VOLKSWAGEN GHANA is about to roll out a Vehicle Financing Scheme by the second quarter of the 12 months to allow Ghanaians to amass regionally assembled model new VW automobiles.
The initiative, when taken off, is aimed toward making Ghanaians to personal new automobiles from the VW manufacturers and create the tradition of shopping for new automobiles at versatile cost phrases and at a less expensive rate of interest quite than shopping for imported used automobiles which most frequently lead such house owners to spend extra money on upkeep than in the event that they have been to purchase a brand new automobile right here.
The Chief Government Officer ( CEO) of Volkswagen Ghana , Mr Jeffrey Opppng Peprah, who disclosed these in Accra on Friday , stated the nation was proud to assemble VW automobiles in Ghana and, due to this fact, it was time
Ghanaians had the good thing about buying world class VW manufacturers at present being assemble proper right here in Ghana .
Mr Oppong Peprah was talking on the unveiling ceremony of a newly launched Touareg 3.0 turbo mannequin on the Ghanaian car market.
The Touareg is the newest to be unveiled along with fashions corresponding to VW Passat, Tiguan, Teramont, Polo and Amarok fashions, all assembled within the nation , the identical which may be present in anyplace world wide.
The Volkswagen Ghana is the Volkswagen’s fifth meeting location to Sub-Saharan Africa beside South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda.
Talking after the disclosing in an unique interview with the Ghanaian Instances Mr Peprah stated that Ghana had come an extended approach to proceed to import used automobiles whose origin have been someday tough to find out whether or not these have been salvaged or accident automobiles.
“It’s in opposition to the backdrop that Volkswagen Ghana has come to fill the hole for Ghanaians to purchase new automobiles regionally assembled, thereby relieving them of the fortunes one has to spend paying import duties and different expenses related to importation of recent or used automobiles when one can stroll right into a VW showroom in Ghana and stroll away with a “Tear Rubber” new Volkswagen model,” he stated.
Established in 2018, the CEO disclosed that Volkswagen Ghana was confronted initially with just a few challenges, particularly the COVID -19 illness outbreak throughout the work that affected the corporate’s easy take-off in Ghana, however was capable of begin precise operation in 2022.
“Now we have assembled a complete of 322 VW automobiles together with its newest Touareg mannequin,” he stated.
Out of the quantity, Mr Peprah disclosed that 220 regionally assembled VW Vehicles have been exported to Cote D’Ivoire and used for the AFCON video games whereas others offered on the Rwanda market.
Whereas applauding the government for making a conducive atmosphere for funding to drive its industrialisation coverage, he urged the federal government to support automobile assembling vegetation to extend manufacturing by streamlining the importation of used automobiles
BY NORMAN COOPER
