Almost 40 per cent of a durable company's sales are achieved during the festival season
'Toll system can never end though the rates may vary from time to time. Toll is my brain child'
The $14-billion bailout package for the troubled United States auto industry has collapsed in the Senate amid dispute over the wages paid to workers of the troubled manufacturing giants, according to a media report.
McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen celebrated a shock maiden win at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday after Ferrari's Felipe Massa suffered an engine failure while leading with three laps remaining.
Force India's second qualifying goal didn't materialise but lady luck smiled on them and Giancarlo Fisichella will start 15th while his teammate Adrian Sutil 16th after the Toyota cars were pushed to the back of the grid for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix for breaking technical rules.
The inventor of iPhone, Apple, for the second year in a row has topped the Fortune list of the most admired companies in the world, but no Indian company has made the cut.
A tough and stylish SUV from Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd will hit the roads in September.
Now it's the turn of Fiat to unleash its supermini, the Grande Punto, in to the Indian market. The Italian beauty is likely to be priced around Rs 6.5 lakh (Rs 650,000).
Tata group leapfrogged over 100 positions from last year's 124th rank in the annual 'Global 200: The World's Best Corporate Reputations' list, compiled by US-based Reputation Institute. The global list, which includes 10 other Indian companies, has been topped by Japanese auto maker Toyota, followed by US-based internet search giant Google, Sweden's Ikea, Italy's Ferrero and another American firm Johnson & Johnson.
Toyota's Timo Glock stole some limelight from championship leader Lewis Hamilton on Friday with the quickest time in free practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton, who takes a seven-point lead over rival Felipe Massa into the weekend with three races left, was third fastest overall for McLaren, behind Renault's Fernando Alonso. Massa was fourth on the timesheets with Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen fifth over the picturesque 4.563km Fuji Speedway circuit.
Maruti Suzuki India continued its grip in the passenger vehicles market in India with five of its models in the top ten best selling models in June.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has made it to the annual list of the world's 100 most respected companies compiled by the Wall Street Journal, topped by US-based healthcare products major Johnson & Johnson.
Petrol variants of the car are priced between Rs 6.38-7.09 lakh.
Maruti Suzuki is the big exception, with double-digit surge in volume
The Bombay high court on Monday said it will hear the appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan against the five-year sentence awarded to him in the 2002 hit-and-run case from July 30 on a regular basis.
In a news series, voters voice their aspirations and concerns ahead of the general elections.
Lewis Hamilton snatched the 2008 Formula One driver's championship from Felipa Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, but World Championship or not, the Brazilian, who finished second in the overall standings, is motorsport's new man.
Say lower duties could enhance demand.
Apart from a pavilion of vintage cars, there will be a Bollywood corner
Indian businessmen and executives may not yet be the most meticulous executioners of management principles in the world. But when it comes to keeping the Gods and lady luck happy, they leave no stone unturned.
Over 22 passenger and commercial vehicle makers and 18 two- and three-wheeler makers will take part amid proximate security.
Automakers finish 2008 on a bleak note. Expect 2009 to be worse.
Champions Ferrari will be the first Formula One team to reveal their 2009 car with an unveiling scheduled for their Maranello factory on Jan. 12, the Italian team said on Monday.
Champions Ferrari will be the first Formula One team to reveal their 2009 car with an unveiling scheduled for their Maranello factory on January 12, the Italian team said on Monday. The wraps will come off Hamilton's new McLaren at that team's Woking factory in England on January 16, a day after Toyota launch their challenger on the internet.
Carmakers usually come up with such year-end announcements.
Ban on large diesel vehicles a transient phase, says Jaitley
A new imported vehicle with F.O.B (freight-on-board) value of $40,000 or more with over 3,000 cc for petrol-run engine and over 2,500cc for diesel engine would be eligible for the easier norms, the directorate general of foreign trade said in a notification. Under the relaxed rules, imported vehicles which need homologation to make it suitable for Indian conditions, need not have a certification from an authorised body in the country of origin, as was required earlier.
Hybrids can get us to 100mpg, but only if we relearn how to drive, says Lisa Margonelli.
The radical styling that consists of 17-inch diamond-cut wheel rims and a chrome grill that comes with a sleek coupe-inspired profile -- the kind you'd expect to see in an Acura or a Lexus sports car -- make the Civic one of the best-looking cars on the road today irrespective of price.
Car makers are trying hard to boost sales in India.
Is India's infrastructure fit to absorb a sudden surge in cars?
I believe one of the reasons for Maruti's success has been its ability to strike a balance. We have borrowed the best in terms of Japanese technology, quality and work culture. At the same time, in our relationship with employees, partners and customers, we have been Indian to the core, says Shinzo Nakanishi.
Three models from Maruti Suzuki, as well as models from Mahindra-Renault, Chevrolet, Toyota and Honda have got top rankings in their respective segments in a survey for new-vehicle design and performance in India, according to J D Power Asia Pacific 2007 India Automatic Performance, Execution and Layout Study (APEAL) released on Wednesday.
Technology and operations management expert Elliott N Weiss discusses manufacturing, the trouble with too much automation, and the need to strike a balance between people and artificial intelligence with Ritwik Sharma.
Japan's Kazuki Nakajima will race for Williams next season, the Formula One team confirmed on Wednesday.
K K Swamy is between jobs. After spending a little over a decade running Toyota Kirloskar Motors as its deputy managing director, he made a quiet exit a month ago to move to Volkswagen India as its first managing director. He is moving lock, stock and barrel from Bangalore to Pune, where he is set to take charge on July 21.
Toyota driver Jarno Trulli says he cannot see anyone taking the Formula One title off Ferrari this year.
Poland's Robert Kubica took his and BMW Sauber's first Grand Prix victory to wrest the Formula One championship lead from McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on a miserable afternoon for the Briton.
Japan's changing strategic calculations will hopefully bring money into India. Abe informed the audience that 480 Japanese companies are present in India and Indo-Japan partnership is growing by leaps and bounds
Anand Mahindra says driverless tractors could change the future of food production.
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