MotoGP great Valentino Rossi rolled back the years to win the Qatar season-opener for Yamaha on Sunday with Italian riders sweeping the podium places after a thrilling duel under the Losail floodlights in Doha.
The small car proves very useful and convenient for city driving.
Companies also said confidence was yet to return among buyers, with many holding back their decision to buy cars.
Bharat Forge, world's second largest forgings company, will supply products to the US operations of Japanese auto giants Toyota and Honda.
Indian auto manufacturers are well poised to become "winners" in terms of global market share in the next five years to join the ranks of established players like Hyundai, Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen.
Vehicle prices have gone up as manufacturers gear up for the transition to stricter emission norm BS-VI from BS-IV beginning April 1.
Car makers see a dip in demand from their biggest buyers, Ola and Uber. Demand from aggregators weakened for a number of reasons after a strong growth last year.
Analysts say Bajaj's move to correct prices can potentially disrupt the market.
Car makers are cautiously optimistic, even as two-wheeler firms are clearly upbeat.
While the country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India, said its car will become costly by two per cent, Hyundai Motor India said it will result in a price rise of Rs 6,500-25,000 on average.
As a tech services company, Ola has never been in hardcore manufacturing. And unlike in ride hailing, which is a two-player market (Uber is the only other competitor), in two-wheelers it faces many entrenched players. But most of all, rivals say Ola's targets are out of sync with most, even ambitious, projections.
Small cars account for 80 per cent of the domestic market
Ayushman, winner of the second season of the MTV reality show, on what it takes to win the title.
Former FIA president Max Mosley has warned that Formula One risks serious difficulties unless it changes direction and cuts costs.
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