Ambassador of Republic of India, Sudhir Vyas inaugurates German AutoUni Lecture Series along with Joerg Mueller, Volkswagen Group Chief Representative
Lecture Series ‘India and Volkswagen’ inaugurated in Wolfsburg
Pune, April 15, 2010 – His Excellency Sudhir Vyas, Ambassador of the Republic of India in Germany along with Mr. Joerg Mueller, Volkswagen Group Chief Representative India and President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India Private Limited, inaugurated the German AutoUni lecture series title “India and Volkswagen”, to a packed auditorium of the MobileLifeCampus in Wolfsburg on last Thursday evening. Both the guests were welcomed by Dr. Frank Czymmek of AutoUni.
As part of his opening remarks on the occasion, Sudhir Vyas, Ambassador of the Republic of India in Germany said, “We are thankful for the interest taken by Volkswagen, the car manufacturer from Wolfsburg, in the seventh largest country of the world”. He further added, “With Volkswagen we celebrate a successful first year of the work undertaken in Pune.”
Volkswagen India recently celebrated the first successful year of the completion of its Chakan plant. Volkswagen is also developing its sales and service network parallel to increasing production of its cars.
Commenting on this, Mr. Joerg Mueller said, “In 2007 the brand “Volkswagen” had just one dealer. Today it has more than 40. By the end of 2010 there should be around 60 partners in the network.” He further added, “After the development phase of the production, which is almost over, we will strengthen our focus on our market aims. For that the skills and qualification according to the high standards of Volkswagen will be intensified and a newly started training centre will be used.”
The Indian ambassador, who introduced the economic growth, the rich culture and the huge diversity in his country at the lecture, also elaborated on the booming car market in India. There were 1.7 million cars sold in India after 2009 and the number is set to rise to 2 million. The main reason for that is the developing middle class in India which has created a demand for car-mobility. The need for a car in Indian households is scheduled to double in the next five years in India.
About Volkswagen Group India. With its headquarters in Pune, Maharashtra, the Volkswagen Group is represented by three brands in India: Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda. The Volkswagen Group is completing 10 years of its India journey which began with the entry of the Skoda brand in 2001, Audi brand and Volkswagen brand in 2007. Each brand has its own character and operates as an independent entity in the market. With 17 models in India and 120 dealerships, Volkswagen Group India is all set to capture the Indian market with the inauguration of the Pune plant which has an investment of Rs 3800 crore (580 million Euros) and a production capacity of 110,000 cars annually. In the period between January 2009 and December 2009, Volkswagen Group has sold around 19,000 vehicles in India. Volkswagen India Group is a part of Volkswagen AG, which is globally represented by 9 brands- Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Scania, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge) and Volkswagen Passenger Cars.
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