Mitsubishi Motors on Thursday said it plans to launch its sedan Cedia and sports utility vehicle Montero by the first quarter of the next year in partnership with Hindustan Motors.
Eyeing a revival, CK-GP Birla group's Hindustan Motors Ltd said it expected sales of its flagship 'Ambassador' cars to go up by 50 per cent in the next three years to 18,000 units annually.
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The JV between the French auto major and India's CK Birla group is aiming at production capacity of about 100,000 vehicles a year by 2020.
The minister said that the government wanted to know HM management's intention with regard to the Uttarpara plant which employs nearly 2300 employees, including managerial staff.
The car is unforgettable for its low-maintenance, reliability, and space.
Hindustan Motors on May 24 declared suspension of work at this unit, popularly known as Hind Motor factory.
The company blames fund crunch, falling demand, accumulating liabilities.
The company has taken up an ambitious project to introduce a smaller version of the classic car.
Japanese automaker Isuzu Motors launched a multi-utility pickup truck targeting small and medium entrepreneurs, which will be priced in the range of Rs 7000,000 - 800,000.
The Encore's 1.5-litre diesel engine promises better power and torque.
Several manufacturers such as Mahindra
Hindustan Motors is planning to launch two variants of the popular car - a sub-4 metre sedan and a new generation Amby.
Hindustan Motors Ltd is planning to launch a new-age hatch-back version of the iconic Ambassador car.
The Ambassador was a durable enough brand to outlive the licence raj.
Hindustan Motors will launch the Lancer Cedia on January 12, 2006.
Hindustan Motors' iconic car is set to get a radical makeover, but is it too late in the day?
Premium carmaker Mitsubishi on Wednesday said it will increase the price of its newly launched sports utility vehicle Outlander by about two per cent from next month, thus withdrawing the introductory offer on the vehicle.
Industrialist Ganga Prasad Birla died last night at 87 after a prolonged illness. His Rs 5,000-crore business included companies like Hindustan Motors, Orient Paper and Industries, Hyderabad Industries, Avtec and Nigeria Engineering Works.
Mitsubishi Motor Corporation's plan to produce a volume-generating compact car from India has been indefinitely deferred for lack of funds and sliding demand.
Now, a growing number of well-heeled private citizens are buying armoured vehicles for their safety, providing a profitable new business stream for companies like Jalandhar-based Laggar Industries and automaker Hindustan Motors. The annual market is about 500 vehicles, of which 30 to 40 are bought by private citizens.
Japanese car maker Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has decided to manufacture its sports utility vehicle Outlander in India, through its Indian joint venture with Hindustan Motors, a C K Birla Group company. The Indian JV currently manufactures the Lancer range of sedans, sells Montero, a premium segment sedan, and imports completely built SUV Pajero. The company had earlier considered the option of importing Outlander as a fully-built unit for the Indian market.
Hindustan Motors on Saturday launched an all-new 1.8-litre CNG Ambassador Grand.
A CII delegation, led by Confederation of Indian Industry president and Bharti Enterprises CEO Sunil Bharti Mittal, called on US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Wednesday.
Hindustan Motors Limited, the first Indian car company, is planning to launch cars on its ambassador platform with sequential liquefied petroleum gaseous (LPG) injection systems in three months.
Hindustan Motors of the CK Birla group today sprung a surprise by launching, what it claimed, the first Chinese vehicle in India.
Hindustan Powerplus Ltd decided to terminate the joint venture pact between Caterpillar Commercial SA, Belgium and Hindustan Motors Ltd.
The GP-C K Birla group-promoted Hindustan Motors is planning to launch new products from the Mitsubishi stable in the next six months.
Car sales in the domestic market overcame sluggish demand in the inauspicious shradh period and grew a healthy 22.4 per cent in September this year at 94,734 units against 77,384 units in the same month last year.
With Mitsubishi pulling the plug on it the days of the Pajero maybe over, but nobody who ever owned one will forget it. Some even learnt life-long lessons from it, says Pavan Lall.
Maruti Udyog, India's biggest carmaker, has been ranked first in customer satisfaction by international market research firm JD Power.
None of the 2,600 workers had any clue about the suspension of work notice, put up on the gate of India's oldest automobile plant last Sunday.
Amidst threat of intense competition in the car industry, C K Birla Group company Hindustan Motors Limited is planning to launch new models of its hi-end Lancer cars.
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