Prices third Nexa car aggressively at Rs 4.59 lakh, to take on Hyundai's i10Grand and M&M'S KUV100.
Suzuki and Toyota are in talks for electric mobility and MSI would continue to access technology from its parent.
Close on the heels of reducing prices of premium mid-size sedan Baleno, India's largest carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd on Friday announced a price cut of Rs 38,000 on the diesel versions of its mid-size car Esteem.
The latest Hyundai i20 is an exciting car, given the overall drive experience, transmission, ride quality and tech. And while it may not be as low cost as a Maruti or come with the "heavy German steel-feel" of the Volkswagen, it does carve out a niche for itself at pole position with a combination of technology, styling, drive and ride comfort, and low cost of ownership, says Pavan Lall.
Two of these launches are from the country's largest passenger carmaker, Maruti
These cars offer the performance of a more expensive car for a quarter of the price.
'Some of the launches may get deferred due to the semiconductor shortage, which is unlikely to get resolved before the second half of 2022.'
Besides the car's price, fuel efficiency is of utmost importance for buyers as it's a long time recurring expense.
Maruti Suzuki is offering cash discounts ranging from Rs 5,000 on its hatchback Celerio to Rs 35,000 on entry level Alto800.
The year 2015 was quite eventful with plenty of automakers making news with either new models or facelifts of their existing models.
India is a market for low-priced cars with low running costs. The global majors don't have models that fit the bill; only Maruti and Hyundai have successful entry-level models, observes T N Ninan.
This will be the company's third UV for the Indian car market.
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The automaker says it has taken into account some of the big concerns of those behind the wheels today: improved acceleration performance, strength and rigidity, spacious and a more comfortable driving experience.
While retail sales at dealerships have suffered the full impact of demonetisation, the growth in wholesale volumes comes as dealers had relatively lower inventory after Diwali in October.
High price, combined with the decision to go only for diesel and position it as a crossover, resulted in its limited success
The offers mostly include free insurance, exchange bonus, and free accessories
Hyundai sold 6,054 units of the new Verna in September, against 6,010 units of the Honda City and 5,603 units of the Maruti Ciaz.
The carmaker has managed to significantly improve its product mix in the past two-three years by successfully launching sedans, utility vehicles and premium hatchbacks.
Worth Rs 210,024 cr, it is Rs 1,100 cr shy of combined Rs 211,186 cr value of Tata Motors and M&M
From Alto to Audi, get car discounts of up to Rs 900,000
Apart from around 40 Japanese companies and five global vendors of MG Motor India, many other biggies are eyeing Gujarat for either greenfield opportunities or brownfield expansion.
Having learnt lessons from the past with Baleno and SX4 models, the company is preparing to aggressively tap customers who are looking to upgrade, with the Ciaz, on which it has invested Rs 620 crore (Rs 6.2 billion) on development.
Hyundai, has a share of about 16% and grew sales by less than 4% in April- May 2017-18
The diesel car becomes too expensive with BS-VI and market assessment says the customer will not buy it at that price, says R C Bhargava, chairman, MSIL. He expects buyer preference to change swiftly in favour of petrol, CNG, and other alternative technologies.
Audi India launched the second generation 2016 Audi R8 at the show.
A number of companies, including Maruti Suzuki, Renault and Nissan, are giving gold coins to buyers who book cars by the month-end. There are other benefits as well, reports Ajay Modi.
Major carmakers in the country are loading barrels for the coming battle in the field, reports Arnab Dutta.
Maruti, Honda and Tata Motors posted highest sales growth during the month
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Reliance on a single model begins at about 40% and goes up to 80 % in case of some companies
Mekhail delivered the most deliberate heart-tugging line of the day: "If a son asks his mother for money is wrong, then tell me." At the back Indrani gave one of her most beaming smiles that was meant to convey the exact opposite. This was no mother happy that her son had said he turned to her when he needed money because she was his mother.
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.
Index heavyweights were the top losers along with bank shares.
Nifty50 surged 87 points to end at 8,157, highest closing levels since Oct 29, 2015.
Car sales likely to touch record 3-mn mark by the end of March.
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
After GM's India exit, Ford-Mahindra 'strategic alliance' under spotlight.
FY16 saw the highest number of new product launches in a year from Maruti
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