Today, Suzuki depends on Maruti for its place in the world
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Mahindra failed to register significant growth.
New campaigns rev up their marketing pitch, while new challengers such as Tata Motors with the Zest promise to put up a spirited fight
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Various factors, including robust demand in rural markets and good response to new models, helped in driving the sales.
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.
In September, sales of 125cc models - that include the Hero Glamour, Splendor, Pulsar 125, Victor Star City, among others - grew by a whopping 30 per cent over the same period a year ago to 305,615 units.
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The petrol versions of the car are priced between Rs 5,05,000 and Rs 6,66,000.
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Maurti and Hyundai recorded jump in sales in May.
With fast changing mentality of the crowd here, the automakers are creating their own categories to attract more and more buyers.
According to a report by rating and research agency CRISIL, it now takes six years to recover the premium-between Rs 100,000 on small cars and Rs 300,000 on luxury sedans-paid for diesel variants.
The new Honda Amaze breaks free from its Brio moorings, and is designed to wow, says Rajesh Karkera.
Carmakers fear an increase of Rs 35,000-40,000 per vehicle for safety equipments.
The auto industry has had a mixed month. The build up to Dhanteras and Diwali was good but the demand tapered off subsequently.
Zest buyers are forced to wait up to six weeks for the automated manual transmission version, available only on this car in the compact sedan segment.
Among Indian cars Vizag-based Stephen Panchigalla clocked 13.366s in his Skoda Octavia in the same J Class, which was run jointly for both Foreign and Indian cars, to ended up as the 'Fastest Indian Car.' Of the day.
There was no sale of premium sedan Kizashi during the month.
The company got back in the numbers game only in 2013.
It is the global leader in car sales but in India, is a distant fifth.
Unless the model is being phased out or is expected to get a facelift, buying in December makes sense
The German company has invested Rs 720 crore to make this sub-4 meter car
The car so far known by the code name 'Kite' will be a hatchback.
'This is purely a brand sale. It includes the Ambassador with its variants. Peugeot is likely to relaunch the brand with multiple variants.'
Rita Mozumdar argues small vehicles have not passed the frontal impact test as required under the law
The SUV launch also marks the company's debut into the petrol segment
One can see the scale of recalls going up as the market expands.
The strong domestic growth for new vehicle sales during 2008-12, which witnessed a compounded annual growth rate of 14 per cent, led to an increased inventory of used cars, thanks to trade-ins.
The company has capacity to manufacture 310,000 units annually.
Honda Cars India is recalling a total of 1,338 units of its premium sedan Accord and sports utility vehicle CR-V manufactured between 2002 and 2003 to replace a faulty part in the passenger side airbags. The recall, which is part of Honda's global recall regarding the potential defect related to passenger air bag announced in June 2014, would cover 1,085 units of Accord and 253 units of CR-V.
Exports in August were up 10.3 per cent to 12,472 units from 11,305 units in the same month of previous year.
Honda will launch 4 cars in India soon.
About two dozen car & SUV models and two-wheelers lined up for launch
The 30-share Sensex is up 253 points at 29,263 and the 50-share Nifty has gained 68 points at 8,829.
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Customers would not have to pay for the additional repairs to their Brio, Amaze or CR-V, built between September, 2011 and July, 2014, recalled by Honda Cars India to replace faulty airbags.
From a Rs 9-lakh Maruti to a Rs 2 crore-Nissan, Indian auto industry packs quite a surprise for car buyers
Buoyed by strong sales, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Honda have scaled up their annual targets, but others are still stuck in low gear
