New Delhi: German luxury carmaker Volkswagen AG's premium unit Audi AG on Monday said it will start production of its A6 model in India from autumn 2007, utilisng group company Skoda's facility at Aurangabad.
Audi said it also planned to set up a new distribution company based in Mumbai at the start of 2007 and would expand its Indian dealer network to at least eight exclusive Audi dealers in coming years.
"This move gives us the opportunity to better fulfill our potential on this market. Through supplying the part sets, our locations back in Germany will also benefit," Audi Ag Board Member (production) Jochem Heizmann said, as quoted by PTI.
The company said in the first full year of production by 2008, it expected to assemble over 300 units of its luxury sedan A6 and sell about 3,000 units by 2010. This year, the company is aiming to sell around 300 vehicles.
Volkswagen has said in the past it sees growing markets such as India and Russia as vital for its long-term future and aims to produce up to 110,000 vehicles a year in India from 2009.
The Volkswagen group company said its India strategy envisaged expansion of dealer network over the next few years to provide at least eight exclusive Audi dealers in central locations.
At present, Audi has three dealers in the country – in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore selling its range of products, including A4, A6, A8 and SUV Q7.
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