Å koda Auto Volkswagen India Private Limited is the wholly owned Indian subsidiary of German automotive manufacturing company
Volkswagen Group
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, formed in 2001.
On 7 October 2019, Volkswagen Group India announced the merger of their three Indian subsidiaries - Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. (VWIPL), Volkswagen Group Sales India Pvt. Ltd. (NSC) and Å koda Auto India Pvt Ltd (SAIPL) - into a single entity named Å koda Auto Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. (SAVIPL) with headquarters at Pune. Gurpratap Boparai was appointed as the first managing director of Å koda Auto Volkswagen India.
They focus on manufacture and sales of
Volkswagen
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,
Audi
Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide.
The origins of the compa ...
and
Å koda
Å koda means "pity" in the Czech and Slovak languages. It may also refer to:
Czech brands and enterprises
* Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav
** Å koda Motorsport, the division of Å koda Auto responsi ...
vehicles in
India
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. Volkswagen Group brands
Porsche
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in luxury, high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Th ...
,
Lamborghini
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and
Bentley
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also sell their cars in India through them.
Production facilities
The company operates two
manufacturing plants
A factory, manufacturing plant or production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. Th ...
. The first plant at
Chakan, near
Pune
Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...
,
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
was previously owned by Volkswagen India with an annual capacity of 200,000 vehicles. The other plant in
Aurangabad
Aurangabad (), officially renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023, is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a ...
,
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
was previously operated by Å koda Auto India and mainly used for
CKD assembly of Volkswagen, Å koda and Audi vehicles. In 2020, Å koda launched their first ever imported compact CUV model, the
Karoq.
Volkswagen has an engine assembly facility (an extension to the previously mentioned plant) built in 2015 at a cost of 240
crore
Crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes the quantity ten million (107) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. In many international contexts, the decimal quantity is formatted as 10,000,000, but when used in the context of the India ...
(710 million
euro
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) approximately at their state-of-the-art factory in Chakan, Pune respectively. The plant reportedly holds production capacity of about 98,000 engines annually.
Models
Å koda Auto
Current models
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Discontinued models
Volkswagen
Current models
=ICE Vehicles
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Discontinued models
Audi
Audi India was established in March 2007 as a division of
Volkswagen Group Sales India. Audi is represented in 110 countries worldwide and since 2004, Audi has been selling its products on the Indian market.
In March 2007, Audi set up its own sales company for India. By establishing Audi India as a division of Volkswagen Group Sales India Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai. Audi is making a clear long-term statement in the country with ambitious growths plans. Audi's goal is to become the leading automobile luxury brand in the Indian market.
The Audi India strategy encompasses significant investments in branding, marketing, manufacturing (locally assemble engines to cut down its import bill in a range of 10–30%), exclusive dealerships and after sales services. In 2007, only 2 percent of the new car buyers in India knew Audi. In 2008, it went up to 13 percent.
Assembled locally (CKD)
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Audi A4
The Audi A4 is a line of luxury compact executive cars produced from 1994 to 2025 by the German car manufacturer Audi, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. The A4 has been built in five generations and is based on the Volkswagen Group B platfor ...
(2008–present)
*
Audi A6
The Audi A6 is an executive car manufactured by the German company Audi since 1994. Now in its fifth generation, the successor to the Audi 100 is manufactured in Neckarsulm, Germany, and is available in saloon and estate configurations, the l ...
(2009–present)
*
Audi Q3/Q3 Sportback (2023–present)
*
Audi Q5
The Audi Q5 is a series of compact luxury crossover SUVs produced by the German luxury car manufacturer Audi from 2008. The original first-generation (''Typ 8R'') model was the third member of the ''B8'' family to be released after the Audi ...
(2021–present)
*
Audi Q7
The Audi Q7 is a crossover SUV made by the German manufacturer Audi, unveiled in September 2005 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Production of this seven-seater SUV began in November 2005 at the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant in Bratislava, Slovakia.
...
(2013–present)
Imported
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Audi S5 Sportback
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Audi Q8/RSQ8 Performance
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Audi Q8 e-tron/Q8 Sportback e-tron
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Audi E-tron GT/Audi RS E-tron GT
Porsche
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Porsche 911
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*
Porsche Cayenne
The Porsche Cayenne is a series of automobiles manufactured by the German company Porsche since 2002. It is a luxury crossover SUV, and has been described as both a full-sized and a mid-sized vehicle. The first generation was known within Por ...
*
Porsche Panamera
The Porsche Panamera is a Mid-size car, mid to full-sized luxury car (E-segment or F-segment for LWB in Europe) manufactured and marketed by Germany, German automobile manufacturer Porsche. It currently spans across three generations, using a Fr ...
*
Porsche Macan
The Porsche Macan is a compact luxury crossover SUV (D-segment) produced by German manufacturer Porsche since 2014. It is the smaller SUV from Porsche below the Cayenne. The first-generation Macan went on production from February 2014 with pet ...
*
Porsche Taycan
The Porsche Taycan is a battery electric luxury sports sedan and shooting brake car produced by German automobile manufacturer Porsche. The concept version of the Taycan named the ''Porsche Mission E'', debuted at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor ...
See also
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Automobile industry in India
References
External links
Volkswagen India Private Limited
{{Audi
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2001
Car manufacturers of India
Manufacturing companies based in Pune
Indian companies established in 2001
Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies
2001 establishments in Maharashtra