Suzuki to make compact cars for Mitsubishi Suzuki Motor Corp. will from next year supply compact cars to Mitsubishi Motors Corp.on an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) basis, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Friday. Without citing where it obtained the information, the report said that Mitsubishi will receive around 800 ‘Solio’ compact models per month from Suzuki, [...]
Q&A: Hiroshi Nakagawa, Managing Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Toyota Kirloskar Motor will, over the next 45 days, open around 30 dealerships for a smooth roll out of its much publicised compact car, the Etios, as well as the Etios sedan, to be launched in the presence of Akio Toyoda, president and CEO, Toyota Motor Corporation. [...]
Tata Nano in safety upgrade after fires India’s Tata Motors is contacting all of the owners of its celebrated Tata Nano – the world’s cheapest car according to its manufacturer – to offer free safety upgrades, after several incidents of the cars spontaneously erupting into flames. Tata said the offer “does not constitute a recall” [...]
India car sale report in October 2010 Spurred by a festival season considered auspicious for new purchases, auto makers in India registered booming sales in October. Maruti Suzuki, which sells one of every two cars in India, sold 107,555 units in the domestic market, 50% more than a year earlier. Eight of Maruti’s 12 models [...]
Skoda mulls tie-up with Maruti for small car It’s action time at SkodaAuto India. After Volkswagen, another group company SkodaAuto India is looking at the possibility of collaborating with Maruti Suzuki to launch a small car below its newly-launched new generation Fabia by 2012. A senior official of the company on Thursday said in Chennai [...]
Tata dreams of number two spot for Nano in 2011 TATA Nano is projected to become India’s second best selling car next year, according to market research firm JD Power. Nano will replace Hyundai’s i10, which is slated to take the second position in 2010 after Maruti’s Alto. Tata’s Indica will be the third best [...]
Tata Nano sales slow despite a surging market The company says buyers are postponing delivery till the festive season sets in, fire incidents not a factor. Sales of the Nano, the small car from the Tata Motors Ltd stable that was touted as the world’s cheapest car, have seen a steady deceleration in the three [...]
India’s Renault New Model Roadmap 2011-2013 “A three-year roadmap between 2011 and 2013 has been charted out with five products, including a small hatchback, identified to be launched in India,” a senior official of Renault India told media. “Initially, there will be about 7-8 dealers in metros when the first two products are launched in [...]
Toyota to enter Japan minicar market with own brand Toyota Motor Corp. said it would enter the growing Japanese minivehicle sector next year through a supply deal with unit Daihatsu Motor Co. in a move set to intensify competition in the tough domestic market. Under the deal announced today, Daihatsu would supply three minivehicle models [...]
GM and Maruti Suzuki will add range with LPG/CNG car NEW DELHI: As petrol and diesel have become costlier after government decided to decontrol fuel prices, it’s focus alternate fuel for carmakers. And they are chalking out plans to strap more of their models with CNG and LPG variants. Faced with a slew of new [...]
