President Donald Trump talked to the Saudi King, during which the latter flatly denied having any knowledge of the missing journalist.
Car makers are cautiously optimistic, even as two-wheeler firms are clearly upbeat.
Reflecting the mood, passenger vehicle sales in November either remained muted or skidded for most manufacturers as high fuel prices and the higher cost of borrowing dampened buying sentiment.
The auto industry has had a mixed month. The build up to Dhanteras and Diwali was good but the demand tapered off subsequently.
The Carens is a warning for cars such as the Tata Safari, Hyundai Alcazar, Maruti Ertiga, Toyota Innova Crista and Mahindra XUV 700, because Kia punches much harder than others in its weight category.
Three way split of AIADMK has slowed decision-making, prompting industry to look outside the state, says T E Narasimhan.
Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, Honda, Renault, Hyundai, Suzuki and Nissan are among those who boast of production of a million unit or more every year.
Car makers have started hiring from Gujarat's industrial training institutes (ITIs) for their factories across the country.
The country top automaker, Tata Motors, launched its marquee car brands Jaguar and Land Rover in India on Sunday. It had acquired these brands from US car maker Ford. The company promises that the two brands would give the Indian public an opportunity to experience the 'pleasure of driving superior technology.'
The companies hope 2010 would be a better year for them as the economy begins to show some signs of recovery.
Some cars that are emblematic of India's automobile industry will no longer come off the assembly lines after this year.
Major carmakers in the country are loading barrels for the coming battle in the field, reports Arnab Dutta.
Geoff Polites, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover who is credited with successfully turning around the company and steering it through its $2.3 billion sale to Tata Motors, has died.Polites, 60, breathed his last in Melbourne after battling serious illness for two years. Ford Australia president Bill Osborne said Polites had battled ill health for the past two years but remained determined to return the Ford-owned Jaguar and Land Rover brands to profitability.
Leading tyre maker Apollo also saw a production loss of 450 tonnes till December 2.
The government has asked SIAM members, to provide fresh data which will provide an indication about the diesel vehicle demand in the country.
Gujarat CM had denied an audience with AAP chief.
During September, Maruti said it dispatched 1,375 units of the soon-to-be-launched sedan Ciaz.
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.
According to experts, Tata Tiago JTP and Tigor JTP -- a sedan and hatchback -- are not only powerful and faster than every other car in the segment, but also in the segment above, including their peers Maruti Baleno RS, Volkswagen Polo and others.
The Baleno is a runaway hit for Maruti Suzuki with delivery wait extending to six months.
Automobile companies are worried about challenges from electric mobility, automation and connected vehicles.
Toyota has capacity to manufacture 310,000 vehicles at its two plants located near Bengaluru
The SUV will herald a new chapter in Hyundai's success story.
Ford India and Renault too reported good sales growth in April
Car sales likely to touch record 3-mn mark by the end of March.
At a price starting from Rs 849,000 and going up to Rs 12.14 lakh, the XUV300 competes with the Maruti Brezza, Tata Nexon, Ford EcoSport, and Honda WR-V.
US-based global tech giants, including IBM, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, have partnered with the White House to "unleash the power of American supercomputing resources" for combating the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said. From volunteering to manufacturing masks and ventilators to ramping up production of essential medical supplies and general items, the country's private sector have joined America's war against coronavirus in a big way, Trump said on Sunday, while launching a new public-private consortium organised by the White House, the department of energy and tech company IBM.
Japanese automobile company Mitsubishi Motors may launch a compact car in the B segment in the country. The car is expected to hit the roads in three years. Though Mitsubishi sells Pajero SUV and Lancer sedan in India, they have not generated adequate volumes for the Japanese automobile company. The compact car will take on Maruti Swift, Hyundai Getz, Skoda Fabia, Fiat Palio, Chevrolet U-VA and Ford Fusion
Schools closed for a day, crops damaged; more downpour on cards
Data available from top six players - Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, M&M, Tata Motors, Honda and Toyota - shows an average growth of about 42 per cent for the industry in June
The ability to work flexibly and be judged on deliverables.
Maxxis Group of Taiwan, Singapore-based TongGarden decide to set up their facilities in Sanand.
'After some time, they all want to know what is happening in their companies.' 'It is better they remain board members rather than talk outside.'
Ford said it had also shut its plant, with an annual capacity of 340,000 engines and 200,000 vehicles.
Market leaders saw good traction for new cars, including the electric ones.
Even though the suspension has a good balance of ride and handling, when you drive fast over expansion joints on a bridge, you are definitely going to feel every bolt in there.
Led by the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki, Ford India, General Motors and Toyota Kirloskar logged overall growth in sales volumes.
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