The recently anointed managing director and chief executive officer at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd tells Business Standard how he intends to get back to over 50 per cent share in the domestic market, apart from a larger role in the parent's global operations.
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A lot rides on this new vehicle for Renault, the seventh largest player in domestic passenger vehicle market, as its brand new SUV takes on Maruti Suzuki Brezza, Hyundai Creta and Ford EcoSport.
The Tata group flagship has sold more sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in the domestic PV market in the past four months than any other automotive manufacturer, cementing its no.1 spot. It first grabbed pole position in the SUV segment in October 2021 after the launch of the Punch - a sub-compact SUV offering.
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Higher exports will also drive up volumes, as the company seeks to avail of the benefits under the government's recently announced production linked incentive scheme.
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Mahindra failed to register significant growth.
Mercedes Benz, BMW and Audi have sharply increased their sourcing from India.
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During September, Maruti said it dispatched 1,375 units of the soon-to-be-launched sedan Ciaz.
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Seven auto companies lost share in the current year because of different reasons.
Maruti recorded 20 per cent jump in sales during November.
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Exports in August were up 10.3 per cent to 12,472 units from 11,305 units in the same month of previous year.
Chinese automakers Great Wall Motors, FAW Haima Automobile, and Changan Automobile, after dithering about entering India for some years, have been encouraged by the robust sales performance of the late entrants Kia Motors and MG Motors even in a slowing market.
Honda cars has strengthend market share in India in the past five years.
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Major carmakers in the country are loading barrels for the coming battle in the field, reports Arnab Dutta.
Maruti is trying to move up the segment by focusing on premium cars, SUVs and even trucks.
While the Slavia comes in eight different variants, it's the base model that starts at around Rs 10.7 lakh that is most likely to take a bite out of the market share of its competitors, says Pavan Lall.
For Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), which has just started executing a comeback strategy for wresting back ground it lost to rivals, this could not have come at a worse time. The maker of the Bolero Neo and the Thar models on Thursday said it would have to halt production at its automotive plant for a week due to the worsening supply situation of semiconductors.
Santosh had a near-fatal accident during the 2013 Abu Dhabi desert challenge, suffering burns to his neck after his Suzuki MX450X caught fire.
The dealers have started accepting bookings for Rs 10,000.
According to industry data, for two months, sale of the Zest (7,359 units) were higher than that of Amaze (6,792 units).
'India is still hierarchical, but not as much as Japan and people appreciate a flat working culture,' Charles Frump, managing director, Volvo Cars India, tells Pavan Lall.
The diesel variant offers fuel economy of 26.59 kmpl.
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