It kick-starts rally with the Africa Twin motorcycle; three more launches slated for the year
Companies like Yamaha Motor India, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, Suzuki Motorcycle India and TVS Motors are all geared up to launch bikes to shake-up Bajaj's stronghold -- the 150-250-cc segment
EV players suggest a reduction in the goods and services tax on batteries from 18 to 5 per cent as it would help push demand.
During May, Maruti Suzuki's domestic car sales were up 2.59 per cent at 87,402 units as against 85,190 units in the same month last year.
The car will compete with Hyundai Grand i10 and Maruti Suzuki Celerio
Reasons include include dropping out of education, raising children and family pressure
Car sales in India surged by 12.87 per cent in December.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
During April, Maruti Suzuki India's domestic car sales were up 2.72 per cent at 86,481 units, as against 84,188 units in the same month last year.
On Reva, Mahindra says electric cars are an innovation that can disrupt the automobile sector.
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
The market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 2,086 shares declining and 893 shares advancing.
Cruising comfortably in the 70s, Royal Enfield sputtered to a stop in the 90s, before its comeback in the first decade of the 21st century.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with reduction in corporate tax and sops to housing sector, startups and electric vehicles.
Market watchers believe Tata Motors' move to upgrade the Nano is a right decision.
High-end mid-sized sedans, comfy SUVs and entry-level luxury models steal their show.
Sensex ends 134.91 pts down at 28,709.87; Nifty falls 44.70 pts at 8,712.05.
Ciaz, the mid-sized sedan, was launched in October 2014.
Volkswagen mess costs Germany its strongest nation brand position.
Renault says that one of the reasons why its sales look muted when compared to its peers is its limited reach.
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 30-share Sensex closed down 114 points at 28,622 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 37 points at 8,686.
In the age of robots and automation, skills such as people management, coordination and negotiations will be relevant, says Babita Shekhar.
In this industry, a company's strategy needs to be adaptable in order to keep up with the pace of change.
'Hathras, Muradabad, Trichur, Salem, Madurai, Aligarh and Kanpur are cities where we are expecting and in some cases have seen new buyers come from.'
From farmers to cement, steel, logistics, transportation and automobiles, the back-end is struggling to get going due to the liquidity crisis.
The conversion from ownership to taxi hiring services is gaining ground.
Hemlatha Annamalai and P Bala's Ampere Vehicles makes e-vehicles in Coimbatore.
'The government has said it has kept its powder dry to fight the true battle against the debilitating influence of the pandemic.' 'The release of the shocking economic data this week should act as the fuse for using that powder now.' 'Further delays will make the battle that much harder,' notes Shreekant Sambrani.
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam kindly answered rediff.com's questions for an exclusive interview.
Model 3 received 180,000 orders worldwide.
A review of key pronouncements he made in his first Independence Day Speech on August 15, 2014.
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari puts them out of the ambit of Motor Vehicles Act; experts say some regulation, licensing and driver training will be necessary
'A change of government will bring about a lot of changes because everything is frozen for the last two years. So, the frozen energies of India will be released.' Swadeshi Jagran Manch convenor Swaminathan Gurumurthy discusses the Modi phenomenon with Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com
She added 148 workers from Maruti Suzuki had been imprisoned for two years without bail, on charges of killing a plant manager.
Constantly evolving rules and anomalies over tax treatment have constrained corporate programmes in the first year that the government's CSR mandate has been in force.
At the 53rd annual convocation ceremony of the IIT-B, Anand Mahindra urged graduates to focus on imagination.
'India easily remains one among the more attractive large economies, with high growth and stable/improving macros, as a top investment destination.' 'We are looking pretty good.'
After snapping his political alliance with the ruling National Democratic Alliance at the Centre, N Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, speaks to B Dasarath Reddy on what he now has in mind.
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