Mumbai has just got its new Volvo luxury car dealer in KIF Motors, Link Road, Andheri (W).
The new showroom is spread over an area of 2000 sq ft. at a strategic location. As is with every Volvo showroom, it has a true Scandinavian ambience with a ‘cool on the outside and warm on the inside’ feel. The dealership is owned by Vimal Khandwala. KIFS Motors is a part of KIFS Group, a diversified Khandwala Integrated Venture which shares long term, harmonious and transparent relations with nearly 100,000 clients across verticals such as capital markets, real estate, commodity trading, bullion trading, readymade garments and now foraying into auto market. Spread across India, the Group has managed to maintain its #1 position in Gujarat. Furthermore, there are expansion plans to cover other parts of Mumbai as well.
Tomas Ernberg, Managing Director, Volvo Auto India said , “Buoyed by our increased acceptability among our valued customers in the last 2-3 years, we are now looking at further strengthening our foothold and expanding our reach in the Indian market. Mumbai is the business capital and it was imperative for us to have an ideal partner in the city. With the all new Volvo Retail Experience (VRE) at the Andheri West showroom in Mumbai, we have moved yet another step closer to our customers.”
He added, “We have embarked on a promising growth trajectory with a positive year-on-year growth, making us one of the fastest growing luxury car makers in India. Our association with KIFS Group would further help us in consolidating our presence in this part of the country.”
Vimal Khandwala, Dealer Principal, KIFS Motors Pvt. Ltd., “We are extremely delighted to partner with Volvo Auto India. With safety, Scandinavian design and technology at the core of Volvo, and our expertise as a diversified business group, we are certain that we shall help bring the luxury customers in Mumbai a truly Swedish Luxury experience.”
Volvo Auto India have seen encouraging sales of their luxury passenger cars in India over the years they’ve been here, no doubt because of safer, more stylish and distinctive new offerings like the V40 Cross Country and S60 sport-luxury sedan, following the success of the the one which turned their fortunes in India – the XC60 crossover SUV. They also sell the S80 luxury saloon, and will launch the all-new XC90 luxury seven-seat SUV in September this year. You can catch out first drive of the new XC90 in the forthcoming April 2015 issue of Car India magazine. Volvo Cars currently market products through their dealerships in New Delhi, Gurgaon, Ahmedabad, Surat, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Kochi, Vishakhapatnam and Pune. Soon the cars will be seen in West Delhi and Kolkata with new dealerships opening there shortly.
Story: Jim Gorde
