The company has raised the rates of its utility vehicles Sumo and Grande MK II by Rs 7,800-Rs 10,300.
Nano, the small car from the Tatas, is projected to become India's second best selling car next year, according to market research firm JD Power.
The hatchback market is getting very competitive with almost all big players flooding it with trendy models to get a piece of this lucrative pie.
Tata Motors on Friday said it will hike the prices of its passenger vehicles, excluding the Nano, by up to Rs 36,000 from April 1, to offset rising input costs.
With the financial meltdown eating into global economic growth, including India's own, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who also holds the finance portfolio, warned that ignoring rural economy could prove to be disastrous. "Global financial institutions need to put more resources for developing countries in rural economy, build social infrastructure... The government will take further steps to ensure labour-intensive sectors are less adversely affected," he said.
The car is expected to be powered by 800cc to 1 litre engine.
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The fundamental design characteristics of the Tata brand have been cleverly combined with sporty curvatures to create a coupe-like silhouette.
With the Indian car market growing at the rate of 30 per cent no car maker wants to miss the opportunity.
The company, however, did not say when it plans to commercially launch Aria.
A long-time driver of SUVs from Tata Motors, Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com steps on the gas with the Bolt, the new turbocharged petrol hatchback and comes away impressed.
Just months ahead of the launch of its Rs 1-lakh Nano, the world's cheapest car, automaker Tata Motors has started the process of expanding the dealership network for passenger cars.While the applications have already been invited for dealerships in Delhi and adjoining Ghaziabad, the company officials said that similar exercise is also being carried out in other parts of the country, wherever there is a need for expansion.
In the commercial vehicles segment, the company's sales declined by 45.83 per cent to 25,738 units in the domestic market during the month compared to 47,515 units in the corresponding month previous year.
The Manza is basically the sedan version of the indigenous hatchback, Indica Vista.
Bangalore-based Reva Electric Car Company, two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto and Tata Motors are finalising plans to launch electric vehicles in Europe and the US to take advantage of subsidies these countries are offering as part of their environmental agendas.
The Tata Bolt is a well packaged hatchback with attractive interiors, space and excellent ride quality.
The Tata-Fiat joint venture is looking at catering to the global demand for engines through its Ranjangaon plant.
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Nano, the wheels that millions of Indians have been waiting to drive, on Monday hit the roads and waved goodbye to Tata Motors' enduring image as a truckmaker.
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Forget about the Tata Nano for Rs 100,000. Or buying a sleek Yamaha R15 for over Rs 97,000. An array of car models is now available at prices under Rs 100,000, thanks to an expected 20 to 25 per cent fall in used-car prices on certain models, in response to the government's decision to reduce Central value added tax (Cenvat) four percentage points for new cars.
Five other convicts were also granted varying jail terms by a special MCOCA court.
ICICI Bank has been directed by a consumer court to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to a customer and return his Indica car forcibly repossessed by its employees in violation of SC guidelines. The West Delhi District Consumer Forum president J P Sharma said: "The conduct of the bank in taking forcible possession of car without intervention of the civil court was illegal in view of what has been observed by the SC and the National Consumer Commission."
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The increase on Tata's flagship Indica, Indigo and Indigo Marina would be in the range of 1-2 per cent, a company statement said. Tata Motors' decision to increase the prices of its products followed that of Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai's hikes during the last month. Maruti Suzuki had hiked prices of its products across various models between Rs 1,000 and Rs 18,000.
The industry will see as many as 24 new launches in 2008, from 14 car makers across the country, with nearly all of them being unveiled at the upcoming Auto Expo in New Delhi. New model releases from the top three manufacturers will include Tata's much awaited 'One lakh car' concept (almost production ready), new compact car Indica, mid-sized car Indigo and the Sumo multi-utility vehicle.
Tata Motors on Monday announced its foray into passenger vehicle segment of the Ghanian market with the launch of its car and multi-utility vehicles in the country.
Be it the name, the design and communication campaign and the engagement processes being imagined between the brand and its buyers, the company is casting its cars in a new mould, reports T E Narasimhan.
The two-year old alliance between Fiat and Tata Motors has done little to improve the former's domestic sales.
Volkswagen is planning to roll out a variant of its popular car, Polo, in by 2009. The car will be pitted against Maruti's Swift, Hyundai's Getz and Tata Motor's Indica.
In the seven months between April and October this year, the Chevy Spark has managed to sell less than 12,000 units, or an average of 1,700 units a month, while its peers Alto and WagonR (Maruti Suzuki) , Indica (Tata Motors) and Santro (Hyundai) have had average monthly sales of 10,000-18,000 units.
A-Star has been developed by Maruti Udyog and its Japanese parent, Suzuki Motor Corporation for the global markets.
The company commenced production in January, 1999. While it achieved the 100,000th car in March 2001, and the 500,000th car in February, 2005, the progression from the 900,000th car to the millionth car was achieved in just 7 months.
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 posted 11 per cent increase in total vehicle sales (including exports) during April at 40,486 units as compared to 36,574 in the same period last year.
Car maker Maruti Udyog Ltd on Thursday said it has recorded highest ever monthly domestic sales for January at 62,248 vehicles a growth of 28.3 per cent over the corresponding month last year.
Small cars corner 77% of Indian roads, top four models grab 60%.
Eight months after it was phased out from the market, Maruti on Tuesday unveiled the new Zen sporting an all-new look and under a new name 'Estilo', pricing the base variant at Rs 3.19 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
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