Volkswagen begins Production of the Taigun, sets several hearts racing

Volkswagen begins Production of the Taigun, sets several hearts racing

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by WAF Editorial Team

 •Volkswagen India has begun the production of the Taigun at its state of the art Chakan plant at Maharashtra, India  

•Powered by the globally renowned Volkswagen TSI engine

•The Prowess of German Engineering with upto 95% Localisation. Best of both the Worlds!

•Start of deliveries in Sept as customers eagerly await…

 

It’s time for the most important launch of Volkswagen India this year. At the beginning of 2021, the year had been declared as the #YearofTaigun and #SUVW !

Teams at VW India, their suppliers and network have all gone beyond the call of their duty despite the pandemic to conceptualise, plan, produce and realise the Taigun.

Yes, the Taigun shares the MQB AO IN platform with its sibling, Skoda Kushaq but it comes with several more bells and whistles and the incredible VW Brand!

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WAF creates History by getting together Top Global After Sales Experts for Best Practices Sharing

WAF creates History by getting together Top Global After Sales Experts for Best Practices Sharing

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Teus, 15 Dec 2020 5:45 PM IST

IVASS 2020 brings together the Global After Sales Experts to share Industry Best Practices amidst the Pandemic

 

 

  • Every year, World Auto Forum celebrates National Vehicle After Sales Day on Second Sat of Dec with IVASS- India Vehicle After Sales Summit & Exhibition
  • In its 6th year, IVASS went global this time and in a pioneering act got together the Top After Sales Experts from Asia, Africa, Middle East, Europe and Australia
  • The virtual exhibition at IVASS 2020 was also the highlight of the event and was a roaring success
  • The most important reason for the global best practices sharing was that the entire industry worldwide moves a notch up in threshold and the most critical facet of the value chain benefits that is the Consumer!

 

 

15th December 2020 | New Delhi & Detroit | https://worldautoforum.com/ivass

 

India Vehicle After Sales Summit, a program organized on Saturday, 12th December 2020 by World Auto Forum in association with ASDC – Automotive Skilling Development Council, set the path for innovations in the Vehicle After Sales & Auto aftermarket ecosystem. 

Top Experts from Auto Suppliers, OEMs, Dealership network, Service companies, Parts Makers & Distributors graced the Panel Discussions and Keynote sessions. The theme this year was ‘Surviving and thriving through Innovation, Skilling & Teamwork’. Each session deliberated on various aspects of the post Covid needs and adaptability required to cope with the changing dynamics of consumer behaviour and governmental policies.

Anuj Guglani, CEO, World Auto Forum set the ball rolling by sharing with the audience, the global outreach of IVASS this year, with speakers brought in from across the globe to broaden the horizons of learning and sharing of best practices. He also elucidated the common global challenges faced by the Industry and the pivotal role Innovation plays in overcoming them. 

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WAF Gurus Live 8 : Changing Consumer Behaviour in the Covid Era

WAF Gurus Live 8 : Changing Consumer Behaviour in the Covid Era

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Top 10 Questions around Changing Consumer Behaviour

 

1. Social Distancing, Masks & Sanitiser Always “On” , 60+ days of Lockdown, Low or No Income : How can Consumers be the Same Again ?

 

2. Would Personal Transport be preferred over Public Transport?

 

3. How would the Pie chart pan out between : First Timers Vs Re-Purchasers Vs Replacement

 

4. Is getting a new set of wheels a priority ? Whats the Consumer Mode : Spending Mode / Savings Mode / Panic Mode / Back to Normal Soon

 

5. The Shift in Buying Process : Is it a Delta or a Sea Change that we expect ?

 

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WAF CHRO roundtable brings together Top CHROs and HR Experts to set the HR Action Plan 2020

WAF CHRO roundtable brings together Top CHROs and HR Experts to set the HR Action Plan 2020

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WAF CHRO roundtable organized by World Auto Forum on Friday, 28 th February 2020 brought together top CHROs, HR experts and CXOs. It brought into focus, the core issues related to HR, people management, compliances and lots more.

During the two roundtables planned for the day, insights were shared on the expectations of the millennials, the new dynamics of corporate HR, the need to focus on compliances and
labour reforms.

Anuj Guglani, CEO, World Auto Forum, speaking on the aims of the program explained, “the whole of last year was a real challenge for the Auto sector. With shrinking bottom-lines, massive retrenchments became a sad reality. With that came a host of HR related challenges and union problems. People management came into sharp focus.

We at World Auto Forum felt the need for a dialogue on HR best practices, especially during such
turbulent times. We plan to use the insights gathered here to create Automotive HR Action plan 2020.”

Two roundtables were organized during the day.

Roundtable 1 : Managing Our Most Important Asset – “Our People” during challenging times 

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