Considering its new, the Vento still has to battle with old foes and these are the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz, Hyundai Verna and the Honda City. Out of these, it is only the Verna that has been refreshed in the recent past. So how does the Vento perform when it comes to such stiff competition?
Volkswagen Motorsport India dominated the first round of the Indian Touring Car (ITC) category in the 2019 National Car Racing Championship. The opening round of the season was held at the Kari Motor Speedway and held three races over the weekend.
In the used-car space, procuring a vehicle, within a budget is not too difficult, only if you know where to look. So, we have compiled a list of a few vehicles that you can buy under Rs. 3 lakh.
After the facelifted version was launched in India, there are quite a few old Volkswagen Vento available in the used car market.
While the Volkswagen Vento has remained largely unchanged for over a decade, it's still of the best sedans in its segment. And here the Top 5 Highlights of the existing Vento.
Right from the Jetta, Passat, Phaeton and Tiguan, the cars have been benchmarks in their respective segments and thats because of the strong impetus put on quality, driving dynamics and safety.
The Volkswagen Vento and Polo Red & White Edition offer new graphics on the side, contrast finished roof and ORVMs, and special badging on the front fender.
Volkswagen Motorsport India is known for its one-make race championships, having cemented its position in the domestic motorsport arena. Taking a step further in its commitment towards motorsport in the country, the automaker has announced that it will be participating in the Indian Touring Championship (ITC) category as a factory in the 2019 MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship. VW Motorsport India will be entering the series with its TC4-A ready Vento touring car that has been under development since last year. The ITC factory team will have three race cars that will be piloted by drivers Karthik Tharani, Ishaan Dodhiwala and Dhruv Mohite.
Images of the updated Volkswagen Vento have again surfaced online, and this time around we get a much closer look at the car.
Since an all-new Vento which will be developed on the Indianised version of the MQB A0 platform has been scheduled for 2021 in India, the 2019 model will receive minor tweaking, most of which is likely to be done to its face. For Instance, the 2019 Vento will get a redesigned front bumper and a new edgier looking grille. At the rear, the overall profile is likely to remain the same and there will be minor changes like the addition of a sleek black cladding at the departure angle.
Volkswagen India is the latest car maker to join the festive bandwagon with new Connect edition for the Vento, Polo and Ameo cars. The Volkswagen Connect is an intelligent connected vehicle assistance system that allows customers to connect to the car's system via an app, allowing access to more information about the car. The Volkswagen Polo, Vento and Ameo Connect editions also come with a host of new features including the new Lapiz blue paint scheme. Volkswagen has also announced that the Connect Edition is being offered at no extra cost.
Volkswagen India will soon introduce the Vento Sport Edition in the country. The automaker is yet to reveal prices of the new Vento Sport edition, but has listed the model on its website. The new Volkswagen Vento Sport brings sporty visual upgrades to the C-segment sedan for 2018, while retaining the mechanicals from the current version on sale.
Volkswagen has launched the all-new Virtus C-segment sedan in the Brazilian market. The Volkswagen Virtus replaces the outgoing Vento in the market and is essentially the sedan version of the sixth generation Polo hatchback. Much like the new generation VW Polo, the new Virtus carries over the design and features from its hatchback while adding a full-size boot beyond the C-pillar.
Volkswagen India has exported its 2,50,000th India-made car to Mexico. Volkswagen has been exporting locally-made left hand drive Polo and Vento cars and the 2,50,000th car was the Vento sedan.
Amanpreet Ahulawalia has won the JK Tyre Arunachal Festival of Speed at the Dirang Valley. The former Indian National Rally Champion from Noida along with his navigator Ajay Kumar lead the championship for all three days and ensured to have a whopping 27 second lead over the runner-up KM Bopaiah.
Volkswagen India has launched the Vento Highline Plus variant in India, at a starting price of Rs. 10.84 lakh. The new Highline Plus variant gets new features such as rear-view camera, LED headlamps, LED DRLs, Zirkonia alloy wheels and so on.
The Volkswagen Vento Highline Plus is all set to be launched in the coming days, as the the latest set of images emerged online show the model arriving at dealerships. The new range-topping variant comes at a time when the C-segment is all set to receive a host of upgrades and will help keep the German sedan fresh amidst competition.
The new generation Volkswagen Vento was spied testing in Brazil for the first time recently, revealing a host of new details about the model. VW will be taking the next generation of the sedan to newer markets including Brazil, and will improve the model in many ways including a new frame, better features and weight reduction. The new Vento will be coming to India as well.
The special edition is essentially a kit with additional features, available on all Comfortline variants of the Vento MPI, TSI, TDI, and TDI DSG.
After having launched the Ameo diesel just last month and back then we told you all about how this sub-compact car drives. We also mentioned that the folks at VW had managed to up the power in the 1.5-litre diesel engine. Clearly the next thing on the companys agenda was making this change in the Vento and now it has.
Volkswagen Vento, the popular C-segment sedan from the German carmaker is all set to receive its next facelift. The company has been working on the updated Vento for quite a few months now and we have come across some all-new spy shots of the car that reveal the revised model in its entirety.
The ASEAN NCAP has published the crash test results for the made-in-India Volkswagen Vento, which was recently introduced in Malaysia with the car scoring 4-Stars for the non-ESC equipped version, whereas the ESC equipped version received full 5-Stars.
Volkswagen India has issued a recall of 3877 Vento sedans in the country on account of exceeding Carbon Monoxide (CO) emissions.
The company seems to be working on a major facelift of the vehicle, which might be launched here in the second half of 2015.
