'The news about the new virus strain in the UK provided them with an opportunity to take money off the table.'
Vehicle sales across categories registered an increase of 5.03 per cent to 16,03,292 units from 15,26,514 units in November 2013.
HMSI is likely to announce a tie-up with Snapdeal for online two-wheeler sales next month.
Fuelling competition in the Indian mid-size car market, Mahindra-Renault on Tuesday unveiled 'Logan' - an entry-level no frills sedan - with prices starting at Rs 4.28 lakh for the base petrol variant.
Ghosn's partnership with motorcycle and auto-rickshaw maker Bajaj Auto got most publicity.
Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), the country's largest car maker, has initiated a service campaign to inspect a probable fault and replace a part of the clutch operation system in the Ciaz, its mid-size sedan.
Europe's leading car maker, Groupe PSA, officially announced its re-entry in India this April with the Citroen brand. Citroen C5 Aircross SUV will challenge the likes of Mahindra XUV500, Tata Harrier, Hyundai Tuscon, Jeep Compass and the upcoming MG Hector. The C5 Aircross will be the first of several differentiated products from the company's vehicle manufacturing unit in Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu.
A year after French auto major Renault terminated its joint venture with homegrown automobile manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), the company is back to prove its mettle in the world's second fastest growing automobile market with its premium mid-size sedan Fluence.
Component makers don't see any recovery yet, but manufacturers believe the end of poor sales is nearing its end.
The litigation relates to the 2009 accounting fraud at Satyam Computer.
Maruti has announced it will phase out diesel variants from April 1, 2020, when stringent BS VI norms take effect
The Scorpio-based pick-ups, engineered by M&M specifically for the US market, were set to reach North American shores three years ago, but launch dates were postponed more than thrice thereafter before the company's marketing and distribution partner Global Vehicles Inc filed a lawsuit against it for the delay.
7 Maruti models among top 10 best selling passenger vehicles in April
Delhi, labelled the world's most polluted city in a 2014 World Health Organization survey, alone makes up about 7 per cent of total Indian auto sales.
Utility vehicles leader Mahindra and Mahindra on Monday announced a nominal 0.5 per cent price hike across all models, expect for the premium sports utility vehicles XUV 500 and the Rexton from its Korean arm, despite falling sales, which dipped nearly 8 per cent in June.
'If the minister does not resign, then it will be the darkest incident of Indian democracy where power prevailed over the people.'
E-vehicles may face pollution hurdle with hazardous batteries. One lithium-ion battery has a potential to poison the whole water aquifer of Delhi.
The Indian passenger car market is booming like never before. With almost every car major already present in the Indian car market with various models, India is one of the hottest automobile markets in the world.
Mahindra & Mahindra, the utility vehicle and tractor market leader, says it will leave no stone unturned in the fiercely competitive two-wheeler market. After last week's launch of two indigenously built motorcycles, the company wants to position at least one new product in every segment of the 9.37-million-units-a-year market.
In the month of August Indian car industry posted sales of 160,794 units and the industry grew 33 per cent.
M&M's profit before tax from the farm equipment segment rose 31% last year to Rs 2,562 cr
If the drop in sales over the past two years is anything to go by, India's dream of putting seven million electric vehicles on road by the end of this decade has come a cropper.
Maruti Suzuki India continued its grip in the passenger vehicles market in India with five of its models in the top ten best selling models in June.
Joint crack team of Maruti, Tata Motors, M&M to develop hybrid cars in India
The investment will be made through a joint venture with Toshiba and Denso. The battery is the most expensive single part of an EV.
A rebound in oil prices, FII outflows and concerns over current account deficit weighed on the domestic currency, pushing it to fresh life-time lows.
Mahindra & Mahindra is planning to set up a 2,50,000 units per annum commercial trucks plant in Maharashtra in association with US-based International Truck and Engine Corporation.
Automotive major Mahindra and Mahindra has posted a 24.8 per cent rise in vehicle sales, including three wheelers, at 12,055 units in November 2004 as against 9,662 units in same period last year.
Demand for passenger vehicles has been driven by new models, especially in the SUV category with the likes of Maruti Vitara Brezza and Hyundai Creta clocking good numbers
National Anti-Doping Agency chief Navin Agarwal confirmed the former India captain was tested by NADA officials in March but declined to elaborate further.
Sales of commercial vehicles rose 5.30 per cent to 52,481 units in January this year, SIAM said.
Auto, pharma, IT, chemicals among sectors with significant reliance on UK and European nations with Tata Motors, Motherson Sumi, Tata Steel, TCS, Wipro, Infosys and Tech M among key names.
Even as domestic passenger car sales declined 29.4 per cent between April and August this year, exports grew 6.5 per cent, partially cushioning the blow from slowing sales.
Mahindra and Mahindra has posted a 52.21 per cent rise in sales of utility vehicles at 8,638 units in February compared to 5,675 units sold in the same month of 2003.
During September, Maruti said it dispatched 1,375 units of the soon-to-be-launched sedan Ciaz.
Mahindra and Mahindra has recorded a 23.6 per cent rise in automobile sales during December 2003 to 8,549 units from 6,916 units in the same month last year.
Mahindra & Mahindra is planning to invest Rs 1,000 crore on capacity expansion in the next three years, and was also planning to set up assembly units in Russia and Malaysia, according to Pawan Goenka, president (automotive sector) of M&M.
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