The 1.5-litre Hyperion petrol engine masterfully blends everyday driving with a sophisticated, tech-laden interior that elevates the entire experience.
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Mercedes-Benz India is exploring a larger role for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in its portfolio, with plans to potentially introduce the technology in more models beyond the newly launched S-Class plug-in hybrid. This strategy aims to cater to luxury car buyers who are hesitant about fully electric vehicles due to concerns over charging infrastructure and range.
Jaguar Land Rover has reached an agreement with Tata Motors to be an exclusive importer of these premium saloon cars and utility vehicles.
Under the passenger car division, the company sells small car Nano, hatchback Indica series and Indigo family of sedans.
Tata Motors, India's third-biggest carmaker, on Wednesday said it would invest a little over Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion) this fiscal for capacity expansion, product development and marketing.
Tata Motors said it may invest about Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion) to develop Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICV) and set up a manufacturing plant for rolling out FICVs for the Indian Army.
A price war started by German car makers in China may eat into JLR margins and volumes.
The Nifty ended down 29 points at 4,750.
Deep in Tata Motors' largest factory, engineers don 3D glasses to play with car designs and prototypes projected from a 10-metre wide computer screen. Their quest? The automaker's next blockbuster car model.
Favourable response to launches, recovery in CVs will aid growth.
Close on the heels of the Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Retail's possible entry into the second-hand car market, Tata Motors, the country's second largest automobile major, is planning a similar foray.
The company had got 100,000 bookings in the first phase.
Tata Motors reported a 25.47 per cent decline in its net profit.
It said total passenger vehicles sales were 45,380 units, in January 2010, a growth of 76 per cent from the corresponding month last year.
Post the transaction, Tata Motors will own 40 per cent stake in Telcon, while Hitachi will have 60 per cent, the company said.
Tata Motors on Friday reported an 84 per cent jump in its global sales at 74,707 units for December 2008, compared to the corresponding month in 2008. The company also posted 137 per cent surge in the sale of its commercial vehicles at 37,326 units in December 2009, it said in a statement. During the month under review, it sold 16,247 units of passenger vehicles, up by 53 per cent, against the same month previous year, it added.
Tata Motors expressed satisfaction over the progress of land acquisition for its proposed small car plant at Singur and plan to launch the vehicle in 2008 as scheduled.
Tata Motors' Nano, the small car seen as a symbol of India's expertise in frugal engineering, is likely to be launched on March 3. Billed as the world's cheapest, the small car's first recipients may be celebrities, including political leaders, social workers, sports stars and film stars.
Life Insurance Corporation of India and DaimlerChrysler, one of the oldest partners of Tata Motors, may refrain from participating in the ongoing Rs 4,145-crore (Rs 41.45 billion) rights issue that is closing on October 20, investment banking sources said. The move comes after Life Insurance Corporation of India expressed its wariness in putting in its bid.
The top 100 tax defaulters owe the exchequer a whopping Rs 1.41 lakh crore.
The country's largest automobile maker's total income from operations, however, fell 7.56 per cent to Rs 6,404.63 crore (Rs 64.04 billion) in the first quarter, the company said in a statement. While the passenger vehicle segment grew by 1.13 per cent at 72,216 units, but the sales of commercial vehicles fell by 4.85 per cent at 49,904 units in Q1 of this fiscal.
Network scale seen as central to tapping smaller markets.
The company will offer a total of up to 15,06,44,759 ordinary shares
There were no casualties; a part of the wall was damaged.
The B C Khanduri government seems to be in no hurry to provide concession on lease rent as well as some more land to Tata Motors at the Pantnagar industrial estate.
The Indian car market was on a record nine months decline till July and sales picked up only in August and September.
Trinamool Congress workers, led by party president Subrata Bakshi, on Tuesday stormed into the prohibitory order-bound site of Tata Motors' small car project in Singur cutting about 10 feet of barbed fencing, police said.
Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Hyundai Motor India posted higher sales in January riding on the growth momentum ushered in by the GST reforms in the festive period last year.
The Street's optimism on India's largest listed automotive maker by market capitalisation is not misplaced, given the robust wholesale performance in recent months and the strong 2023-24 (FY24) October-December (Q3) results.
The car so far known by the code name 'Kite' will be a hatchback.
Sen said that as per the lease agreement, concluded recently with the company, it would have to pay a lease rent of Rs 1 crore per year for the first five years to the state.
Speculation about rising competition from global majors has led to shares of major Indian automobile manufacturers such as Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), Maruti Suzuki India, and Tata Motors taking a hit on the BSE.
Auto major Tata Motors on Thursday reported a 50.65 per cent fall in its net profit at Rs 1,001.26 crore (Rs 10.01 billion) for the 2008-09 fiscal.
Adityanath had earlier referred to a conspiracy angle behind the violence during the protest, which is currently under police investigation.
Over the past week, the BSE Sensex ended on a muted note, showing a marginal gain of 2.25 points at 28,114.56.
In 2025, the Maruti Suzuki Dzire has emerged as India's top-selling car, while sport utility vehicles continue to rule the broader passenger vehicle market, capturing almost 55 per cent of the segment.
Tata Motors will launch a diesel-powered version of its ultra-cheap Nano by the end of March 2014, its managing director said, hoping to kick-start demand for the model after years of disappointing sales.
