Škoda planning a comeback in the Indian compact vehicle market with Tata Motors

Škoda Auto is planning to make use of its parent Volkswagen's partnership with Tata Motors to make a comeback into India’s compact vehicle segment, particularly in the high-volume small car category.

For the comeback, Škoda is considering launching a mini-SUV and an entry-level sedan in 2019, in a joint product strategy with Tata Motors.

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In March this year, Volkswagen signed an MoU with Tata Motors, and for joint product development as per the MoU, Škoda will be leading the project for the Volkswagen brands.

Tata Motors' advanced modular platform (AMP) could be made use of for launching these new products. AMP is a highly-flexible platform able to manufacture a variety of vehicle types while also offering high degree of commonality of parts across product lines.

It’s been a few years that Škoda has been planning to revamp its Indian operations, facing problems like poor service quality and falling customer confidence.