Maruti Suzuki is the big exception, with double-digit surge in volume
As part of the new Central Motor Vehicle Rules, the government is framing a mandatory recall policy entailing penalties.
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The car will rival Honda City, Hyundai Verna, VW Vento and Skoda Rapid.
Various manufacturers, including Nissan and Honda have also been impacted due to faulty airbags supplied by Takata.
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Ahead of the international auto show that begins next Wednesday, the Indian auto industry continues to be buffeted with bad news. According to data released by leading automobile companies on Saturday, the industry's sales volumes in January fell about five per cent from those in the same month last year.
The exercise is in keeping with SIAM's voluntary code on vehicle recall
Tata now occupies the fourth slot with the incremental volumes from the Tiago
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This crisis has arisen just as demand in India's auto sector started seeing some sort of revival after the nationwide lockdown in March/April.
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The firm, which showcased an electric variant of its Duet scooter at the 2016 Auto Expo, is working on two models at its Jaipur R&D centre.
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French auto major Renault on Wednesday said it will increase vehicle prices in India from next month to offset the impact of high input costs.
These bikes are a good mixture of style, mileage, performance and affordability, says Rajesh Alva.
"We see high market potential with growing population of Indian middle class families aspiring for more advanced features like safety, space, luxury and comfort," Toyota Kirloskar Motor's MD Akito Tachibana told reports at the Auto Expo in Greater Noida last week.
Companies have also managed to find talent created by frequent exits.
The ongoing credit squeeze in the sluggish two- and three-wheeler markets may affect the March sales targets of the three leading domestic players in the country. Taking the cue from a buoyant FY07 where the two-wheeler industry grew by a healthy 11.42 per cent, companies such as Hero Honda, TVS Motors and Bajaj Auto were hoping to surpass the FY07 target of 7.8 million units this year.
The existing players say that their traditional advantages will propel the two-wheeler industry against any threat from Tata's car.
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The lumbering Ambassador and Fiat cars, it ruled the Indian roads throughout the 1970s, while the Rajdoot and Jawa as well as the old Royal Enfield motorcycles trailed far behind.
The Verna will be placed in the upper end of the segment priced between Rs 6.21 lakh and Rs 6.36 lakh for the petrol variant and Rs 7.35 lakh for the diesel variant.
The Pune-based research institute will design and develop car batteries and offer the technology for mass production.
Vehicle prices have gone up as manufacturers gear up for the transition to stricter emission norm BS-VI from BS-IV beginning April 1.
Maruti Suzuki posted a marginal increase in January and the likes of Hyundai, Ford and Mahindra & Mahindra reporting a single-digit growth.
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.
The recall will cover cars manufactured between 2008 to 2012 that use safety airbags made by its supplier Takata
The company will upgrade software in airbag control unit.
The company sells a range of vehicles from three-wheelers to high-end sports utility vehicles.
Automobile sales in India started on a high note this fiscal with cars and bikes witnessing an over 16 per cent surge in demand in April even as commercial vehicles saw numbers gain to the maximum, rising by a whopping 68.5 per cent.
HMSI is likely to announce a tie-up with Snapdeal for online two-wheeler sales next month.
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