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Having a very good cost base critical in India: Skoda Auto Executive
Skoda Auto is aiming to increase its market share in India with the launch of its new sub-compact SUV, the Kylaq. Priced competitively below its rivals, the Kylaq marks Skoda's return to the segment after 11 years.
‘Proud of you!’: PM Modi meets chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, pics go viral
The 18-year-old recently made history by bagging the silver medal at the FIDE World Cup on August 24. Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen emerged victorious in the match.
VW may skip small car play under the new vision "India 2.0"
Volkswagen may skip the crucial hatchback segment in India because it is low on priority for the carmaker’s vision ‘India 2.0 strategy’.
Gurpratap Boparai is the new MD of Skoda Auto
Boparai, 48, will be reporting directly to Skoda CEO Bernhard Maier and will play a critical role in the development of emerging market product portfolio strategy for VW Group.
Real Cup hopes hit by second successive defeat
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Ogier fastest in Monte Carlo shakedown
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Indian car market is maturing towards tech, safety over price: Werner Eichhorn
Eichhorn wants to jumpstart the Indian operations with plans to launch two to three cars (new or relaunches) every year, a new SUV by the year 2017.
Skoda India to boost value luxury positioning, launch new products every year
The Volkswagen Group company has been in a consolidation mode in the recent past and did not roll out any new product last year.
We have identified problem area: Sudhir Rao, Skoda Auto
Despite being in the country for more than a decade now, Skoda Auto India has failed to attain a noticeable market share.
Companies like Lakme, Talwalkars, Volkswagen, BMW and others offer freebies to beat slowdown blues
From consumer electronics and automobiles to hotels and real estate , freebies and discount schemes are being offered in a more innovative way than before — all that to spur demand.
Kolkata highest revenue-grossing market nationally for Future Group, Spencer's, KFC, Pantaloons, others
So what if West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee fights tooth and nail against foreign investment in retail, Kolkata has emerged a true city of joy for big retailers and fast-food chains since she came to power.
The Worst Thing for an Investor is an Unstable Policy Regime: John Chacko, Head Volkswagen Group India
Ever since it shifted gears in 2008, Volkswagen Group has registered a rapid growth, both in sales as well as brand recall among consumers.
'Rapid' to be volume seller for India: Winfried Vahland, Skoda
Skoda's global chairman Winfried Vahland said India is a strategic market for the automaker, and the value-for-money proposition of 'Rapid', due for launch in December, will help pump up volume.
Realtors offer freebies to brokers to sell stocks
The property market, which is once again on fire, is being driven mainly by investors, raising fears within the industry that a meltdown may be just round the corner.
The Beetle is music to VW brass
Jochem Heizmann, member of Volkswagen’s board, outlined the German carmaker’s strategy to gain volumes in the world’s second fastest growing market in a free-wheeling interview with ET.
Honda is still an aspirational car brand: VP, Honda
Honda’s vice-president (marketing), Jnaneshwar Sen, in a free-wheeling chat with ET outlines the strategies that has kept Honda the fastest growing premium badge in India.
Volkswagen plans over two-fold increase in headcount
Volkswagen is planning to more than double its India headcount with addition of 1,500 staff at its Chakan plant alone in Maharashtra. Etisalat, Tech M deal I Morgan Stanley may exit Indian BPO ops
IFC to invest e135 m in Volkswagen’s Chakan project
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private equity arm, will invest e135 million in Volkswagen India’s greenfield manufacturing site at Chakan.
Forget fat packages & ESOPs, execs now want luxe cars too
Even employees at mid-level positions are being offered hatchbacks or mid-size sedans like the Hyundai i10 or Accent, Swift or Dzire and Skoda Fabia, among others.
Feminine branding: Consumers shunning macho marketing
In US, women are believed to account for 60% of car purchases. In UK, nearly two-thirds of computer purchases are said to be made by women. New brand endorsers
A small car that carries big ambitions
Excited at the warm response received by the recently launched Fabia, Reinhard Jung, the 57-year-old chairman of the board of directors, SkodaAuto AS, talks to ET about his experience in India and his company’s future plans.
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