First-ever Volkswagen Group Night in India to be held before Auto Expo 2020? [Update]

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Update: Skoda Auto Volkswagen India has announced that the first-ever Media Night event of the Volkswagen Group's brands in India will be held on 3 February 2020. The Skoda Vision IN concept, the Volkswagen MQB A0 IN SUV concept and many other new models would be showcased here before being put on display at Auto Expo 2020 on 5 February 2020.

11 December 2019 -

Volkswagen Group globally conducts the ‘Volkswagen Group Night’ an evening before the start of prominent motorshows like Geneva, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Paris. In 2020, the company may conduct the first-ever Volkswagen Group Night in India on the evening before the Auto Expo 2020, suggests a new report from electricvehicleweb.in.

Volkswagen Group Night Iaa 2015 1 — India might host its first ‘VW Group Night’ just before the Auto Expo 2020.

The speculation doesn't seem farfetched, considering the fact that the group has its plate full of new models from MQB A0 IN SUV concepts, the Porsche Taycan, the Audi e-tron, the all-new Bentley Flying Spur to everything else that can create a buzz in the India market. The parent company holding this kind event here would help it speak loud and clear about its changed perceptions about and serious commitment to our market.

The MQB A0 IN platform-based concepts from Skoda and Volkswagen brands would be the real showstoppers of the event. In addition to these world premieres and local premieres like the Porsche Taycan and the 2020 Bentley Flying Spur, Volkswagen Group might use this event to showcase the BS-VI 1.0L TSI engine and other technologies coming soon to our market.

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Volkswagen Group's most anticipated products in India are of course its MQB A0 IN platform-based products. First of these will two premium B-SUVs, one from Skoda and one from VW, coming in 2021. In 2022, there will be the successors to/next-gen models of the Indian-spec Skoda Rapid and VW Vento. These models are being developed under the 'India 2.0' project which is being led by Skoda.

[Source: electricvehicleweb.in]