Passenger car sales rose 8.3 per cent in the domestic market in January at 84,235 units against 77,744 units in the same month last year.
It will be fitted in a new car codenamed YL7, which will replace A-Star and Estilo.
December car sales data was a mixed bag. While some reported growth in sales other saw a dip. This probably can be because customers are waiting for a rate cut from RBI.
Maruti, Hyundai & Mahindra together had 72.5% market share in year's first half.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a Rs 39.45 lakh crore Budget with a view to fire up the key engines of the economy to sustain a world-beating recovery from the pandemic. This was Sitharaman's fourth Budget. While the taxpayers were left in the lurch, once again, was she able to cheer Corporate India?
If it splits now, who takes what away and leaves what behind? asks Shekhar Gupta.
Lakshmi Venu, granddaughter of T S Srinivasan (TVS) and A Sivasailam (The Amalgamations Group), is managing director of Sundaram Clayton Limited (SCL) and director of TAFE Motors and Tractors Limited (TMTL).
Pricing will be competitive, along the lines of the Maruti Celerio and the Hyundai Grand i10
Cars have just got dearer with major automobile firms, including Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and General Motors, increasing prices this month in order to offset rising input costs.
'India's future: To manufacture so efficiently that we do not need protection,' says Naushad Forbes.
Some of facelifts in India will include cars from highly prominent car makers.
Maruti is not an online outlier, of course; other heavyweights have rolled out similar services. But as an analyst pointed out, Maruti's all-India roll-out has significant impact given that it accounts for over half of all cars sold, reports, reports Pavan Lall.
The investment will be made through a joint venture with Toshiba and Denso. The battery is the most expensive single part of an EV.
Auto, tourism exceptions but major sectors otherwise saw decline in FY13 inflows.
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.
The Toyota Yaris was finally launched in India last month. Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com offers a quick checklist of what appeals to him about the car, and what doesn't.
This could be make or break product for the company.
Each of FIFA's 211 member associations would receive $500,000 in the coming days as well as any remaining entitlements for 2019 and 2020, it added. The coronavirus outbreak has brought soccer to a standstill and clubs have struggled to cope with the loss of revenue.
S-Cross has seen a 22 per cent drop in dispatches in September.
Car sales in India surged by 12.87 per cent in December.
Why Kia is keen to drive into India? The Korean automobile maker plans to carve out a niche for itself in the crowded Indian market with its compact sedans and SUVs.
Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, Honda, Renault, Hyundai, Suzuki and Nissan are among those who boast of production of a million unit or more every year.
Most top car makers are offering discounts, targeted specifically at government employees. About 5 million employees are expected to benefit from the government's move to raise its employees' salary by 70 per cent. The revised pay scales will be effective January 2006, which means they will get their pending salaries in bulk. Auto makers are hoping they will use the lumpsum payment to make a down payment for a car.
A weaker rupee against the US dollar and the Japanese yen along with margin sustenance pressures have forced companies to raise prices.
According to experts, Tata Tiago JTP and Tigor JTP -- a sedan and hatchback -- are not only powerful and faster than every other car in the segment, but also in the segment above, including their peers Maruti Baleno RS, Volkswagen Polo and others.
About two dozen car & SUV models and two-wheelers lined up for launch
Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai stand to gain the maximum, given their large portfolio of products in the sub-4 meter segment.
What will it take for Tesla to plug and play in India? Sector pundits say it's a mix of strategy, getting the price right, timing, the right talent, and above all, patience.
This is the first time a global company is looking to introduce an SUV in this price segment.
"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.
Big brands like Hyundai, Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M), Toyota and Renault have lost share.
Jagdish Khattar, Maruti Suzuki's managing director, talks about the need for small cars, global players expanding in India, and why his company will prosper.
Disappointed with the RBI decision of not reducing policy rates, carmakers and real estate players today said the sectors, which are already reeling under a slump, will continue to suffer due to the high interest rate regime.
Car makers are cautiously optimistic, even as two-wheeler firms are clearly upbeat.
The fourth generation Honda City is vastly improved thereby appealing to a wider set of buyers.
Almost every company launched a new product in FY16.
China's automobile industry has been the largest in the world in terms of automobile unit production since 2008.
Dealers have stocked up vehicles in the run-up to a price hike, which is expected to be announced by leading players some time this month.
Japanese automaker Honda Motors is rolling out its small car in India by the last quarter of calendar 2009.
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