{"id":28102,"date":"2022-03-08T18:01:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T12:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T18:01:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T12:31:54","slug":"biz-ld-volkswagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen unveils new mid-sized sedan Virtus; launch in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-3983398616\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>     New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) German auto major Volkswagen on Tuesday unveiled new mid-sized sedan &#8216;Virtus&#8217; which it plans to launch in the country later this year.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-4017675504\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div>\n<p>      The company has commenced pre-bookings for the new model which competes with the likes of Honda City, Hyundai Verna, Maruti Suzuki Ciaz and the recently introduced Skoda Slavia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Volkswagen said it is eyeing a market share of 12-15 per cent in the mid-sized sedan segment with the launch of the model in May this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;In the premium mid-sized sedan segment, we are looking at around 12-15 per cent of the segment share&#8230;when a new product comes, the segment grows, so we think this segment would grow up to 1.5 lakh cars by the end of this year,&#8221; Volkswagen Passenger Cars India Brand Director Ashish Gupta told PTI.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-2845197049\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>        Elaborating on the reasons for launching a sedan, he said the bodystyle was still popular in the country with it accounting for 12-14 per cent of the total passenger vehicle sales.<\/p>\n<p>         &#8220;So there are around 4 lakh units being sold each year. The mid-sized sedan segment has grown by 28 per cent last year. So definitely there is interest in the market for such vehicles,&#8221; Sharma said.<\/p>\n<p>         He noted that the company has expanded its sales network to over 150 outlets enabling it to cater to the needs of customers across the country.<\/p>\n<p>  Elaborating on the new model, Sharma said: &#8220;The Virtus carries the global sedan lineage of the Volkswagen brand, selling over 129 models across our 61 years of presence in the sedan segment world over. A truly global carline that will redefine, re-energise and set new benchmarks in the premium mid-sized sedan segment in India.&#8221;  \t The Virtus, with its dynamic and emotional design language, spacious interiors, functionality and TSI technology, will win the hearts of customers, he added.<\/p>\n<p> The sedan is the second product under the group&#8217;s India 2.0 project that is developed on the MQB A0 IN platform with up to 95 per cent localisation levels.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The Virtus offers nothing but brilliance in the premium mid-sized sedan segment. Being the longest car in the segment, spaciousness is no longer a compromise for our customers,&#8221; Sharma stated.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-10\" id=\"trade-853406336\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_3_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2969612066\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p> The VW group plans to export the new model to over 25 markets across the globe in addition to the domestic market.<\/p>\n<p> The Virtus comes with 1 litre and 1.5 litre TSI petrol powertrains, mated with both manual and automatic transmissions.<\/p>\n<p> The one litre petrol trims would deliver 115 PS of power while the 1.5 litre variants would generate 150 PS of power.<\/p>\n<p> The model also has various other features like electric sunroof, wireless mobile charging, front ventilated leather seats and up to six airbags. PTI MSS \u00a0     MSS ANU ANU<\/p>\n<div class=\"trade-after-content\" id=\"trade-513693761\"><div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails\"><\/div>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];\r\n  _taboola.push({\r\n    mode: 'alternating-thumbnails-a',\r\n    container: 'taboola-below-article-thumbnails',\r\n    placement: 'Below Article Thumbnails',\r\n    target_type: 'mix'\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];\r\n  _taboola.push({flush: true});\r\n<\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) German auto major Volkswagen on Tuesday unveiled new mid-sized sedan &#8216;Virtus&#8217; which it plans to launch in the country later this year. The company has commenced pre-bookings for the new model which competes with the likes of Honda City, Hyundai Verna, Maruti Suzuki Ciaz and the recently introduced Skoda Slavia. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.5 (Yoast SEO v25.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Volkswagen unveils new mid-sized sedan Virtus; launch in May - Trade Brains Features<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Volkswagen unveils new mid-sized sedan Virtus; launch in May\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) German auto major Volkswagen on Tuesday unveiled new mid-sized sedan &#8216;Virtus&#8217; which it plans to launch in the country later this year. The company has commenced pre-bookings for the new model which competes with the likes of Honda City, Hyundai Verna, Maruti Suzuki Ciaz and the recently introduced Skoda Slavia. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trade Brains Features\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TradeBrainsOfficial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-08T12:31:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"PTI News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TradeBrainsGrp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TradeBrainsGrp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"PTI News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/\",\"name\":\"Volkswagen unveils new mid-sized sedan Virtus; launch in May - Trade Brains Features\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-08T12:31:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/432b854fc143da831dae702afe00a7d3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Volkswagen unveils new mid-sized sedan Virtus; launch in May\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/\",\"name\":\"Trade Brains\",\"description\":\"Stock Market NSE\/BSE Latest News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/432b854fc143da831dae702afe00a7d3\",\"name\":\"PTI News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d290530d88025709a22a0e9cea1a42ff2e6013ca877b91a86e7ca950cdd59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d290530d88025709a22a0e9cea1a42ff2e6013ca877b91a86e7ca950cdd59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"PTI News\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/author\/ptinews\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Volkswagen unveils new mid-sized sedan Virtus; launch in May - Trade Brains Features","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Volkswagen unveils new mid-sized sedan Virtus; launch in May","og_description":"New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) German auto major Volkswagen on Tuesday unveiled new mid-sized sedan &#8216;Virtus&#8217; which it plans to launch in the country later this year. The company has commenced pre-bookings for the new model which competes with the likes of Honda City, Hyundai Verna, Maruti Suzuki Ciaz and the recently introduced Skoda Slavia. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/","og_site_name":"Trade Brains Features","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TradeBrainsOfficial\/","article_published_time":"2022-03-08T12:31:54+00:00","author":"PTI News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TradeBrainsGrp","twitter_site":"@TradeBrainsGrp","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"PTI News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/","url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/","name":"Volkswagen unveils new mid-sized sedan Virtus; launch in May - Trade Brains Features","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-03-08T12:31:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/432b854fc143da831dae702afe00a7d3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-ld-volkswagen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Volkswagen unveils new mid-sized sedan Virtus; launch in May"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/","name":"Trade Brains","description":"Stock Market NSE\/BSE Latest News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/432b854fc143da831dae702afe00a7d3","name":"PTI News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d290530d88025709a22a0e9cea1a42ff2e6013ca877b91a86e7ca950cdd59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d290530d88025709a22a0e9cea1a42ff2e6013ca877b91a86e7ca950cdd59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"PTI News"},"url":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/author\/ptinews\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}