European auto major Volkswagen Group's car sales in India grew around 2 per cent year-on-year to 145,713 units in 2023, the company said on Monday. Of this, domestic sales stood at 101,465 units, while 44,248 units were exported, it said in a statement. The company had sold 134,667 cars in the January-December period of 2022. Skoda Auto Volkswagen India has five luxury car brands -- Skoda, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, and Lamborghini -- under it. The group maintained steady sales momentum in 2023, with domestic sales soaring past 100,000 units for the second year in a row, the company said. Exports grew 32 per cent year-on-year with 44,248 units shipped from India, underlining the company's expanding global reach, it said. Additionally, the group's overall customer deliveries witnessed a 4 per cent growth in the domestic market, indicating a robust market presence, the company said. It also said the group delivered over 10,000 cars in December last year alone, adding that Made-in-
Skoda Auto India on Saturday said its sales increased by 17 per cent to 3,543 units in September. The automaker had dispatched 3,027 units to dealers in September 2021. "The Kushaq and Slavia models have been successfully established in the market and drive the sales impetus. In addition, our D-Segment products like the Octavia and Superb are leading their respective categories," Skoda Auto India Brand Director Petr Solc said in a statement. The company's focus is now on further enhancing customer satisfaction and increasing customer touchpoints across the country, he added.
Volkswagen group has crossed the cumulative production milestone of 15 lakh units in India across its three brands - Skoda Volkswagen and Audi, according to Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd
The India 2.0 project includes enhancing capacities at the group's two plants at Aurangabad and Pune
The investment of Rs 79 billion will be done in capacity enhancement, R&D, new technologies and products
VW struggles to cut jobs and spending at German factories, Skoda's superior car reviews and profitability have intensified the brands' rivalry within the Volkswagen empire