Analysts say models that recorded healthy demand earlier are now luring customers with discounts and consumer benefit schemes.
Move made to allign its production with sales demand
Even as it is struggling to run its existing plants at half their capacity, due to dwindling sales, Ford India is pressing ahead with its Rs 4,000-crore vehicle and engine plant in Gujarat.
Amid stalled wage renewal talks, union functionary suspended, triggering work stoppage.
Workers at utility vehicle major Mahindra & Mahindra's Nashik facility on Tuesday issuing a notice to the management to go on strike on or after March 11, if their demands for higher wages were not settled by the company.
Tata Motors, India's largest car maker by revenue, is exploring the possibility of adding more models to the production line at its Sanand plant in Gujarat.
Industry estimates R-Day sales are eight times the usual for big retailers.
The demand for diesel cars, which account for 58 per cent of passenger vehicle sales in India every month, has seen a steep rise, as manufacturers continue to introduce variants that have diesel engines.
Rajesh Jejurikar had quit M&M to join Zee Entertainment Enterprise.
The model will be equipped with a petrol engine in Thailand.
With an all-diesel line in India, it is desperate to bring the small capacity diesel engine it has developed independently, by the parent company.
Paul White is now the advisor to Indian Hotels in its second attempt to take over the Bermuda-based chain.
Since the start of October at least four new hotel properties have opened in leisure and business tourist destinations like Tamil Nadu and Goa adding more than 400 branded rooms with another 260 rooms due for launch during next week.
From an average of about 1,800 units a month in 2010-11, Fiat sales dropped to about 900 units a month in the first four months of this financial year, according to data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.
The Volvo Group, one of the world's leading heavy-duty commercial vehicle (CV) and diesel engine makers, is engineering a fresh push in India, one of the world's biggest growth markets for commercial vehicles.
Volkswagen, which has two heavy-duty truck brands, Scania and MAN, is eyeing an equity stake in Navistar to gain a stronger foothold in the US commercial vehicle market, according to international media reports.
Having started with an economical Rs 999 per room, Ginger, into its eighth year, currently charges Rs 1,500-2,000 per room.
The Mumbai-based company is simultaneously working on concepts such as full hybrids, battery-powered powertrains, bio-diesel, fuel-cells and hydrogen-powered engines. Some of these vehicles will be ready for launch by 2015, according to the company whose 99 per cent of products are driven by diesel engines today.
Absence of diesel options, economic slowdown hurt sales
Nissan Motor Company may have missed the boom in small cars in India. But the third-biggest Japanese car maker is confident of shoring up volumes, as it works on several small car projects simultaneously.
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