Millions of vehicles have been recalled across the globe due to defective safety airbag manufactured by Japan's Takata Corp.
Demand rising for Maruti Celerio, Honda City, Hyundai Xcent, Nissan Terrano and Datsun Go, most of which were launched in 2014.
Riding on new launches, Japanese auto major Honda is set for over 62 per cent growth in its sales in India this year at around 1.8 lakh units.
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.
Plug-in hybrids have two engines and the electric part has a much larger battery than in the regular hybrids. Car companies, led by the Japanese, are pushing the Indian government to look at hybrids in the interim if it wants to reduce carbon emission.
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.
It sold 1,218 units of its flagship City and 2,199 units of its small car Brio.
An exclusive sporty version -- RS diesel variant -- is priced at Rs 11.39,000 (ex-showroom Chennai).
An exclusive sporty version -- RS diesel variant -- is priced at Rs 11.39,000 (ex-showroom Chennai).
HCIL will voluntarily replace airbag inflators of 2,23,578 vehicles of previous generations of CR-V, Civic, City and Jazz.
Honda Siel Cars India on Monday said its primary focus will be the domestic market, but it does plan to export cars to Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, a top official said.
WR-V has been launched at a starting price of Rs 775,000 and is available in two trims: S and VX.
The company said if the bookings kept pouring, it would have to plan a second work shift at its Noida plant to meet the demand.
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Fuel-efficiency is an important factor that car buyers check before buying a car.
Hyundai sold 6,054 units of the new Verna in September, against 6,010 units of the Honda City and 5,603 units of the Maruti Ciaz.
Maruti Swift DZire cuts out as the most fuel-efficient offering.
Car makers are either tweaking their existing engines or developing new powertrains to attain maximum mileage numbers and attract more buyers.
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The Japanese automaker has derived the WR-V from the Jazz and it gets quite a lot of changes over the premium hatchback.
Japanese auto major Honda Motor Co on Wednesday said it would locally produce and sell the popular 'Civic' model in India next year and would ramp up overall production capacity to 1,00,000 units by 2010 from the current level of 30,000 units.
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The biggest and most talked about change has come in form of the new interior and dashboard design.
HSCI has now appointed Seki Inaba the director (marketing) for the Indian market. Inaba, who takes over from Tatsuya Natsume, will be responsible for marketing, sales and after-sales initiatives of the company in the country.
Honda Siel Cars India on Tuesday reported an impressive 58.5 per cent per cent sales growth to 1,827 units in November 2003 over 1,152 units in the same month last year.
India is the first country to launch the second generation Amaze and the car has been developed considering the needs and aspirations of Indian customers
Honda cars are likely to be dearer by two per cent or between Rs 14,000 and Rs 30,000 from next month.
Is it all new? No it is a cosmetic upgrade in reality
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
Honda Siel Cars India will increase the prices of its cars by up to Rs 354,000, owing to fluctuations in the exchange rate of the Indian rupee and Japanese yen against the US dollar.
Honda aims to sell 3 lakh units by 2017 from 1.34 lakh units achieved in 2013-14.
New campaigns rev up their marketing pitch, while new challengers such as Tata Motors with the Zest promise to put up a spirited fight
After much speculations and wait, Honda has finally launched its highly awaited CB Hornet in India. With the starting price of Rs 79,900 (ex-showroom, Delhi), the bike is available in two variants -- the standard variant with a single disc and Dual Discs with CBS.
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The company had sold 4,758 units in the same month last year.
The car will launch next financial year in India.
The impact of the collision was such that the patrolling vehicle overturned, skid for 10-15 feet and Head Constable Wazir Singh, 50, got stuck inside the vehicle, an officer said.
To win the 2014 election against Congressman Honda, Khanna seems to have adopted Obama's campaign strategy and has hired a series of people who worked for the President's campaign.
Honda hasn't gone to town updating every single panel and trim
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