Volkswagen achieves five stars at Latin NCAP 'Made-in-India'
Pune, November 20, 2015 – Latin NCAP recently announced its latest crash test results. Amongst the six new announced results, the ‘Made in India’ Volkswagen Vento was one of the four cars, which achieved five stars in Adult Occupant Protection. The Vento’s top-class standard safety package with dual front airbags, seat belt pre-tensioners, ABS, ISOFIX and robust vehicle body structure delivered these top results and underlined its ambitions of providing highest occupant safety.
With its five stars ranking in Adult Occupant Protection and its three stars in Child Occupant Protection achieved from the recently conducted test by the independent consumer protection organisation Latin NCAP, the Volkswagen Vento is one of the safest cars in its segments – in Latin America as well as in India. In the frontal impact, the Latin NCAP commented that the driver and passenger heads were well protected by the airbags and the bodyshell showed stable performance with capability to withstanding further loading.
The Volkswagen Vento has been in the Indian market since 2010 and was specifically designed for India. Manufactured at the Volkswagen Pune Plant in Chakan, the Vento carries the Volkswagen DNA of German Engineering which is innovative technology, excellent driving dynamics as well as robust quality and highest safety. Safety is of paramount importance for Volkswagen and hence the Vento comes fitted with dual front airbags as standard even in India.
The Volkswagen Vento is exported from the Pune Plant in Chakan in left-hand drive as well as right-hand versions to over 35 countries across four continents – Asia, Africa, North America and South America. Biggest export market for the Volkswagen Vento is Mexico, where the ‘Made-in-India’ Vento is the highest sold Volkswagen at the moment.
About Latin NCAP: The Latin New Car Assessment Programme (Latin NCAP) was launched in 2010 to develop a regional system of independent crashworthiness and safety rating across Latin America and Caribbean (LAC). Latin NCAP replicates similar consumer testing programmes developed over the last thirty years in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and which have proved to be very effective in improving the safety of motor vehicles. Since 2010 Latin NCAP has published the results of more than fifty cars in six test phases. Latin NCAP is an Associate member of Global NCAP and supports the Stop the Crash Partnership and United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 especially the vehicle pillar of the Global Plan for the Decade.
About Volkswagen Group India: The Volkswagen Group is represented by five passenger car brands in India: Audi, Lamborghini, Porsche, SKODA, and Volkswagen. The Volkswagen Group has been present in India for the last 14 years and began its India journey with the entry of the SKODA brand in 2001. The Audi brand and Volkswagen brand entered India in 2007, while Porsche brand and Lamborghini brand followed in 2012. Each brand has its own character and operates as an independent entity in the market. Volkswagen Group India has over 25 models in India, over 240 dealerships and is operating two plants – Pune and Aurangabad. The Pune Plant has a manufacturing capacity of 130,000 cars per year (in current two-shift system) and is currently manufacturing Volkswagen Polo and Vento and SKODA Rapid. The Aurangabad Plant assembles various premium and luxury models of Audi, SKODA and Volkswagen sold in India and has an annual capacity of approximately 89,000. Volkswagen Group India is a part of Volkswagen AG, which is globally represented by 12 brands - Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati, Lamborghini, Porsche, Scania, SEAT, SKODA, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge), MAN and Volkswagen Passenger Cars.
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