Mahindra & Mahindra is planning to invest Rs 250 crore (Rs 2.50 billion) in the aerospace business. It plans to set up component and aircraft manufacturing facilities in India, Mahindra Group vice chairman & managing director Anand Mahindra said in Bengaluru.
For automakers, the festive season is about raking it in through ramped up sales and attractive consumer offers. However, despite the robust demand, what may spoil the party this year is a global shortage of semiconductors.
Mahindra & Mahindra on Wednesday said it will look at sharing vehicle platforms with that of South Korean company SsangYong Motor, the acquisition of which it expects to complete by December.
Auto major Mahindra & Mahindra on Monday said it has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in beleaguered South Korean vehicle maker SsangYong Motor Company. In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange, Mahindra & Mahindra said that it has "signed a memorandum of understanding with SsangYong Motor to acquire a majority stake in the South Korean SUV maker."
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 413.70 crore (Rs 4.13 billion) in the corresponding period previous year, Mahindra & Mahindra said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
While Hyundai Motor India reported a marginal growth, Toyota Kirloskar Motor witnessed a dip in sales last month.
Market leader Maruti Suzuki sold 51,274 units, down 49.61 per cent from the same month last year. Hyundai Motor sold 21,320 units, a decline of 49.25 per cent and Mahindra & Mahindra sold 8,075 units, down 54.54 per cent.
Mahindra & Mahindra said it will acquire 70 per cent stake in the ailing South Korean auto maker SsangYong Motor for $463 million (about Rs 2,105 crore), in order to become a global utility vehicle major. The companies have signed a definitive agreement to this effect and the acquisition process is expected to complete by March 2011, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) said in a statement.
Mahindra & Mahindra says it has been chosen as the preferred bidder by the beleaguered South Korean auto company SsangYong Motor for acquisition.
Mahindra could not provide details of where the plant would be located in South Africa and how much would be invested on it, but merely indicated that a feasibility study had been completed.
Maruti's exports in May were down 2.4% at 9,089 units
Auto major Mahindra & Mahindra on Monday said it will raise prices of all its products by up to Rs 8,000 with effect from October 1 due to higher raw material costs and implementation of new emission norms.
Passenger vehicle wholesales in India increased by 12.73 per cent to 285,367 units in November as against 253,139 units in the same month last year riding on the back of festive demand, auto industry body SIAM said on Friday. According to the latest data by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), two-wheeler sales rose 13.43 per cent to 16,00,379 units, compared with 14,10,939 units in the same month last year.
The new model RX6 will be an addition to the existing model range of Rexton which has received a very good response in India.
Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said it expects to come up with a sophisticated ventilator at just Rs 7,500, which otherwise costs up to Rs 10 lakh, as it seeks to assist in combating coronavirus pandemic. The company said it hopes to have a prototype of an automated version of bag valve mask ventilator, commonly known as Ambu bag, in three days for approval.
Auto major Mahindra & Mahindra said it has hiked prices of its utility vehicles by up to Rs 26,100.
A new user-friendly app to control the beast. Automatic transmission with petrol engine. Electronic sunroof. Plus, of course, the safety elements. Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com on what makes the new XUV300 special.
The first leg of the 35-day festive period, which ended with Dussehra, failed to bring any cheer for auto companies. While makers of passenger vehicles struggled to meet demand due to the persistent shortage of semiconductors, a recovery in demand remained elusive for two-wheeler manufacturers despite offers and schemes. The overall season, which ends two days after Diwali, is unlikely to bring any turnaround in either the supply or the demand scenario, said dealers and officials at auto companies.
Rising commodity costs, coupled with other marketing-related expenses, could weigh on profitability in the coming quarters.
M&M has a joint venture with Renault -- Mahindra Renault Pvt Ltd -- which manufacture the only product Logan in India.
Other players who have declared no production days in the recent past, and during this month, include Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Bosch, Jamna Auto, Wabco and Sundaram-Clayton.
Homegrown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra is recalling around 23,000 units of a select variant of its popular sports utility vehicle Scorpio to rectify faulty pressure regulating valves.
The group, which aspires to be a significant player in the two-wheeler market, is also working on adding an additional production capacity to meet future targets.
Low-base effect to kick in, but higher raw material prices could spoil the show.
Auto component makers in India are bracing for a tough time. High absenteeism among workers owing to Covid-19, shortages of critical parts, and temporary closures of plants by automobile manufacturers have thrown a spanner in the works for the Rs 3.2-trillion sector, which derives 60 per cent of its revenues from automobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), with the balance split equally between replacement demand and exports. Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India on Saturday said it was extending the maintenance shutdown, which was from May 1 to 9, till May 16, "keeping in view the current pandemic situation". Some activities will continue in the plants.
Even as India goes green, lack of uniform standards for setting up charging stations is holding back companies. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
Mahindra & Mahindra, the country's biggest utility vehicle maker, is re-considering plans to sell French carmaker Renault's vehicles through its own distribution network after pulling out of a joint venture agreement in January.
The micro-hybrid technology enables vehicle engine to turn off automatically when idle or in neutral gear. The engine restarts once the clutch is pressed.
Increase in kharif sowing area, good monsoon, rural cash flows and base effect among factors that have driven volumes.
Hakim won the Santosh Trophy for Services in 1960 and continued to be a part of the squad till 1966. At club level, he played for City College Old Boys (Hyderabad) and Indian Air Force.
The company also said reports about recall of some of its Scorpio and Xylo vehicles are false.
Mahindra & Mahindra, the world's fourth largest tractor maker, has deferred its plan to build a Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) tractor facility in Chennai on apprehensions that tractor sales may slow, a top company executive has said.
Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors and Tata Motors reported sales growth in the domestic market in November, aided by robust offtakes amid the festival season. While Maruti Suzuki India reported marginal growth, Hyundai logged in its highest ever monthly sales in November. Others like Honda Cars India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Mahindra & Mahindra and MG Motor India also reported sales growth in November as compared with the same month last year.
A blend of traditional as well as contemporary features, the All-New Thar exceeds expectations by far, says Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com.
While customers in metro cities are still buying cars, quick growth is likely only from upcountry markets, where highways and roads are being built, and discretionary income and aspirations are rising.
M&M is in talks with BAE systems to develop mine protected vehicles for India.
In the two wheeler segment, TVS Motor Company reported a 24 per cent increase in total sales at 304,795 units in April.
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The letter "o" continues to play a superstitious role in Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M's) car launches, as the name of its first electric car after the acquisition of Reva showed.
M&M, which owns a 75 per cent stake in SYMC, rescued the sport-utility vehicle (SUV) maker from near-insolvency in 2010 but has struggled to revive its fortunes.
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