France's Peugeot reviews India plans

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Last Updated : Feb 02 2013 | 11:04 AM IST

French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen, fighting falling sales in its home market, is reviewing its India plans and has started efforts to shut down its office in Mumbai, a business newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing a person close to the development.

PSA said in September it was investing around 650 million euros to build a new manufacturing plant in India to further strengthen its business in this fast-growing market.

Europe's second largest car maker after Volkswagen said this month the number of cars it sold last year fell 1.5% to 3.5 million as expansion in emerging markets failed to offset a decline in its market share in Europe.

The newspaper said that the carmaker is working out strategies for "frugal spending" on the India project.

A PSA spokesman in Paris did not immediately respond to an email from Reuters for comment.

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First Published: Jan 31 2012 | 12:00 AM IST

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