I don’t want to get into Skoda debate though, but Skoda is not such a bad company as it has been termed recently, that too only on internet. They’re a renowned carmaker worldwide and just taking the example you have cited, into consideration, we all know Wagon–R is certainly a great car, but declining it just because it’d wear a badge of “another company” which has been made to appear bad would be utter biasness. Back to Volkswagen topic, Suzuki is mainly eyeing to get the small diesel engines from Volkswagen Auto. A little excerpt below from Carazoo;
Meanwhile Volkswagen has been putting into practise Suzuki’s production techniques to control costs. The small car market has been booming now and VW has learning to generate volumes in the segment. Mr Nakanishi said the European firm can learn a lesson or two in cost-effective manufacturing from Maruti. “Volkswagen’s cost of products is high whereas Maruti’s product management costs are very low; so they can learn from us,” he said. It’s going to be harder though. On the other hand, Maruti Suzuki has no plans of tapping Volkwagen India’s facilities to overcome its current capacity crunch. “They are too expensive,” said Mr Nakanishi. He, however, said Suzuki and Volkswagen may make some solid global announcements in the next six-to-eight months. Some project may come out by the end of this year or early next year. “It takes time as both companies are very big, so to find synergy is not easy. They are doing some discussions,” Mr Nakanishi said. Suzuki is eager to get its hands on Volkswagen’s technology, mainly smaller diesel engines, while VW wants to gain from Maruti Suzuki’s expertise in cost-effective and efficient high-volume production. Let’s wait and see what the future holds.
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