The German carmaker, Volkswagen
will recall 1.90lakh diesel cars in the Indian market due to fix the new
emission software and the process will be started from the next month. The
buyers, who purchased Volkswagen cars, will not receive any service charges
from the company in the Indian market. But, the customers faced charges in the
US market as regards violating emission norms.
The recall process was completed
in the US market and Volkswagen updated the software with the new one. Kamal
Basu, marketing head of Volkswagen India, confirmed that whatever the changes
made in the US- specific Vehicles will be applied in the Indian-specific cars.
The total recalling process starts from July, will be continued for around 10
months, according to him.
A total of 11 million diesel vehicles
sold in the European, the US and other international markets recalled by the
German carmaker for fitting the new emission software. The Volkswagen Group brands,
including VW Passenger Cars, Audi, Porsche, Seat and Skoda sales went down due
to the emission scandal. As for this reason, the company launched its new car,
Ameo in petrol versions and the diesel versions expected to be introduced later
in the Indian market.
Currently, the models like Polo hatchback,
Vento, Jetta and Ameo available in the domestic passenger car market and the
company has introduced the special editions of Polo and Vento models with extra
features. Besides, the company plans to launch the Polo GTI, Volkswagen Beetle
and Tiguan models in the next one to two years. The Ameo is the entry level
sedan from the German company and offered with the high range of features and
good looking exterior design. The new car is affordable at Rs. 5.14lakhs on the
base variant in Mumbai ex-showroom.
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