With the central sales tax holiday enjoyed by it in Uttar Pradesh coming to an end, Honda Siel Car India has hiked the price across different models by up to Rs 5,000.
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Honda Cars India Ltd is looking to hike prices of its entire product range in the country from the first week of January as it aims to partially offset the effects of adverse exchange rate and inflation.
The models of the company include flagship sedan City, hatchback Jazz, premium sedan Civic and sports utility vehicle CR-V.
The company had sold 4,758 units in the same month last year.
The Jazz, coming at a price range of Rs 6,98,000 to Rs 7,33,000 (ex-showroom Delhi), had witnessed stock pile up last month with retail sales not picking up.
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Honda cars are likely to be dearer by two per cent or between Rs 14,000 and Rs 30,000 from next month.
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With cars like the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic selling in very small numbers and potentially even being phased out, the Octavia has very little competition, says Pavan Lall.
These cars are priced between Rs 12 lakhs (Rs 1.2 million) and Rs 20 lakhs (Rs 2 million).
Honda aims to sell 3 lakh units by 2017 from 1.34 lakh units achieved in 2013-14.
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The Virtus is indeed designed to look, act and behave like a well-built European sedan that swims in the segment between the compact sedan VW Vento and the larger Passat, says Pavan Lall.
Hero Honda Motors on Monday said its motorcycle sales grew by 6.1 per cent in August to 145,730 units, from 137,264 units in the same month last year.
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At a time when consumers increasingly embrace green mobility solutions, it is not electric cars but hybrids that are taking the lead, as automotive sales data indicate. Since January, 64,097 electric cars have been sold compared to 266,465 hybrids, according to data from the ministry of road transport and highways' Vahan dashboard. Hybrid car sales have surged from 4.42 per cent of the 4.1 million cars sold in calendar year 2022 to 7.2 per cent this year.
The price tag ranges from Rs 5.3 lakh to Rs 8.59 lakh
At a time when consumers increasingly embrace green mobility solutions, it is not electric cars but hybrids that are taking the lead, as automotive sales data indicate. Since January, 64,097 electric cars have been sold compared to 266,465 hybrids, according to data from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' Vahan dashboard. Hybrid car sales have surged from 4.42 per cent of the 4.1 million cars sold in calendar year 2022 to 7.2 per cent this year.
ADAG, however, issued a statement saying that he visited the CBI as part of his weekly visit to Delhi.
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.
Developed at an investment of Rs 620 crore (Rs 6.2 billion), the most on a car by Maruti Suzuki, the Ciaz will also be exported to West Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America.
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The two-wheeler segment is, however, still far from its H1FY19 peak of 9.7 million units
In a case of reckless driving, a girl, "racing" with another car, allegedly hit a two-wheeler in a high security area in Chandigarh killing a youth and his minor cousin and was later arrested. The incident took place at Sector-3, at a spot close to the residences of chief ministers of both Punjab and Haryana in Chandigarh, late on Tuesday night.
The limited availability of flexible (flex)-fuel vehicles in the Indian market and the slow rollout of ethanol-blended petrol by oil-marketing companies (OMCs) remain major obstacles to achieving widespread use of biofuels in the transportation sector in India. Recently, two Union ministers have emphasised India's biofuel potential, arguing that it has the capacity and potential to lead a transition towards widespread biofuel adoption. Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari signalled that this transition is well underway and urged car manufacturers to quickly adapt and introduce new biofuel-run vehicles, lest the government resort to taxing diesel vehicles.
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The company's largest selling sedan 'City' will be cheaper by Rs 19,000-Rs 21,000, while 'Civic' will cost Rs 29,000-Rs 31,000 less, an HSCI statement said. Top-end sedan 'Accord' will be cheaper between Rs 27,000 and Rs 28,000, it added.
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