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When it comes to the "all-new" Tata Altroz unveiled on Thursday, one might wonder if it's truly a complete overhaul or just a refreshed take on the familiar.
Under the passenger car division, the company sells small car Nano, hatchback Indica series and Indigo family of sedans.
Jaguar Land Rover has reached an agreement with Tata Motors to be an exclusive importer of these premium saloon cars and utility vehicles.
Tata Motors, India's third-biggest carmaker, on Wednesday said it would invest a little over Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion) this fiscal for capacity expansion, product development and marketing.
Tata Motors said it may invest about Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion) to develop Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICV) and set up a manufacturing plant for rolling out FICVs for the Indian Army.
A price war started by German car makers in China may eat into JLR margins and volumes.
The Nifty ended down 29 points at 4,750.
The Street's optimism on India's largest listed automotive maker by market capitalisation is not misplaced, given the robust wholesale performance in recent months and the strong 2023-24 (FY24) October-December (Q3) results.
Deep in Tata Motors' largest factory, engineers don 3D glasses to play with car designs and prototypes projected from a 10-metre wide computer screen. Their quest? The automaker's next blockbuster car model.
Top carmakers led by Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Kia India on Saturday reported record sales in the domestic market riding on festive demand boosted by GST rate cut. Other manufacturers such as Skoda Auto India and Toyota Kirloskar Motor also posted impressive growth in sales in October.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to hold a dharna in Kolkata against alleged arbitrary deletions in the state's electoral rolls, marking a return to her roots as a street fighter and signalling a key political battle ahead of Assembly elections.
Favourable response to launches, recovery in CVs will aid growth.
Tata Motors reported a 25.47 per cent decline in its net profit.
The company had got 100,000 bookings in the first phase.
Close on the heels of the Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Retail's possible entry into the second-hand car market, Tata Motors, the country's second largest automobile major, is planning a similar foray.
With demand continuing to be strong post the festive season, leading automakers, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, saw robust growth in sales in November as compared to the same month last year. Maruti Suzuki India reported the best-ever total sales, including exports, last month at 229,021 units, a year-on-year growth of 26 per cent as compared to November last year.
Post the transaction, Tata Motors will own 40 per cent stake in Telcon, while Hitachi will have 60 per cent, the company said.
It said total passenger vehicles sales were 45,380 units, in January 2010, a growth of 76 per cent from the corresponding month last year.
Tata Motors on Friday reported an 84 per cent jump in its global sales at 74,707 units for December 2008, compared to the corresponding month in 2008. The company also posted 137 per cent surge in the sale of its commercial vehicles at 37,326 units in December 2009, it said in a statement. During the month under review, it sold 16,247 units of passenger vehicles, up by 53 per cent, against the same month previous year, it added.
Tata Motors' Nano, the small car seen as a symbol of India's expertise in frugal engineering, is likely to be launched on March 3. Billed as the world's cheapest, the small car's first recipients may be celebrities, including political leaders, social workers, sports stars and film stars.
Tata Motors expressed satisfaction over the progress of land acquisition for its proposed small car plant at Singur and plan to launch the vehicle in 2008 as scheduled.
Life Insurance Corporation of India and DaimlerChrysler, one of the oldest partners of Tata Motors, may refrain from participating in the ongoing Rs 4,145-crore (Rs 41.45 billion) rights issue that is closing on October 20, investment banking sources said. The move comes after Life Insurance Corporation of India expressed its wariness in putting in its bid.
The top 100 tax defaulters owe the exchequer a whopping Rs 1.41 lakh crore.
The country's largest automobile maker's total income from operations, however, fell 7.56 per cent to Rs 6,404.63 crore (Rs 64.04 billion) in the first quarter, the company said in a statement. While the passenger vehicle segment grew by 1.13 per cent at 72,216 units, but the sales of commercial vehicles fell by 4.85 per cent at 49,904 units in Q1 of this fiscal.
The company will offer a total of up to 15,06,44,759 ordinary shares
There were no casualties; a part of the wall was damaged.
The B C Khanduri government seems to be in no hurry to provide concession on lease rent as well as some more land to Tata Motors at the Pantnagar industrial estate.
The Indian car market was on a record nine months decline till July and sales picked up only in August and September.
Trinamool Congress workers, led by party president Subrata Bakshi, on Tuesday stormed into the prohibitory order-bound site of Tata Motors' small car project in Singur cutting about 10 feet of barbed fencing, police said.
From the 30-Sensex firms, Bharat Electronics, Power Grid, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Asian Paints, Reliance Industries, and Bajaj Finserv were among the biggest gainers. However, HCL Tech, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, and Sun Pharma were the laggards.
From the Sensex firms, Power Grid, Eternal, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Maruti and Bharat Electronics, were among the major laggards. However, Titan, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra, and State Bank of India were the gainers.
From the Sensex pack, HCL Tech, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharma and Titan were among the biggest gainers. In contrast, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Maruti, Adani Ports and Bajaj Finance were among the laggards.
The car so far known by the code name 'Kite' will be a hatchback.
Sen said that as per the lease agreement, concluded recently with the company, it would have to pay a lease rent of Rs 1 crore per year for the first five years to the state.
The auto major said profit was impacted by an exceptional item of asset impairment in its British arm Jaguar Land Rover.
Auto major Tata Motors on Thursday reported a 50.65 per cent fall in its net profit at Rs 1,001.26 crore (Rs 10.01 billion) for the 2008-09 fiscal.
Over the past week, the BSE Sensex ended on a muted note, showing a marginal gain of 2.25 points at 28,114.56.
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