Mumbai, July 4 -- Skoda Auto Volkswagen India has achieved a significant manufacturing milestone with the production of its 5,00,000th Skoda vehicle in India. The combined production figure comes from the company's two manufacturing facilities located in Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (formerly Aurangabad).

Since starting local assembly in 2001 with the first-generation Octavia, Skoda's India journey has grown to include a wide portfolio of models. This includes past offerings such as the Laura and Superb, along with current models like the Kushaq, Slavia, Kodiaq, and the recently introduced Kylaq compact SUV.

Approximately 70 per cent of the production so far has taken place at the Pune facility, with the rest coming from the Chha...