A left hand drive Vento for the Middle East was the 300,000th car produced at Volkswagen India’s Pune plant.

Technical director Andreas Lauenroth said: “It is a double celebration for Volkswagen India. We have achieved a new milestone with 3,00,000 cars being produced at our Pune facility. Also, the Vento is a left-hand drive car for export which highlights the acceptance of an Indian product worldwide.”  

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The plant now exports cars to 30 countries in Asia and Africa.

Construction began in 2007, was completed in a record time of 17 months and the first car rolled out in May 2009.

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