Peugeot to be back on Indian roads
It’s been 14 years since Peugeot ceased the production of its 309 model in India. Since then, the small family car has been replaced many times over, and the current generation 308 hatchback model was launched by the French automaker in the year 2007.
India’s consistent growth and ever increasing sales volumes in the automotive world has not gone unnoticed to say the least, and within a gap of a few years, we now have top international car brands like Nissan, BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi and Jaguar to name a few rolling down our roads like they had been around for decades.
A subsidiary of Europe’s second largest car maker, Peugeot after its age old breach has now announced that it is ready for its official entry into India, and has further stated its intention to enter the Indian market with both commercial and industrial operations. The brand will produce, as a first step, a mid-sized sedan, the production site for which is currently under evaluation.
Like its established European and Japanese competitors here in India, Peugeot may look at manufacturing a large hatchback and an entry level sedan on a fixed platform after commencing its production operations in the country.