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The premium hatchback segment is slowly undergoing a major shift in the Indian car market. The segment which was until now inhabited by only two cars Volkswagen Beetle and the Fiat 500 though the variation is the prices is huge, had been driven on cart wheels  without much to talk about sales-wise. Suddenly out of the blue, BMW India has dropped a bombshell launching their precious MINI brand in India with Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S to carve a niche in this segment. Volkswagen who is already a veteran by now has decided to play its own hand introducing the Volkswagen Beetle with the diesel heart to meet the diesel car demand in the country. And hence evolved the Volkswagen Beetle diesel unveiled at the 2012 Indian Auto Expo, the same which is also going to do a catwalk at the Chicago Motor show shortly.  

Auto Expo is always one of the most anticipated events for the Indian Auto industry and this time around, almost all the car makers are taking advantage this event very thoughtfully. On 5^th January 2012, Volkswagen illustrated its presence wisely at the Auto Expo 2012, which is being held at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The company displayed its much talked about Volkswagen XL 1 concept. The major highlight here is that XL 1 delivers an astonishing mileage of 111 km per litre and comes with 1 litre of two cylinder TDi engine, which churns out peak power of 48 BHP.

The hotly anticipated car Volkswagen Up! makes headlines yet again today. The smallest car from Volkswagen India, which is expected to be launched only by the end of this year is spotted in Mumbai during the test rounds. Whether Volkswagen Up! was purposefully brought to the auto major’s Mumbai office to showcase it or some chap was really lucky enough to capture in the lenses could be anybody’s guess. Whatever may be the case, we do have a couple of updates on Volkswagen Up! at the end of the day.

Chevrolet Beat is a successful model of General Motors. The Chevrolet Beat EV, though not yet available in India is offered in the other overseas markets. Chevrolet Beat EV has to now gear up for a tough competition in the segment as Volkswagen plans to introduce Volkswagen UP! in the electronic version. The Volkswagen e-UP! is a concept car, which gives an insight into the future EV projects from VW. Volkswagen e-UP! concept car was showcased in the 2009 Frankfurt Motor show for the first time. After undergoing many changes with respect to design and technology, the small car is now ready to go into production in 2013. The Volkswagen e-UP! near production model was introduced lately in the 2011 Frankfurt Motor show. As far as the design of the car is concerned, the model looks similar to that of the standard Volkswagen UP! model with a noticeable change in the LED daytime running lamps. The LED lamp is given an arch-shaped or a sickle-shaped look on either side of the bumper.

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The very charming Volkswagen is getting ready for the upcoming festival season. With which, it is expected to attract huge attention. With the festive season on a roll, with the arrival of Ganesha, coming up, Dusshehra, car makers are working on offering the most attractive product to the car buyers in the country. Volkswagen too this season, has launched limited special edition models of the Volkswagen Polo hatchback and the sedan Volkswagen Vento to be a centre of attention for the customers to VW showrooms in the coming months. The new models are expected to get add-on features worth Rs 40,000 on the Volkswagen Vento Trendline and Volkswagen Polo Trendline variants. The new variants have been christened as Volkswagen Vento Breeze and Volkswagen Polo Breeze. While the Volkswagen Vento price in India starts at Rs 6.99 lakh, Volkswagen Polo price has been kept to start at Rs 4.57 lakh ex-showroom Delhi.

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Where the month of August witnessed launch of various new cars in Indian car market, the coming festive season is going offer new attractions to the customers. There are rumours that Volkswagen is speculating to launch limited edition of Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen Vento in the Indian car market on September 10, 2011. The limited edition variants are named are Volkswagen Vento Petrol Breeze and Volkswagen Vento Diesel Breeze. The edited versions are reported to embedded with features valuing Rs. 40,000/. At present the Volkswagen Vento Price is Rs. 6.95 lakhs whereas the Volkswagen Polo Price is Rs. 4.50 lakhs, both these prices are ex-showroom prices in Delhi.

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Volkswagen India is currently busy and putting all its efforts in revamping its cars. The new and improved Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen Touareg were lately seen on the roads of Pune. The facelifted Volkswagen Polo sported audio controls mounted on the steering wheel. As a result, there is a minor possibility that this new feature will be seen in all other variants too.

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Today, the much awaited new Volkswagen Jetta sedan launched in India. The mid-sized sedan that is available in the Indian car market is the same luxurious model upgraded for the European market, out of the two refreshed variants, the other being the slightly inferior variant for the American market. New Volkswagen Jetta is launched at a starting price of Rs14.12 lakh(ex showroom Delhi)It will be available in four variants –Volkswagen Jetta Trendline, Volkswagen Jetta Comfortline and Volkswagen Jetta Highline manual and DSG gearbox.

Indian car market is buzzing with the launch of compact cars, which is the trend adopted by almost every global car maker today. This strategy is implemented by them after studying the domestic car market for a prolonged period of time, identifying that compact models sell more in India due to their small size and economical price. The current notion is ‘Small sells Big’ and hence we see a large number of sub-four-meter cars in India that includes hatchbacks, saloons, mini-SUVs and Crossovers lined-up for launch in the near future. A compact new cars in any segment is likely to fill the bill of good value-for-money proposition.

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German auto giant Volkswagen has announced to showcase its brand new Volkswagen Up, this August at Paris Grand Palais on the Champs-Elysees in France. Relevant sources have reported that the new car, Volkswagen Up, is a surrogate for the Volkswagen Lupo which was a renowned small car that roared in South America. There is a buzz in the Indian auto market that debut of new Volkswagen Up will pose tough competition to Hyundai i10 and the Maruti Suzuki WagonR. Volkswagen Up price is expected to fall in the range of Rs. 3-5 Lakh bracket, however Volkswagen India has not yet unveiled the actual price of their Volkswagen Up and Volkswagen India may use price of this new car as a key to compete in Indian auto market. Sources have also revealed that the new car will resonance the engines from Volkswagen Polo.