The industry players couldn't hide their disappointment.
Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai would make the largest gain.
Maruti has chosen to call the S-Cross as a premium crossover, which is evident once you look at the hatchback-like profile of the vehicle.
HSBC analysts believe the UV which might sell about 3,000 units a month might fail to be an aspirational product in urban India.
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.
Carmakers fear an increase of Rs 35,000-40,000 per vehicle for safety equipments.
While Renault reported an over 12 per cent decline in sales and lost market share, Market leader Maruti Suzuki grew over 19 per cent.
Buoyed by strong sales, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Honda have scaled up their annual targets, but others are still stuck in low gear
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Months after his meeting with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a lawmaker has praised his "honest, transparent and open" governance, which he said is attracting American companies to invest heavily in the Indian state.
General Motors' Tavera recall prompts Union government to formulate a stricter policy.
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Amazon committed a fresh investment of $3 billion, in addition to the $2 billion it announced in 2014.
'Modi is a master of convergence. By his ability to converge and add new features to a non-star idea, he is able to sell it. Like how he has turned Kutch into a tourist destination by selling the salt desert of the Rann as a flat snow desert of the night and roping in Amitabh Bachchan to sell it. In one stroke this has ensured economic returns to the people and on the other hand it has taken care of the national security angle in the sense that the border population in the Rann, which is almost entirely Muslim, is feeling better as now they are much more connected with the mainstream.' Ahead of the launch of his book on the much-debated Modi model of governance, journalist Uday Mahurkar speaks to Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt.
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The Mahindra KUV100 offers a young design language with lots of urban appeal at a compelling price tag.
Why Kia is keen to drive into India? The Korean automobile maker plans to carve out a niche for itself in the crowded Indian market with its compact sedans and SUVs.
A reformed Planning Commission should reflect the diversity of Indian debate.
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and M&M draw visitors with a range of concept cars.
Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple breast cancer screening available to every woman, that too at the extremely affordable cost of $1 per scan? Can we make a portable, high-tech ECG machine which can provide reports immediately and that too at the cost of 8 cents a test? Can we make an eye imaging device that is portable, non-invasive and costs 3 times less that conventional devices? Can we make a robust test for mosquito-borne dengue, which can detect the disease on day 1, and that too at the cost of $2 per test? Amazingly, says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, all this has been achieved in India, not only by using technological innovation but also non-technological innovation.
High price, combined with the decision to go only for diesel and position it as a crossover, resulted in its limited success
Large manufacturers are investing in small companies to get a peek into their R&D. Alnoor Peermohamed and Anita Babu report.
The price differential between diesel and petrol has narrowed. But there are still enough reasons to opt for the diesel variant.
Maruti is trying to move up the segment by focusing on premium cars, SUVs and even trucks.
A customer wanting to buy a car would have to wait a long time for delivery.
Many say Tata Motors has perhaps paid the price for being too ambitious.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday slapped a penalty of Rs 2,545 crore on 14 top carmakers of the country for violating trade norms in the spare-part andafter-sale service market.
One can see the scale of recalls going up as the market expands.
Rather than focussing on manufacturing, Indian companies need to concentrate on conceiving, designing and branding products.
Experts say poor city planning and inefficient administration turned an unusually high rainfall into a disaster.
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2013 "Nobel-class" Citation Laureates on Wednesday, which names 28 researchers representing 22 distinct academic and research organisations, and six different countries.
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Rohan Murty was speaking at the 50th anniversary symposium of the computer science department at Cornell University.
This was good enough for Fernandes to hire Chandilya to lead his India business.
On Reva, Mahindra says electric cars are an innovation that can disrupt the automobile sector.
Honda cars has strengthend market share in India in the past five years.
Talented, rebellious, obsessive: Ranjita Ganesan and Dhruv Munjal find traces of the actor's different streaks in Mandi, Chandigarh and Mumbai.
Today, Suzuki depends on Maruti for its place in the world
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