The Regional Transport Office in Madurai has received clearance from the government for allowing Maruti Omni van owners to use LPG cylinders to run their vehicles.
Even as 15-year-old diesel taxis have been phased out in Kolkata and supply of new Ambassador cars as replacement tardy, the West Bengal government has refused to allow Maruti Omnis as cabs on grounds of safety, a claim disputed by the car maker.
Indrani Mukerjea, in pure white, sporting dancing pearl jhumkas, bobbed about the accused box, occasionally floating up front to whisper urgent suggestions to her lawyer Ranjeet Sangle as retired cop and prosecution witness Dinesh Kadam gave her a long look. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel returns to cover the Sheena Bora murder trial after 18 months.
Maruti Udyog Ltd on Thursday launched an LPG variant of its commercial vehicle Omni Cargo, India's first clean fuel vehicle used for transport applications.
Swift Dzire has clocked 2.5 million in sales, and you might, in a non-too-distant future, see headlines that the DZire has done 3 million as well, observes Suveen Sinha.
Along with the M800, MSI will also be phasing out its second oldest model, the utility van Omni. In the initial phase, the two models will be done away with in 11 cities from next year, where the Bharat Stage-IV emission norms (which is equivalent to Euro-IV norms) will become applicable. The company would not upgrade the engines of these two models to meet better emission standards, he said while also ruling out their replacements.
Mahindra & Mahindra is one of India's leading auto makers.
Close on the heels of alleged gangrape of a woman law student in Bengaluru, three bar girls were reportedly raped by eight-nine men in Mariappanpalya in Ramanagara district, a senior police official said on Friday.
The model's engine being upgraded to comply with BS IV norms. Engineers at Maruti Suzuki India can upgrade the engine that powers the car to comply with the Bharat Stage IV emission norms set to kick in by April next year.
The fourth largest car manufacturer by sales, General Motors, is planning to launch its mini commercial vehicles (MCV) sold in China under the brand name Wuling in India in the near future.
Seven years after it announced Nexa, there's no mistaking the seriousness with which Maruti wants the segment to grow, says Pavan Lall.
India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India tightened its grip in terms of best selling cars with six of its models featuring in the top-10 list for the just concluded fiscal.
India's biggest carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd on Wednesday said domestic sales grew 32.2 per cent at 42,480 units in August 2004 as its compact cars notched up impressive numbers.
Set to be unveiled at the Auto Expo in New Delhi, it is likely to be priced below Rs 400,000, and will come with air-conditioning and the option to choose from six colours.
In a bid to increase its sales from rural India, the country's largest car maker, Maruti Udyog Ltd, is offering over 2.1 million functionaries in panchayats (local self-governing bodies in villages) its cars at special discounts.
Maruti has offered discounts ranging from Rs 5,000 to 35,000 across various models. The discount is on Maruti 800, Omni, Alto, Esteem, Versa and on the petrol models of WagonR, Swift.
Maruti Udyog today posted 17 per cent increase in domestic car sales for the month of April, selling 48,652 vehicles compared to 41,574 vehicles sold in the same period last year.
The tie-up would focus on financing of entry level cars from Maruti portfolio, which include the M800, Omni and Alto models, the company said. "Maruti Suzuki is keen to expand its presence in rural and semi urban markets. We have the right products and an excellent network across the country to support it. However, there is still lot to do in the direction of finance availability especially beyond metro towns," said MSI Chief General Manager (Sales) R S Kalsi.
The company's best selling hatch Alto would come at a discount of Rs 24,500, while Wagon-R petrol and LPG would come cheaper by Rs 45,000 and Rs 24,500 respectively. A discount of Rs 48,000 is being offered on Zen Estilo. The discount being offered across various models also includes finance payouts and exchange bonus apart from the customer offer.
Maruti Suzuki, the country's largest car manufacturer, on Monday indicated that it planned to launch a 660 cc car in the coming years. In Japan, the 600 cc range includes the Cervo Mode and the Alto.
According to the latest data from SIAM, in the top 10 best passenger vehicles, Maruti's Alto retained the top position last month
General Motors India reported on Monday a 64 per cent increase in its domestic vehicle sales during September at 5,751 units against 3,506 units in the same month last year. Mahindra and Mahindra reported on Monday a 24.9 per cent increase.
Maruti Suzuki India reported on Thursday a 14.96 per cent rise in its domestic sales during October 2007, at 64,258 units against 55,894 units in the same month last year. The company's exports during the month grew 20.8 per cent at 5,157 units compared to 4,269 units in October a year ago.
7 Maruti models among top 10 best selling passenger vehicles in April
While sales of Maruti's compact segment grew, its mini segment witnessed a slump
The company had sold 50 units of SX4 sedan in August 2014.
Maruti has reported a 3 per cent rise in vehicle sales to 43,603 units in February 2005 including 3,777 units of exports, as against 42,263 vehicles sold in the corresponding period last year.
Its sales grew 21% to 165,346 units
The company added that the employees have offered to donate a day's salary for the cause.
Maruti's Alto retained the best-selling model tag in January with 22,998 units as against 21,462 in January 2016.
The company, which produced 92,653 units in September 2012, however, had sold more cars this year in the same month.
Country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Saturday reported 10.3 per cent decline in total sales in January at 1,02,416 units as against 1,14,205 units in the same month last year.
Auto firms have reported a good jump in sales for the month of December
However, sales of mini segment cars, including Alto and WagonR, declined 7.9 per cent to 25,524 units from 27,712 in the year-ago month
Maruti Suzuki India, country's largest carmaker on Thursday reported 3.7 per cent rise in total sales in September.
Car makers see good sales post Diwali.
A fall in sales across its mini cars, coupled with a drop in exports dragged down Maruti sales by 5.5% March. Read more at: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/maruti-may-sales-slip-5falling-mini-car-sales-exports_712009.html?utm_source=ref_article
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