Utility vehicle and tractor manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra on Monday said it will invest Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) on capacity expansion
Despite a rise in input costs, leading car-makers refrain from hiking their price.
The increase in PV sales in September was driven by festive season purchases, with SUV models like Maruti Suzuki's Brezza, Hyundai Creta, Mahindra Scorpio, Ford Ecosport and Honda W-RV witnessing good traction
The NSE Nifty gained 77.85 points, or 0.71 per cent, to finish at 11,008.30. Intra-day, it shuttled between 10,821.55 and 11,035.65.
The passenger car segment, in comparison, remained sluggish and grew a modest 1.9 per cent to 162,566 units in April
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A study by second-hand car dealer CARS 24 showed 42 per cent of the consumer feel the need for a car to travel safely now. Those who used cabs to commute before the pandemic want to buy a car for the family and a two-wheeler for shorter runs.
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Auto loan costs remain stubbornly high.
The commercial vehicle business is one of the mainstays for the Tata group, highlighting the importance of Girish Wagh's appointment.
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Automobile companies are worried about challenges from electric mobility, automation and connected vehicles.
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While hybrids, CNG and biofuels found favour in 2018 among many carmakers including Maruti Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Honda, others such as M&M and Tata Motors have shown full faith in electric vehicles.
M&M said the ongoing economic slowdown in the automotive industry was mainly on account of inadequate funding and high interest cost. The company's domestic sales in November were down by 41.55 per cent at 10,430 units compared to 17,844 units last year.
From Hyundai to Tata Motors, automakers are staring at a bleak future. With no succor provided in the Budget, the pain for companies is likely to continue for the next two quarters.
Ruural markets contribute a significant chunk of SUV sales and there was a slowdown in demand from semi-urban and rural areas.
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The recall will affect 2,910 units of the sedan version of Sail and 1,090 units of compact car variant of the model.
Toyota's India unit will also source two cars manufactured by Maruti Suzuki, the Baleno and Brezza, including their hybrid variants, and in return Toyota will offer its Corolla sedan to Maruti.
On Reva, Mahindra says electric cars are an innovation that can disrupt the automobile sector.
Increasing the duties on auto parts and putting an additional cess on petrol and diesel could drive up costs of vehicles, specially where volumes are low and localisation is not viable.
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Market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai, who together control two-thirds of the domestic market, have not yet firmed up a decision on raising prices.
India wasn't applying widespread crash testing like foreign countries do, so manufacturers didn't see the need for an investment focus on safety. Customers rarely walked into showrooms asking for the safest car. They wanted the cheapest or the most fuel-efficient or the best-looking car.
Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai stand to gain the maximum, given their large portfolio of products in the sub-4 meter segment.
Only 36 per cent in Japan and 44 per cent in Germany were willing to use such vehicles.
Customers won't shift to electric cars until there is countrywide infrastructure for charging stations, which should be as spread out as petrol pumps now. Two, the price of the lithium ion battery, which constitutes 30 to 40 per cent of the cost of an electric car, has to fall substantially, so that the vehicle is as affordable as a gasoline one.
Car owners in India had fewer problems with their new vehicles, with the JD Power Asia Pacific Satisfaction Index Study revealing that eight of the 11 manufacturers had improved their performance.
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Cumulative sale at India's top six passenger vehicle (PV) makers dropped 0.7 per cent to 267,000 units, from 269,000 a year before.
India is a market for low-priced cars with low running costs. The global majors don't have models that fit the bill; only Maruti and Hyundai have successful entry-level models, observes T N Ninan.
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