During April, Maruti Suzuki India's domestic car sales were up 2.72 per cent at 86,481 units, as against 84,188 units in the same month last year.
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In the domestic market, the car has been well accepted and currently the company has over 80,000 bookings for the model.
Auto companies in the state are likely to go on an expansion drive buoyed by better-than anticipated sales over the past few quarters.
Auto sales have been declining for 13 straight months as a broader slowdown in the economy has crippled demand across the country.
The industry needs stimuli to help revive consumer demand and conversions.
The recall will cover cars manufactured between 2008 to 2012 that use safety airbags made by its supplier Takata
The car will rival Honda City, Hyundai Verna, VW Vento and Skoda Rapid.
Ford is among several multinational automobile companies in India for whom exports now bring bigger volumes than local sales.
Mitsubishi will pull out of cross country rallying, including the Dakar Rally which the Japanese team has dominated in recent years, as part of cost-cutting measures caused by the global economic downturn. With Wednesday's announcement, Mitsubishi Motors became the latest Japanese automaker to scale back their motorsport activities following Honda's shock exit from Formula One in December.
Car makers are cautiously optimistic, even as two-wheeler firms are clearly upbeat.
The exercise is in keeping with SIAM's voluntary code on vehicle recall
Suzuki patriarch steps down from CEO post as mileage test storm grows.
Five companies get more volumes from scooters than motorcycles.
Tata is expected to price Aria somewhere between Toyota Innova and Ford Endeavour.
Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru cars, said on Tuesday it would pull out of the world rally championship citing the global economic crisis. Subaru joins fellow Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor, which announced its exit a day earlier, and leaves no other Japanese automaker left in the race.
Besides the car's price, fuel efficiency is of utmost importance for buyers as it's a long time recurring expense.
Formula One's rulers gather in the millionaires' playground of Monaco on Friday to steer the sport away from its profligate past and towards a more cost-conscious future. With teams battered by the credit crunch and stunned by Honda's decision to quit, the FIA's world motor sport council is expected to rubber-stamp measures agreed on Wednesday to rein in spending.
At Rs 52,610 (on-road, Mumbai), the attractive pricing, refined engine and good manoeuvrability makes the Platina 100 ES emerge as a value for money package and a worthy competitor to the offerings from Hero MotoCorp and Honda.
Auto component sourcing has touched $3 billion in India and is expected to double by next financial year-end. Such sourcing has provided Indian players with the opportunity to charge a premium that varies between 5 and 10 per cent.
It is the global leader in car sales but in India, is a distant fifth.
According to the data released by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic car sales in October this year stood at 1,59,036 units as compared to 1,63,199 units in the same month of 2013.
Fiat India Automobiles Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between Italy-based Fiat SpA and domestic auto major Tata Motors, plans to position the car in the premium hatchback segment along with Maruti Suzuki's Ritz, Hyundai's i20, Skoda's Fabia and to be launched Honda Siel's Jazz, the company said.
Sales of commercial vehicles rose 8.59 per cent to 56,140 units in September, SIAM said.
These five vehicles are the most popular two-wheelers launched till date in 2016. However, 2016 is still on and we are expecting lot more exciting vehicle launches around the festive season.
Maruti Suzuki India continued its grip in the passenger vehicles market in India with five of its models in the top ten best selling models in June.
Tax concessions in Uttarakhand are encouraging auto majors from Hero Honda to Tata Motors to shift a larger part of their manufacturing to the state to counter rising raw material costs and increase their flexibility to offer consumers cheaper models in a competitive market.
As part of the new Central Motor Vehicle Rules, the government is framing a mandatory recall policy entailing penalties.
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HMSI is likely to announce a tie-up with Snapdeal for online two-wheeler sales next month.
Automakers finish 2008 on a bleak note. Expect 2009 to be worse.
Riders Karanbir Singh and Pankaj Trivedi rode their way into the Limca Book of Records (validation by Limca Book of Records awaited) by successfully completing the run from Kanyakumari, India's southernmost tip to Khardungla, the world's highest motorable road up in the Himalayas, in 5 days, 5 hours and 45 minutes.
'I have personally been very keen on investing in lithium ion battery technology for some time.'
The Sensex moved higher after opening with a gain of 12 points at 7,888.
Reflecting the woes of the Indian automobile industry, the country's car exports remained flat at 550,466 units in 2013-14, during which domestic sales fell for the second consecutive year.
With multiple options in the compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) and compact sedan space, the mid-size sedan seems to be losing its charm among customers.
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Tata now occupies the fourth slot with the incremental volumes from the Tiago
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