Toyota will not be punished for an administrative error that led to the team competing without all the correct paperwork.
Industry leaders on Thursday mourned the death of Ratan Tata saying with his demise India has lost a visionary who shaped its industrial and philanthropic landscape. Tata was a truly remarkable business leader who placed the country before business interests, and whose vision was truly transformational for a country and its people, TVS Motor Co Chairman Emeritus Venu Srinivasan said in a statement. "Mr Tata was a truly remarkable business leader, the likes of whom nations get only once in a century," he added.
Overall numbers decline, but the success of these two brands help Toyota move up to the fourth spot in the sales league table.
Toyota launched the Fortuner brand in the Indian market back in 2009 which went on to become an instant hit.
GM, which sold 9.29 million cars in 2012, was the top-selling carmaker for more than seven decades before losing the title to Toyota in 2008.
Two office-bearers of the Toyota Kirloskar Motor Employees Union and eight other employees are staging the strike. Simultaneously, about 1,000 employees, registered with the TKMEU, staged a dharna at the factory gate from 10 am to 6 pm on Wednesday.
This crisis has arisen just as demand in India's auto sector started seeing some sort of revival after the nationwide lockdown in March/April.
The Glanza is clearly a rebadged Maruti Suzuki Baleno, however, Toyota has given it a longer warranty and a lower starting price to make it more attractive. Are there other compelling reasons to consider it over Baleno?
Toyota Motor Corporation is recalling 1.43 million vehicles globally for defective air bags
The All New Etios is designed to provide a true sedan experience
The pint-sized i-Road has two front wheels that move up and down independently of each other.
Toyota on Thursday launched updated versions of its sedan Camry in India.
Plug-in hybrids have two engines and the electric part has a much larger battery than in the regular hybrids. Car companies, led by the Japanese, are pushing the Indian government to look at hybrids in the interim if it wants to reduce carbon emission.
Japanese automaker says the 'element of trust has been broken'
The new Toyota Yaris will surely instil confidence among its users when it comes to performance and safety, says P Tharyan.
Toyota is recalling the vehicles worldwide to fix faulty accelerator pedals and brakes. "Toyota's problems are not good for the industry.
It is the global leader in car sales but in India, is a distant fifth.
Beside cosmetic changes there has been some impressive work done under the hood as well.
It's also unbelievably smooth to ride.
A NASA investigation has found no electronic flaws in Toyota vehicles.
Passenger vehicle sales in India kicked off on a flat note in new fiscal 2024-25 with 3.38 lakh units sold in April, impacted by high base effect and muted demand due to the ongoing general elections. Dispatches of passenger vehicles from manufacturers to dealers were at 338,341 units in April 2024 as compared to 332,468 units in the same month last year, a growth of 1.77 per cent with major players Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and Tata Motors reporting marginal growth in their domestic wholesales.
Japanese auto major Toyota Motors Corporation Ltd said on Tuesday that it has begun exporting transmission equipment, manufactured at its dedicated plant in Bangalore, to seven Toyota plants across the world
The German's manager Willi Weber hinted that the former world champion could move to Toyota after Ferrari.
Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates wants to become Toyota's chief Formula One sponsor.
Come December 1 and Toyota will launch the sedan in Bangalore.
Toyota has capacity to manufacture 310,000 vehicles at its two plants located near Bengaluru
Toyota had announced a global recall of 65 lakh vehicles to rectify a power window glitch, which could lead to fire risk.
Firm asks workers to sign undertaking; refuses to revoke suspension of 17.
BMW said in a statement 'binding agreements' signed with Toyota also foresee to jointly develop an architecture and components for sports vehicles.
'In terms of incentives, if you think about it, hybrids are a 20-year-old technology.'
Toyota's global image took a beating when over eight million Toyota vehicles were recalled worldwide to fix faulty accelerator pedals and brakes.
India's luxury car rental market is experiencing a surge in demand, particularly in Tier 1 cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, and Delhi, with executive travellers, especially from the tech sector and younger demographics like the millennials and the Gen Z, increasingly renting high-end vehicles for special occasions and domestic travel. Luxorides, a luxury car rental company, observed a 40 per cent year-on-year rise in bookings in 2024 (until April) on popular routes like Delhi-Rishikesh, Delhi-Vrindavan, and Delhi-Jim Corbett National Park, as well as Chandigarh-Manali and Chandigarh-Ladakh.
This is the third recall of the company to involve more than a million cars since 2009.
Buzz around Innova Aero and cheaper multi-utility brands of competitors make the going tough for Evalia in a crowded market.
Toyota Kirloskar Employees Union (TKMEU) on Saturday said they were ready to resume work on March 24 but would not sign any undertaking as desired by the company, which has agreed to lift the lock-out at its two plants in Bidadi near Bangalore following government's conciliatory efforts.
The company is currently celebrating the first anniversary of its Camry Hybrid in India during which it has sold 541 units
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