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Volkswagen Up! delayed; Will Indian operations also get affected?

VW_UpVW Up! to be manufactured in India at Chakan, now faced with delays?

We got to know that the Volkswagen Up! mini car will be delayed due to some internal problems in the VW Group. They say that the Up! will now be produced starting March 2011 and only by late 2011 will the cars reach showrooms.

Does this mean Up! production in India will also begin in 2011? What happens to the Up-based Skoda small car then? Is that delayed as well?

The dispute is between Skoda and VW, but additional details were not available.

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Entry posted on October 12th, 2009 and filed under Volkswagen

Renderings – Volkswagen Up!

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The Indian production plans of the VW Up! were discussed not once, but twice here before. With its two petrol and two diesel engine, this car is programmed to cave into the market of the ultra-light, ultra-small city cars that sip fuel and park in tight gaps.

Very soon, the Fiat Topolino is also said to join the pack the Toyota iQ and the Smart Fortwo are already serving right now elsewhere in the world. VW will utlize its facility in Pune to manufacture this car for select regions in partnership with the plant in Bratislava.

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Entry posted on August 27th, 2009 and filed under Renderings, Volkswagen

Skoda’s Up! to be Tata Nano Europa butcher?

Skoda’s Up! to be Tata Nano Europa butcher?

Behind closed doors, the Tata Nano Europa is getting prepared to face rigorous competition and challenges the West has to offer. The preliminary crash tests have been positive and the Nano is confident of acing all the emission and crash test requirements both in America and Europe/U.K.

Coming to the heart of this story, we previously posted information on Skoda’s new small car dubbed Joyster, that will take form on the VW Up!’s platform. Autoblog NL reports Skoda’s version of the Up! will be priced in the same league as the Nano Europa (around 4,500-5,000 Euros).

Skoda Indian management back in March announced two small cars one each from Skoda and VW was planned for 2011. That report said the target price was approximately 4 lakh rupees. According to the new report, 5,000 Euros (Joyster) would convert into 3.5 lakh rupees.

Are they both talking about the Joyster? If they are, then the Joyster would be manufactured in India.

Tata Motors had also confirmed during the Geneva show that the Europa, if launched in Europe, would also be available in India.

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Entry posted on August 12th, 2009 and filed under Skoda, Tata, Volkswagen

VW plans Up! at 3 lakh rupees; two petrols and two diesels

VW plans Up! at 3 lakh rupees; two petrols and two diesels

Autocar India reports VW is having grand plans for India. The Up! small car, which was discussed a while back, will be sold in India at a starting price of 3-lakh rupees and the company hopes to sell 100,000 cars initially.

VW has gone in for a front engine front wheel drive layout instead of the initially conceived Tata Nano style rear engine rear wheel drive system. This was done in the interest of curbing cost.

The Up! will battle it out with the Hyundai i10 and Suzuki A-Star when they start selling it around the December 2011 mark.

The Up! according to Autocar will come with a compact three-cylinder, 1-litre TDI engine as by then, a fully localized Hyundai i10 diesel would be in the market. For petrol lovers, the entry-level 800cc petrol unit should suffice, and the 1.2 TSI should make for a performance car.

The 1.2 TDI diesel would power the top end Up!

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Entry posted on August 6th, 2009 and filed under Volkswagen

Rendering – Skoda’s budget car based on Up!

Skoda’s new city car would be based on the parent company VW’s Up! platform. The new car might be named “Popular.”

The Popular is aimed at developing parts of the world where there is an ever lasting demand for small and economical cars. The city-runabout would make its first appearance in 2012, and we’ve dug up evidence proposing its Indian connection a while ago.

Skoda is looking to establish itself as a compact car maker. It does have SUVs and grand sedans in the line-up, but its plans going into the future insists there will be more budget than frills and flair. There’s the bigger hatchback that will slot inbetween the Fabia and the Octavia and plans to make a low-cost Octavia for India and other Asian countries.

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Entry posted on July 16th, 2009 and filed under Skoda

Case study- VW Up! will be built in a place called Bratislava; Will it be built in India as well?

With a lot of difficulty, I have read the translated version of teknikensvarld, a Swedish car magazine and this is how the story goes

What is the VW Up!?

The VW Up! is a concept which was shown to crowds at the Frankfurt Motor Show back in 2007. Similar to the Tata Nano, the VW Up! has its engine driving the rear axle and is placed under the rear seat.

Why did it spark our interest?

Simple. VW announced it will build the Up! in India back in 2007. A target price of around $7,500 was announced and it would compete with the smaller hatchbacks, such as the Hyundai Santro, Maruti Alto and the Chevrolet Spark in India. It was also rumored back then that VW would team up with Bajaj to see the concept through to an Indian production line.

What’s the latest information on the VW Up!?

An official announcement has arrived from VW that it will use Bratislava as a production centre for its Up! family of city cars from 2011 onwards. Bratislava is in the country of Slovak, the former borders Austria and Hungary.

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Entry posted on April 25th, 2009 and filed under Small cars, Volkswagen

Skoda’s Indian small car will cost Rs 3 to 5 lakh

VW’s sister companies have the reputation of sharing platforms and we think the same mantra will be used on Skoda’s upcoming small car for the Indian market. Every manufacturer is forced to look at fuel-efficient  small cars on the long run and one of the most anticipated small cars from the VW stable is [...]

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Entry posted on November 16th, 2008 and filed under Skoda, Small cars
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