The company has refurbished as many as eight models, but it desperately needs to up the ante in the compact SUV and compact sedan segments.
Indian automobile majors Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) have shown interest in taking over the Termini Imerese plant owned by Italy's largest car maker Fiat. Fiat has already decided to relocate the Termini Imerese plant, preferably to cost-effective areas of Poland or Germany, in 2011.
Tata Motors subsidiary Telco Construction Equipment Company Ltd (Telcon) has opposed a proposal to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) from John Deere for a joint venture with Ashok Leyland to distribute and market its construction equipment in India.
So what's special about the Kaziranga range? Rajesh Karkera and Hitesh Harisinghani find out.
The Mumbai headquartered company also overtook Japanese carmaker Honda to occupy the fourth spot in domestic passenger vehicle market.
Tata Harrier.ev versus Mahindra BE.06 versus Mahindra XEV.9E -- which one should you buy? Rajesh Karkera offers a checklist of features to influence your decision.
"My understanding is that the rules are weighted in favour of big cars, even though smaller cars emit fewer emissions per passenger, use less material, and consume less fuel," Bhargava said in an interview with Business Standard.
Tata Motors Ltd said on Thursday that it sold a total of 26,862 vehicles in October 2003 compared to 19,306 units during the same month of the previous fiscal, an increase of 39 per cent.
The Sway, which is the likely name for the Zica sedan has been codenamed as Kite 5.
The company is also working on various other measures such as enhancing quality of manufacturing facilities and improving customer buying and after sales experience.
he Manza is being offered with four variants in two engine options petrol and diesel. Both these engines are the same as those inside partner Fiat's Linea sedan. With the engines manufactured at the joint venture plant at Ranjangaon, the company hopes to reap the benefits of scaled-up production and pass these on to its customers.
Sales of commercial vehicles declined 23.8 per cent in July to 31,150 units from 40,882 units a year ago.
The company, however, did not specify how much capital it has planned to raise from the public through this initiative and also the purpose for such a step. This is the first time since 1995 that Tata Motors is borrowing from the public. On Monday, Tata Motors had announced borrowing from the public by offering up to 11 per cent annual interest for a period of up to three years.
Though strikingly similar to the Tiago, the Tata Tigor takes the design quotient a notch higher, says P Tharyan.
The company had sold 1,01,112 units in the same month of 2013.
The company whose sales slumped 37 per cent in the nine months to December hopes to stem the tide with a slew of launches starting with the Zest and Bolt.
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Strategy might not help revive volume growth in passenger vehicle sales.
The Nano may ultimately be a winner but cannot turn around the company in the near term. For the present, Tata Motors continues to stare at a weak demand for both commercial vehicles as also cars. While CV volumes were lower by 51 per cent y-o-y in January 2009, compared with a fall of 46 per cent y-o-y in the December 2008 quarter, to revert to the mean could take a while given that the downturn in the economy persists.
Karl Slym, managing director of India's Tata Motors Ltd, died after falling from a hotel room in Bangkok in what police said on Monday could be possible suicide.
The 997-acre plot in Singur handed over by the West Bengal government to Tata Motors is likely to remain in the hands of the company and can be returned only after a year or so.
Tata Motors is India's largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of Rs 1,65,654 crore (Rs 1.65 trillion)
The order comes in response to a petition filed by Jaguar Cars Ltd seeking to quash the decision of deputy registrar of Trade Marks, Kolkata.
The Mumbai-based firm has lost almost 10 percentage points in market share since 2009-10, even as other brands have fought hard to wrest share away.
Enthused by rave reviews that its Rs 100,000-car Nano got at the auto fair recently, the country's largest automobile company Tata Motors is embarking on a dealership network expansion drive.
This is the first time that a car brand will be selling its merchandise on the website.
The company has entered into a joint venture technical assistance agreement with Afzal Motors of Pakistan.
Tata Motors enters Pakistan through Korean subsidiary Tata Motors, India's largest automobile firm, announced on Friday its entry in Pakistan through its subsidiary Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co.
It has turned around its domestic operations under the HorizoNext strategy
With the theme 'Smart Mobility, Smart Cities', the company's display at the Auto Expo is focusing on intelligently-connected cities designed to offer convenience, safety, security, and efficiency to its customers.
For hatchbacks and sedans, offers range between Rs 40,000 and Rs 80,000 while SUVs and multi-purpose vehicles carry benefits exceeding Rs 1 lakh.
Auto major Tata Motors on Wednesday said it will shut down its commercial vehicle plant in Pune for three days -- the second time within 15 days -- to prevent inventory build up on account of falling sales.
The company is banking on investments lined up for product development and other innovations.
Tata Motors is showcasing its Manza sedan and Prima range of world trucks at the Johannesburg International Motor Show in South Africa, with plans to formally launch these vehicles in the country early next year.
The Tatas sold over 14,466 Indica cars, which was slightly lower than the sales of 14,592 units of the Santro hatchback in January.
The car's 624cc engine has been made more powerful.
Sales of luxury brands from Jaguar Land Rover were at 30,094 units during May, up 35 per cent from the same month last year, Tata Motors said in a statement.
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission has slammed auto giant Tata Motors for over booking and 'embezzling' government money by retaining taxes at the time of mega-launch of its first car Indica in 1999.
Tata Motors said on Thursday it will invest Rs 10,000 to Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 100 billion Rs 120 billion) in India over the next three to four years and was looking at Russia and China for vehicle sales and component sourcing.
Tata Motors is trading at 8.32 times 12-month forward PE, just marginally away from 8.31 times for Sesa Sterlite, currently the cheapest in the 30-member Sensex.
