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.
Tata Motors on Tuesday said it is rejigging its dealerships with plans to open product category-specific outlets as it looks to increase sales volumes of passenger vehicles.
The auto major said profit was impacted by an exceptional item of asset impairment in its British arm Jaguar Land Rover.
The vehicle is being manufactured in the company's Bhosari plant.
Tata Motors will see 'strong operational recovery of its domestic business, which we believe should be the prime driver of stock valuations', Merrill Lynch said in a research report, adding that 'Jaguar Land Rover is likely to recover next year'.
Tata Motors on Tuesday reported a 13.7 per cent increase in total vehicle sales for the fiscal ended March 31, as compared to the previous fiscal.
Tata Motors on Tuesday has launched the stylish sedan Zest at a starting price of Rs. 4.64 lakh.
Tata Motors on Friday said the company's sales jumped 9.1 per cent in November with 34,282 vehicles sold during the month compared to 31,428 unit in the same period last year.
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Tata Motors Ltd have entered into a strategic alliance for initiating joint marketing activities including the setting up of Tata authorised service stations in select IOC retail outlets.
Tata Motors Ltd has completed the public filing for listing the American Depository Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange.
A company spokesperson said VRS is and will be offered to 'white-collar workers only'. Tata Motors employs around 30,000 people.
The new engine features the Westport WP580 Engine Management System and is designed to support various configurations.
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors reported a decline in wholesales in September as the companies curtailed dispatches to dealers to reduce inventory build-up amid a decline in demand. Maruti Suzuki India reported a 4 per cent dip in total domestic passenger vehicle wholesales last month to 144,962 units compared to 150,812 units in the year-ago month. The auto major said sales of mini segment cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, grew marginally to 10,363 units against 10,351 units in September 2023.
In an eventful week ahead, stock market investors will take cues from major events like the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, the upcoming Union Budget and Q3 earnings, analysts said.
Tata Motors posted robust results for the June quarter, defying market forecasts and registering a 58 per cent rise in net profit for the period.
Code-named Pelican, bigger hatchback with new petrol and diesel engines may hit the road next year.
Tata Motors Quarteryl profit down 56 per cent on higher input cost
Investors' wealth tumbled by Rs 9 lakh crore on Friday, in tandem with a sharp decline in the domestic equity market, where the benchmark Sensex plunged 1,414 points following a bearish trend in global equities. Fresh tariff threats that ignited global trade war fears and relentless foreign fund outflows dented investor sentiment, analysts said.
Companies are ranked by total revenues.
Leading carmakers Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai witnessed a double-digit drop in sales in October on account of the global semiconductor shortage impacting production. Kia India, Honda Cars and MG Motor also saw a fall in dispatches last month as compared with October 2020. However, companies like Tata Motors, Mahindra, Nissan and Skoda managed to post positive numbers last month despite the supply chain challenges.
Tata Motors on Wednesday inaugurated the world's cheapest car, the Nano's, manufacturing facility here, nearly two years after it was forced to shift the plant out of West Bengal over a land row.
Company MD Ravi Kant meets Chief Minister Buddhadeb, discusses plan.
Industry sources said Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle and Telco Construction Equipment Company might be the first off the block.
Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, Ashok Leyland, M&M are up 3-6% on BSE.
One of the challenges on diesel engine is refinement.
Opposition to the idea of quadricycles is a story of sour grapes, says Rajiv Bajaj.
'Primary buyers are commercial taxi and fleet operators and small businessmen.' 'CNG prices have been remarkably stable unlike petrol.'
Riding on the back of Indica, which crossed the sales mark of 9,000 units, Tata Motors on Friday reported a 31.3 per cent increase in its October sales at 35,283 vehicles as against 26,862 units in the same month last fiscal.
We call it Nano, they don't have to, says vice-chairman Ravi Kant
Announcing that the company had completed its fund raising for repayment of the bridge loan taken to acquire British marquee car brands Jaguar and Land Rover, Tata Motors said this was achieved by extending the final maturity of $1 billion by 18 months up to December 31, 2010.
Overall, volume growth is likely to be in the range of 3-8 per cent for two-wheelers and 5-7 per cent for passenger vehicles owing to healthy demand from urban and rural areas and pending order books.
Under the deal that gives Fusion Automotive exclusive marketing and distribution rights within the country, it will first start with a range of commercial vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to media reports.
Looking to cover lost ground in the car market, auto major Tata Motors unveiled two new models, which it plans to start selling in the second half of the year.
In May 2005, Tata Motors had launched the Ace, a small truck of 0.75 tonne. The company had studied the market for three-wheeler goods carriers for a while and had concluded that small transporters were ready to switch to a mini truck.
India should focus on producing cheap, efficient and small electric cars over the next five years. "This will boost energy conservation and help cut down carbon emissions," said Ravi Kant, chief executive officer, Tata Motors.
Tata Motors on Thursday said its car sales in August 2003 grew by 23.5 per cent to nearly 11,700 units over 9,482 units sold in the same month last year.
Noting that Indian firms face a high risk of mark-to-market losses due to a volatile forex market, a brokerage firm has named telecom major Reliance Communications and auto giant Tata Motors among five blue-chip companies estimated to have suffered the most during 2008-09.