Volkswagen Completes Five Years of Indian Exports

Volkswagen has successfully completed five years of exporting from India to international markets. This is good news for the German carmaker since it has lately been busy battling controversies. Volkswagen has been trying hard to revamp its image and this news will certainly add to those efforts.

The company exports left-hand–drive as well as right-hand-drive Vento and Polo cars from India. As of now, Mexico has proven to be its biggest customer, with more than eighty per cent of its exports in 2015 being shipped to the country.

Two years after setting up its first Indian production unit in Pune (2009), Volkswagen began exporting its products to South Africa. By 2015, it was exporting more than fifty five per cent of the Pune facility's total production. These were marked for more than thirty-five countries in Asia, Africa, and North and South America.

Commenting on the export drive, Dr Andreas Lauermann, president and MD, Volkswagen India, said, “Volkswagen set up its Indian operations especially for the domestic Indian market and we still continue to focus primarily on our local customers and their demands. However, with fluctuations in the domestic demand and the currency exchange, it became necessary for us to establish a second strong leg of our operations here in India."

He added "Since a Volkswagen made anywhere in the world follows the same quality and engineering standards, we were able to impress several export markets and create a demand there with our cars built in India. The acceptance and rising demand from a variety of markets and consumers from Asia to America stands a testimony to the global standards and state-of-the-art manufacturing that we undertake here at the Pune Plant.”

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