Volkswagen India achieves new production milestone in 2014

Volkswagen India has achieved a new production milestone in the year 2014. The carmaker has produced 1,11,444 cars in the previous year, at its facility in Chakan, Pune. Volkswagen has also registered an increase of over 11.4 per cent in production in the last calendar year as compared to 2013, due to the rising demand from its export markets.

Commenting on this achievement, Mahesh Kodumudi, President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India, said, “The growth was mainly driven by the export volumes that are being produced at our facility, especially for Mexico. Nearly every second car produced from our plant in 2014 was exported to Mexico.”

The carmaker’s Chakan facility manufactures three models - the Volkswagen Vento, Volkswagen Polo and the Skoda Rapid. The Vento was the highest produced car last year in this plant with a production volume of 67,010 units, followed by the Polo at 33,547 units and finally the Rapid at 10,887 units.

The export volumes grew by 308 per cent as compared to 2013 and contributed over 59.8 per cent (66,660 units) of the total production. The other highlights for the manufacturing facility were the start of production of the new Volkswagen Polo and the updated versions of the Volkswagen Vento and the Skoda Rapid this year.