Volvo To Launch Its Flagship SUV In India

Volvo''s flagship SUV XC90 is almost ready for launch in India. It is one of the two vehicles that the Swedish carmaker part of the Ford family has lined up for the country. The other will be the S80 sedan which will take on the BMW 5 series and the Mercedes E class in India. Volvo has appointed its first three dealers for India in Delhi, Chandigarh and Mumbai.They will begin operations by November this year, Volvo will increase the number of dealers from January 2008 onwards. The Indian operations will be based on completely built import route and if the response is encouraging Volvo is already keeping the option open to use Ford''s plant in Chennai to assemble CKD units of its cars. It will also consider its smaller cars like the C70 post 2008.