Volkswagen Returns To Nigeria (PHOTO)

The Stallion Group had entered into a collaboration with the Volkswagen Group to assemble its vehicles in Nigeria.

On Tuesday Stallion Group also launched the first Nigerian made Volkswagen passenger and commercial vehicles assembled at its now brand new plant, located along the Mile 2-Okokomaiko axis of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Leadership informs.

The source also notes that automobile industry stakeholders were quick to assert that the Stallion Group’s feat of historic return of the global brand, 20 years after the previous plant was moribund, is the biggest achievement of the industry since the inception of the revived National Automotive Policy.

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  Sunil Vaswani, who is the Stallion’s chairman, said: “The Stallion Group had entered into a collaboration with the Volkswagen Group to assemble its vehicles in Nigeria, pursuant to the National Automotive Industrial Plan (NAIDP) announced by the federal government in October 2013. Stallion is the preferred partner for an impressive portfolio of iconic global automobile brands and the Nigeria exclusive distributor for the Volkswagen Group brands, including Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Porsche”.  He noted that Stallion is commencing the assembly of Volkswagen’s renowned products, including Passat, Jetta, CC and Amarok models.

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Vaswani also added: “This is a great moment for Stallion, partnering with a world leading global brand like Volkswagen. We are immensely pleased to bring back the proud legacy of Nigeria’s automotive industry, the Volkswagen brand, that once was indigenously produced at the same premises.”

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