India's Detroit - Pune

Rediff reports

Pune -- beat 17 locations and 6 states, including Andhra Pradesh to win over Volkswagen and consolidate its position as India's Detroit.

CFO, Volkswagen, Hans Dieter Poetsch when asked about this deal had this to say

We did our best to try to settle with Andhra Pradesh. At the end of the day, we embarked on a very deep analysis and we were analyzing our business in 17 different locations and six states. We were running around, but in the end Pune was our decision, which we took for a couple of reasons. One being logistics, the other being infrastructure. They also have a lot of skilled people and importantly, the market is just in front of the factory.