The much-awaited public offering of the shares of auto major Maruti Udyog Ltd has cleared another major hurdle with the Securities and Exchange Board of India approving the draft prospectus for the initial public offer.
Maruti Udyog Ltd, India's largest car manufacturer, on Wednesday reported a 7.8 per cent jump in sales in November even though its flagship Maruti-800 car saw a slump.
The country's biggest carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd on Monday hiked the prices of its vehicles across all models between Rs 1,500 and Rs 15,000.
Leading carmaker Maruti Udyog on Tuesday kicked off a new 'loyalty bonus' programme for its existing customers in a fresh attempt to boost car sales.
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.
Although rising interest rates threaten to push passenger cars to the middle lane, Maruti Udyog is geared to continue on the fast track with its new car models.
Maruti Udyog on Tuesday launched a Euro-III variant and a new Euro-II version of Maruti 800, sporting a higher price tag, and said the entry level car was not being phased out.
The government has decided to go slow on sale of its remaining shares in Maruti Udyog and complete the process by next fiscal as stock markets remain uncertain.
Private sector banks have jumped on to the bandwagon to offer better rates than Maruti Udyog for its best-selling car, Maruti 800.
The proposal was cleared by FIPB at its meeting on March 30, 2005.\n\n
MRTPC disposed of the one-year-old legal battle between the two auto giants, in which the Korean car maker accused MSI (formerly Maruti Udyog Ltd) of indulging in unfair trade practice by issuing "misleading" advertisements.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday deferred a decision on selling equity in two public sector undertakings BHEL and Maruti.
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission on Thursday advised auto giants Maruti and Hyundai not to target each other in advertisements and asked Maruti to file its reply to a complaint filed by its rival carmaker.
A-Star has been developed by Maruti Udyog and its Japanese parent, Suzuki Motor Corporation for the global markets.
India's biggest carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd is toying with the idea of sourcing components from the global market as part of its strategy to become more cost competitive.
Maruti Udyog Ltd on Thursday announced that it would buyout Suzuki in Maruti Suzuki Automobile India Ltd and merge the subsidiary into itself.
After the July 18 violence at the Manesar plant in which one senior executive was killed, the company had fired 546 workers.
The government has initiated the process of selling all its holding in Maruti Udyog Limited to raise more than Rs 2500 crore (Rs 25 billion).
Leading carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd has dominated the 2004 four-wheeler total customer satisfaction study conducted by market information provider TNS.
Acting as a dampener ahead of the festive season, Maruti Udyog Limited today effected a 0.2-1 per cent price hike in all its models except Swift, due to an increase in input costs including freight costs.
India's biggest carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd on Thursday announced an across-the-board price hike, though marginally by 0.38 per cent.
Just like many in India's burgeoning middle class, Sasikala and her husband want the relative peace, privacy and safety of their own car.
Maruti Udyog Ltd, country's largest carmaker, is to invest Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million) for setting up a "Centre of Excellence" in collaboration with its suppliers.
Maruti Udyog Ltd, India's biggest carmaker, has posted a 69.8 per cent rise in sales in July 2003, helped by a continued spurt in demand for the entry- level model 'Maruti-800'.
The government has decided to sell 10 per cent equity in Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and 7.5 per cent shares in Maruti Udyog Ltd next fiscal to raise close to Rs 2,500 crore.
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.