Toyota is being cautious with the technology, but GM is full-speed-ahead for a 2010 launch of its Volt. To the victor will go the spoils.
Asked if it is looking at the Maruti 800 and the Chevrolet Spark segment, Nigel E Wark, executive director, marketing, sales and service, Ford India, said: "Yes, we will be launching the small car in this segment broadly, but there are sub-segments and this is where we will differentiate ourselves. We will be competing in the largest volume segment. India and China are the two markets where small cars are in huge demand and we will be focusing on these countries."
In 2006, components worth $2 billion, around Rs 90,000 crore were exported by Indian companies, 75 percent of which were bought directly by car companies.
Multi-purpose vehicle segment has seen some serious activity in the past one year.
'The promises of netas and babus and new laws, however well-meaning, mean little.' 'What matters is implementation on the ground.' 'Every law is finally implemented by a vast army of offici
Disappointed with the RBI decision of not reducing policy rates, carmakers and real estate players today said the sectors, which are already reeling under a slump, will continue to suffer due to the high interest rate regime.
The petrol and diesel base variants of Enjoy are priced Rs 49,000 and Rs 70,000 cheaper than the Ertiga.
Jagdish Khattar, Maruti Suzuki's managing director, talks about the need for small cars, global players expanding in India, and why his company will prosper.
The car has a more powerful engine compared to its competitors and give a mileage of 18kmpl.
The General Motors Building in New York is marked by buyers' curses.
China's automobile industry has been the largest in the world in terms of automobile unit production since 2008.
The New Year will begin on a costly note for car buyers with major players, including Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motors and General Motors, planning to increase prices of the vehicles by as much as Rs 12,000.
Beginning with a bang amid all the glitz and glamour of the biennial Auto Expo, the year will be ending with a whimper for the automobile industry as sales dwindle, and the worst-ever industrial violence at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant leaves a big scar.
The auto major had posted a profit of Rs 3,945.47 crore (Rs 39.45 billion) in the same period a year earlier.
White is easy to maintain, looks brighter than other colours over a longer period, is the least commonly rejected colour among family members, has high resale value, provides better safety at night, absorbs less heat in the summer season, makes small cars look bigger, and is not considered inauspicious.
The government has asked SIAM members, to provide fresh data which will provide an indication about the diesel vehicle demand in the country.
The world's largest automaker is jilting America's Super Bowl for the global variety of football.
Less than a week after sealing a deal with Chrysler to form a partnership, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne visited Berlin to try to convince Germany's political leaders of his plan to create a European car giant with the acquisition of General Motors Corp's Opel unit.
GM president and managing director Lowell C Paddock said the company is bullish on passenger vehicles with some commercial applications and is open to opportunities in the space.
Harman, the premium global audio and infotainment group, which retails brands such as JBL, AKG and Harman-Kardon, is training Indian engineers based at its research and development centre in Bangalore to work on audio components for brands like BMW and Audi. This business contributes an estimated $600 million to the company's sales.
Seven auto companies lost share in the current year because of different reasons.
There is another common trend among these three players - they are all registering a volume decline in a market that is expanding at over 8 per cent
In the seven months between April and October this year, the Chevy Spark has managed to sell less than 12,000 units, or an average of 1,700 units a month, while its peers Alto and WagonR (Maruti Suzuki) , Indica (Tata Motors) and Santro (Hyundai) have had average monthly sales of 10,000-18,000 units.
Honda, Mahindra and General Motors will launch three stunning cars starting from the first day of the month.
GM India said it has already sent individual letters.
On 60 anniversary of 'America's sports car' Corvette, we look at the past and the future of this iconic machine.
GM, which sold 9.29 million cars in 2012, was the top-selling carmaker for more than seven decades before losing the title to Toyota in 2008.
The launch, however, would take some more time.
Car sales in the domestic market overcame sluggish demand in the inauspicious shradh period and grew a healthy 22.4 per cent in September this year at 94,734 units against 77,384 units in the same month last year.
A task synonym of moving mountains is done every winter by Border Road Organisation(BRO) of IndiaIn below freezing temperatures, in the most difficult terrain, Border Road Organisation personnel clear snow many, many times every winter to keep the world's highest motorable roads open during the heavy snow season.
The companies continue to see heavy demand in utility cars.
The car will be available in petrol (priced between Rs 444,000 and Rs 558,000) and in diesel, too, (priced between Rs 587,000 and Rs 662,000).
The stand-off at the facility, which employs around 1,900 permanent workers and 2,500 contract workers, began on November 5 morning when the company management did not allow some of the contractual workers to go inside the plant.
The new model is available in petrol as well as LPG. The highest model in petrol costs Rs 381,000 and in LPG Rs 410,000.
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