Volkswagen Virtus And Taigun Get New Features As The Carmaker Announces Annual Volksfest Festival

Volkswagen is leaving its mark on this year’s festivities with its own annual Volksfest taking place between October 3 to November 15. Along with the exclusive benefits and offers that VW’s in-house fest offers, there are updates to the Virtus and Taigun, bringing new features to their brochures. Let’s take a look at what’s what:

Volkswagen Volksfest

Volkswagen’s annual celebrations have kicked off nationwide with the 2023 Volksfest. Active between October 3 and November 15, it offers special discounts and benefits to customers for after-sales services. This includes free vehicle check-up, free pickup and drop under a defined radius, and offers on service packs, extended warranty, tyres and roadside assistance.

Even new customers or potential clients can benefit from this with assured gifts on test drives and bookings of a VW vehicle during this period. 

VW Virtus and Taigun updates

Following the Taigun Matte Edition, VW has now rolled out the Virtus Matte Edition, which gets the Carbon Steel Grey Matte hue. It is only available to book online and carries a premium of Rs 20,000 over the equivalent GT Plus (with Deep Black Pearl hue) variant. Oh, and lest we forget, the new Matte Edition gets electric front seats, which is a new feature addition, not just on the Virtus but also on the Taigun. 

The electric front seats feature has been added along with footwell illumination to the Topline and GT Plus variants of the Taigun and Virtus, while the subwoofer with amplifier has been added to the GT Plus variants of both the cars.

The electric seat-equipped variants carry a premium of up to Rs 32,000 over the corresponding non-electric seat variants. Here are the prices for the electric seat-equipped variants of the Taigun and Virtus:

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With these new feature additions, prices for the Virtus now range between Rs 11.47 lakh to Rs 19.29 lakh, while the Taigun retails between 11.61 lakh and Rs 19.76 lakh (ex-showroom). The Virtus fights it out with the Honda City, Skoda Slavia, Hyundai Verna and Maruti Suzuki Ciaz, while the Taigun takes on the compact SUVs like the Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, Toyota Hyryder, Maruti Grand Vitara.