by Suman Gupta
Mumbai, Thursday,July,2018: Volvo Cars debuted in Madhya Pradesh by opening its first dealership – Central Volvo in Indore today. The latest addition is a state-of-the-art 3S facility spread over 18,500 Sqft of Showroom and Service facility located in the automotive hub of Dewas Naka. With Indore added, Volvo Cars now has 23 Showrooms in 21 cities across India.The Indore facility was inaugurated by Mr. Charles Frump – Managing Director, Volvo Car India and the plan is to add 3 more showrooms by the year end.
The New XC40 was launched at the Indore inauguration today. There are three variants offered on XC40 – Momentum (INR39.9 lakhs); R-Design (INR 42.9 Lakhs) and Inscription (INR 43.9 lakhs). All figures mentioned are ex-showroom prices. Equipped with class leading features, the XC40 garnered 200 bookings within 15 days of launch.
“The market for luxury cars is growing rapidly in Madhya Pradesh and the future is very promising. We believe our presence in this region will help us reach our mid-term goal of doubling our segment share by 2020. I am confident our partner Central Volvo will support us in achieving great success here.” saidCharles Frump, Managing Director, Volvo Car India at the inauguration.
Adding further on the launch of XC40, Charles said, “The Compact SUV segment is the hottest in the luxury car space. With The European Car of the Year – Volvo XC40, we strongly believe we have a winner.The XC40 comes with class-leading radar based safety technology that is unmatched in the segment. It truly raises the bar in the Compact Luxury SUV segment in India.”
Narendra Singh Tomar, Dealer Principal, Central Volvosaid,“It feels wonderful to be associated with Volvo Cars and we are confident inproviding class-leading customer experience in Madhya Pradesh. There is already a keen interest in Volvo with deliveries lined-up today and I am sure all our products will be extremely well received herein the region as Central Volvo contributes to the growth of Volvo Cars in India.”
Volvo Car India
Swedish luxury car company Volvo established its presence in India in 2007 and has since then, worked intensively to market the Swedish brand in this country. Volvo Cars currently markets products through its dealerships in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi NCR – South Delhi, West Delhi and Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kolkata,Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Pune, Raipur, Surat, Vishakhapatnam and Vijayawada.
India Model line-up
Sedan – S60 & S90
Cross Country – V40 Cross Country, V90 Cross Country & S60 Cross Country
SUVs – XC40, XC60, XC90 & XC90 T8 Excellence
Hatchback- V40
