The 56-year-old German quit the Mumbai-based company after 18 months on the job, citing personal reasons.
While Maruti held the top spot for four decades, the Ambassador was the best-selling car in post-Independence India for three decades.
Even as Tata Motors is racing against time to get its new Singur plant near Kolkata ready for commercial roll-out of the Nano by October 2008, the company may need an out-of-the-box solution to overcome some delays in the integrated plant and component park structure proposed for the vehicle.
Sales of commercial vehicles declined 24.51 per cent in June to 31,384 units from 41,577 units a year ago.
From the 30 blue-chip stocks, Titan, Asian Paints, Nestle, Tech Mahindra, Reliance Industries, Zomato, Larsen & Toubro and Bajaj Finserv were among the laggards. Adani Ports, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti, Sun Pharma, Bharti Airtel and Tata Motors were among the gainers.
Having introduced common rail direct injection engine in its Indigo XL sedan, Tata Motors has decided to introduce the technology in all diesel models of its Indigo and Indica cars within next 4 to 6 months.
Cyrus Mistry said more focus was needed for improvement in key areas such as vehicle technology.
Industry insiders in India warn that any such move in the pharmaceutical sector could be counterproductive for the US as it may face increased drug shortages if tariffs are imposed on such imports.
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover reported 25 per cent increase in its global sales in November this year at 37,403 units.
Don't be surprised if you see cars from the two manufacturer in a foreign land. The carmakers are supplying their vehicle in over 11 countries.
With swanky showrooms and VR-enabled sales platforms Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, and Skoda bet on shine and gloss,and place their faith in experiential branding.
With entry-level cars being preferred amid the pandemic, market leader Maruti Suzuki has strengthened its hold, along with Hyundai Motor India.
The world's cheapest car, the Nano, may still roll out from Singur with Tata Motors today expressing hope that the West Bengal government's new rehabilitation package will evoke a positive response from unwilling land-losers who had refused compensation.
The company will market this new range in petrol engines under the Revotron brand.
Tata Motors, India's biggest auto maker, on Monday said it had successfully tested vehicles running on compressed air on two of its products.
Marcopolo has got four manufacturing facilities in Brazil and one each in Portugal, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and South Africa. India will be its tenth production base.
Slym doesn't face such an epic challenge - after all, his company is profitable, has a trustworthy brand, deep pockets and a vast distribution.
Tata Motors, part of the $100 billion Tata conglomerate, said consolidated net profit for the April-June quarter rose to 53.98 billion rupees ($882.31 million) compared with Rs 17.68 billion a year ago.
The company had sold 51,160 vehicles in the same month last year.
The JV company, Tata Motors (Thailand) Ltd was formed between the two in December 2006. Tata Motors holds 70 per cent stake and Thonburi the balance 30 per cent.
"The toughest part was continuing to believe that we could do it," Tata told journalists covering the Auto Expo in New Delhi, where he unveiled the lowest-priced car in the world. He added that "a promise is a promise", hinting at the ability of his company to deliver even in the face of brutal scepticism.
Tata Motors revealed its plans of introducing more vehicles this year. It is also planning to increase its exports to South Africa.
Tata Motors said on Thursday production at its car plant in Pune may get affected following a fire at its paint shop. There was no casualty.
As part of a 50:50 joint venture agreement signed in 2007, the two companies had agreed to a joint distribution network and back-end support, besides co-manufacturing of products at the Ranjangaon facility near Pune.
It was late last year when Tata Motors announced that it would set up the first plant for producing the Rs 1-lakh car at Gujarat's Sanand rather than Karnataka's Dharwad, among other places.
The incentive package being offered by the government of West Bengal for the Tata Motors for setting up the small car project in Singur would take into account the concessions offered by the Uttaranchal government for the project in that state.
On the eve of Durga Puja in October 2008, industrialist Ratan Tata announced that Tata Motors would withdraw from the nearly completed Nano car plant in Singur, attributing the decision to Mamata Banerjee's anti-land acquisition movement, which he claimed had derailed what was meant to be a "groundbreaking project" -- the world's cheapest car.
From the 30-share Sensex pack, Power Grid, Tata Steel, Zomato, Titan, Bajaj Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra, NTPC and Tata Motors were among the major laggards. Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bharti Airtel, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank and Tata Consultancy Services were the gainers.
Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Tata Motors, Titan, Tata Consultancy Services, Nestle and Maruti were also among the major laggards. HDFC Bank emerged as the only gainer from the pack.
Tata Motors is the leader in the electric car market with about 62 per cent share.
'Every Indian should move to an EV, and the government should not buy any fossil fuel cars. The government should become the first driver of EV adoption.'
Block closure planned keeping in mind the weak demand of commercial vehicles.
Tata Motors is to invest Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) in the next five years to increase the passenger car capacity at its Pune plant by 50 per cent and plans to raise $100 million shortly.
Foreign fund house Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius on Tuesday bought 0.97 per cent stake in Tata Motors for Rs 350.13 crore (Rs 3.50 billion) through open market transaction -- as part of the 5.34 per cent residual stake that Dailmer sold in the country's largest automaker.
From the 30-share blue-chip pack, Tata Motors, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Asian Paints, Nestle India, UltraTech Cement, Larsen & Toubro and Adani Ports were among the biggest gainers. In contrast, Zomato, HCL Tech, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Infosys were among the losers.
Discounts range between Rs 20,000 and Rs 80,000.
The chairmanship of Tata Motors and Tata Steel after Ratan N Tata steps down at the end of 2012 appears to be an open question. It will be up to the new Tata group chairman, Cyrus Mistry, whether he decides to succeed Tata in heading two of the largest group companies or opt for new chairpersons for them.
Top commercial vehicle maker Tata Motors has raised the prices of its medium and heavy vehicles by 2-2.5 per cent on account of increase in input costs.
