 "Ashish Gupta, Brand Director, Volkswagen India")
Ashish Gupta, Volkswagen India’s recently appointed brand director, tells Pavan Lall the firm’s plans for the subcontinent remain on track despite the Covid speed-breaker, that there will be new launches, and within the next couple years the share of SUVs in sales will double to account for around half the company’s business. Edited excerpts.
How is Volkswagen India handling the situation in the present scenario?
The first quarter sales (January to March) for us were up by some 14 per cent. That’s not compared to 2020 but to 2019. We were struggling to keep up with the demand. So the
