is not going to start anytime soon as they have just initialised the process at the plant a couple of months back. This brings us to a question, how did the car manufacturer conduct the test runs of the Peugeot 508 sedan we have spied upon quite a few times. Apparently, Peugeot has given this responsibility to a local agency to carry out the testing for the sedan in Indian conditions. Looks like, they have made enough preparations for the re-entry after a decade into the country to avoid the history to repeat itself.

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    Ritesh
    <p>Having worked as an Auto Journalist for the past 5 years, Ritesh is keenly passionate about digging more on automobiles and things related. His journey as a journalist so far consists of different profiles that helped him groom on various platforms within the automobiles industry. He kept rolling on technical experience during his career as a Road Test Editor, which finally took him to a level where he turned to be an Editor-in-Chief of CarDekho.com, India's no. #1 automotive giant.&nbsp;</p> <p>Another side of his creative life is easily visible the photography that he carries out in order to serve the CarDekho news readers with the latest and natural pictures of newly launched cars. Additionally, he is the one who foresees all auto news articles that are to be published making it sure that CarDekho readers get the latest and the best automotive news first. "Life is a highway, keep driving", Says Ritesh.</p>Read more

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