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Luxury car maker Porsche, part of the Volkswagen group, will launch an electric vehicle (EV) in India at the beginning of 2020, a company official said. Porsche, which started operations on India in 2012, has so far been selling fully imported cars here as the company does have any manufacturing or assembly units outside its home country Germany. Porsche India Pavan Shetty told PTI. In 2016, the company sold 401 units in India, which went up to 434 cars in 2017 (Jan-Dec). Shetty said post Goods and Services Tax (GST), effective tax rates had gone up for some of its models while for the others, it remained the same. In the luxury segment, which also includes the super luxury brands, Porsche has a market share between 1.2 and 1.5 per cent, he said. The company will launch a new SUV model -- Cayenne E3 -- in the third quarter of the current year, he said. Porsche had introduced models like Cayenne, Macan, Panamera, 718 series, Cayman, Boxstar, and the flagship 911 in India. The company has eight service centres and six dealer outlets in the country.
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The Volkswagen Touareg SUV鈥檚 engine lineup is set to expand soon with the introduction of a new petrol engine. Like the diesel alternatives, the new model will send its power through all four wheels via an eight-speed automatic gearbox. A package which combines air suspension and rear-wheel steering - as used by VW Group cousins the Audi Q7 and Bentley Bentayga - is available as an option. The Touareg is offered in three trim levels: SE L, R-Line and R-Line tech. Standard equipment includes 19-inch alloy wheels, LED headlights, heated front seats trimmed in leather all round, and adaptive cruise control. The 鈥業nnovision Cockpit鈥? which combines a 12-inch digital instrument panel with a huge 15-inch infotainment screen, is standard on the top-spec R-Line Tech and an option priced up to 拢2,510 on other models. The V6 petrol will go on sale in the first half of 2019, with deliveries due by the end of the year. While UK prices for the new petrol are yet to be announced, in the Dutch market VW has confirmed a starting figure of a few hundred Euros more than the 282bhp diesel, so expect to pay from around 拢52,000 here. Would you consider a petrol SUV?
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