Japanese chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato declined to give details but said Japan would make every effort to protect the Games from possible hacking attempts.
Other players who have declared no production days in the recent past, and during this month, include Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Bosch, Jamna Auto, Wabco and Sundaram-Clayton.
The government has mandated that from October 2017, all new car models will have to be equipped with airbags to meet crash test norms.
Mahindra e20Plus; Tata Hexa; Volvo S90; New Toyota Fortuner; New Hyundai Tucson. Get ready for the beauties!
Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors and Tata Motors reported sales growth in the domestic market in November, aided by robust offtakes amid the festival season. While Maruti Suzuki India reported marginal growth, Hyundai logged in its highest ever monthly sales in November. Others like Honda Cars India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Mahindra & Mahindra and MG Motor India also reported sales growth in November as compared with the same month last year.
Organisers said last December that the entire cost of holding the Games would come to about $15.4 billion, including $2.8 billion in costs for the unprecedented postponement from 2020. Since then, the projected bill for postponement has risen to $3 billion.
The Etios Liva would mark Toyota's entry into the highly popular premium hatchback segment.
The number of participating automakers has fallen from 50 in 2018 to 30 this year. The count of exhibitors, including technology companies, has come down from 119 to 112. And showstopper luxury and supercar brands, including Toyota, Jeep, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Volvo will be missing. Similarly, the commercial vehicle makers also gave the show a miss -- a prolonged economic slowdown has dented their fortunes and near chances of any recovery.
China, United States and Japan are the world's top automobile manufacturing countries.
Indian businesses' weak ability to compete overseas says much about the infirmities imposed by the intensity of government dominance of economic policy and the nature of this dominance, observes Kanika Datta.
government is expected to roll out a policy for hybrid and electric vehicles (xEV) this April after over a year of consultations.
Burgeoning demand for spacious people movers in India has led Ashok Leyland, a medium and heavy truck builder, to plan on developing a utility vehicle to take on the likes of Toyota Innova, India's largest selling multi-seater personal vehicle.
Reliance on a single model begins at about 40% and goes up to 80 % in case of some companies
Shedding their boring boxy structure, the MUVs of today are not only offered with their prime USP of space, but also offer amazing exteriors and feature-filled interiors.
The Indian team, comprising Olympic hopefuls PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth, have been allotted training timings. The players also had their first gym session in the afternoon.
Right now, the 'Lower D' or LD segment -- which the industry defines as a sedan that costs between Rs 1.5 million and Rs 2 million, is longer than 4.5 metres, and powered by an engine of 1.8 litre or larger -- has barely three cars, all of which have been around for over a decade in India. Nevertheless, at least one foreign auto player is looking to bet big on the segment.
What worked for Hyundai in India when so many other auto manufacturers have had to eat humble pie? Pavan Lall finds out.
Close to half a dozen more three-row premium mid-size models are expected to hit the road over the next two years.
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Mahindra and Toyota reported low single-digit sales growth for the month owing to weak market sentiment
We are upbeat on the opportunities in India, says Vikram Kirloskar.
Indian and international brands are now all focused on small cars.
To begin with, the state has identified seven priority sectors such as Chemical, Plastic and Packaging, Garment, Auto and Engineering, Gems and Jewellery, besides Textiles and Infrastructure.
Maruti Suzuki, with a half a dozen models ranging from the best-selling car Alto to WagonR, Swift and Estilo accounts for around 57 per cent of the small car market in India. In the premium hatchback segment, the company's market share stands at a robust 48 per cent.
Tata now occupies the fourth slot with the incremental volumes from the Tiago
Sanjay Kirloskar, promoter of Kirloskar Brothers, moves Supreme Court to enforce a family settlement signed in 2009.
Big brands like Hyundai, Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M), Toyota and Renault have lost share.
Most say they will review their Make in India plans as prices may top pre-GST level
A few days into the New Year and news about more car updates is doing the rounds.
The car would be in direct competition with existing players, including Ford Endeavour, Maruti Grand Vitara, Toyota Innova, Honda CR-V, Chevrolet Captiva, Toyota Fortuner and upcoming Skoda Yeti.
Market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai, who together control two-thirds of the domestic market, have not yet firmed up a decision on raising prices.
Bharat Forge, world's second largest forgings company, will supply products to the US operations of Japanese auto giants Toyota and Honda.
These cars are priced between Rs 12 lakhs (Rs 1.2 million) and Rs 20 lakhs (Rs 2 million).
Verma who had shocked Malaysia's eighth seed Lee Zii Jia in the opening round, needed just 39 minutes to see off Gemke
Indian contingent has an opportunity to go deep in the draw and recapture the trophy which has been won by just two Indians so far -- the legendary Prakash Padukone (1980) and P Gopichand (2001).
Top 10 vehicles, value-wise, is dominated by the two players in the market, Maruti Suzuki & Hyundai
Automobile makers in India are embracing taxi-hailing apps such as Uber and Ola, hoping to ride on their expansion to sell more cars, a contrarian view to companies in Western markets that fear a drop in car sales due to them
Indian auto manufacturers are well poised to become "winners" in terms of global market share in the next five years to join the ranks of established players like Hyundai, Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen.
