20 years after it went under, the Stallion Group has announced the resuscitation of Volkswagen plant in Nigeria. The resuscitation of the plant also followed the multinational company’s launch of the first assembled in Nigeria Volkswagen passenger and commercial vehicles at its brand new plant in Lagos on Tuesday, July 7.
Following the National Automotive Industrial Plan (NAIDP) announced by the Federal Government in October 2013, the Stallion Group had entered into collaboration with the Volkswagen Group to assemble its vehicles in Nigeria.
Stallion is commencing assembly of Volkswagen’s renowned products including Passat, Jetta, CC and Amarok models.
Speaking at the occasion, Stallion’s Chairman Sunil Vaswani said: “This is a great moment for Stallion in partnering with a world leading global brand like Volkswagen. We are immensely pleased to bring back the proud legacy of Nigeria automotive industry – the Volkswagen brand that once was indigenously produced at the same premises.”
