Skoda Volkswagen India Private Limited (SAVWIPL), which manages the Indian region of the five Volkswagen Group brands – ŠKODA, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, and Lamborghini, has started exports of the Made-in-India Skoda Kushaq (left-hand-drive).
Kushaq is the first-ever locally-built Skoda model to be exported from India, and the first consignment is headed to Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (AGCC) countries. Earlier this year, SAVWIPL had commenced the export of India 2.0 cars with the Volkswagen Taigun SUV, followed by the Volkswagen Virtus sedan in September.
SAVWIPL launched its export programme in 2011 with 6,256 units of Vento for the South African market. Since then, the company’s export market has continued to grow incrementally to build the Group’s ‘Made-in-India’ presence in 44 countries across South America, Central America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the AGCC countries, and the Caribbean region.
The Group has already exported close to 5.5 lakh cars from India. Mexico is the largest export market for SAVWIPL, followed by South Africa and Central American countries (Columbia, Ecuador, Argentina) and ASEAN countries.
Piyush Arora, Managing Director, SAVWIPL, said, 'The market acceptance and success of all our exports highlight our global quality standards. The Kushaq is built in line with our customers’ requirements in India and globally, and we are confident that SUV will open doors to new markets and regions for SAVWIPL.”
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