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MUSCAT Volkswagen Middle East and its partner Saad Buzwair Automotive Qatar announced the first of its fleet Taxis in Qatar, a press release said on Thursday. In collaboration with Mowasalat, the Qatar Transport Company, Volkswagen Middle East has supplied 300 all-new Jetta Taxis to Karwa Taxi Services in Qatar.

“This partnership with Karwa Taxi Services symbolises the first venture into fleet business for Volkswagen Middle East in Qatar,” sales director of Volkswagen Middle East Marcus Butros said. “The initial handover of 300 vehicles is only the first instalment to be received by Karwa, with a total number of Volkswagen fleet taxis in Qatar reaching 500 by the first quarter of 2012. Volkswagen has great experience in this field, and we’re confident that the all-new Jetta fleet will be well received. The Qatar deal is further evidence that Volkswagen has the right range of cars available to attract more and more fleet customers.”

Volkswagen means the ‘people’s car’ and the new Jetta has been designed to offer the best in German engineering, encapsulating affordable innovation in a saloon car.

Jetta is 4.64 metres long, 1.45 meters tall and 1.78 metres wide, making this new and improved model nine centimetres longer than the previous model. Volkswagen has also restyled the interior down to the last detail boasting a metre of leg room, making it the ideal passenger car and Taxi.

Volkswagen aspires to be the number one car manufacturer in the world by 2018, and as part of this strategy there is a strong focus on fleet business. Volkswagen Middle East has launched the first of three sedan models ideal for fleet business; the first being the Jetta launched in May 2011 with the Polo Sedan and the Passat joining the portfolio in 2012.

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