Maruti, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Honda saw their passenger vehicle sales improve in August compared to the same month last year, although Ford and Toyota witnessed a decline.
The strike, however, had no impact on production of auto majors Maruti Suzuki India, Hero MotoCorp, Honda Cars India, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and Hyundai Motors India as their plants in various parts of the country functioned normally.
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty halted their five-day rally on Tuesday and settled deep in the red, mirroring weak global markets, with decline in index heavyweights Reliance Industries, Infosys and HDFC Bank. Despite opening with gains of over 200 points, the 30-share Sensex turned highly volatile and tumbled 709.17 points or 1.26 per cent to close at 55,776.85. During the day, the benchmark index plunged 1,067.07 points or 1.88 per cent to 55,418.95. The broader NSE Nifty also declined 208.30 points or 1.23 per cent to close at 16,663.
An Indian ownership of Jaguar, one of the two luxury cars that the US car maker Ford is selling off, is not acceptable to the American dealers of the brand. Tata group and Mahindra & Mahindra are two of the front-runners for acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover, along with a private equity bidder, One Equity that is led by a former Ford CEO.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has raised $100 million through the issuance of foreign currency convertible bonds with participation from European and Asian investors.
Mahindra & Mahindra has posted a 34.8% rise in sales for the fiscal 2003-04 at 1,15,782 vehicles as against 85,835 in 2002-03 while its SUV Scorpio at 23,976 units posted a whopping 103.3 per cent rise over the previous fiscal.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has raised the prices of its sports utility vehicle Scorpio by Rs 6,500 and that of its multi-utility Bolero by Rs 4,500, effective March 15.
The auto component sector grew at 5-6 per cent last year against a 13 per cent growth in 2012.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has lost the race to acquire the tractor business of Valtra in Finland and Brazil to US-based Agco, which had bid at euro 600 million.
In the two wheeler segment, TVS Motor Company reported a 24 per cent increase in total sales at 304,795 units in April.
Even as Mahindra & Mahindra unleashes the new improved Scorpio, its plans to launch a low-end version of the stinger for mass market are currently on.
Utility vehicle-maker Mahindra & Mahindra, which agreed to buy 43.3 per cent stake in Punjab Tractors Ltd last week, on Monday made an open offer to acquire an additional 20 per cent in the company.
In order to provide cheaper credit to farmers for buying tractors and equipment, SBI has tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra to offer a concessional interest rate of 11 per cent with one year's gestation period for the purchase of M&M's tractors.
While Hyundai Motor India reported a marginal growth, Toyota Kirloskar Motor witnessed a dip in sales last month.
With the Thar, M&M has come full circle. In a market where every other vehicle has an SUV tag, the company plans to stick to its core competence of making rugged, true-blue, all-terrain SUVs, and marks a fresh beginning for the 75-year-old firm that enjoyed an indomitable position in the SUV segment till 2012, reports Shally Seth Mohile.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 307.86 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 as compared to Rs 243.20 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2001.
The Mahindra group's Igatpuri plant becomes the first in India to be declared carbon-neutral. Ashish Narsale / Rediff.com finds out how this was achieved.
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