This is about the domestic and transplant auto manufacturers that produce vehicles in India. These manufacturers include companies like Tata, Maruti, Fiat, GM, Renault-Nissan, Hyundai, Mahindra & Mahindra, etc.
Here at Autopia, we have been fascinated by Tata’s Nano micro-car for some time . On the one hand, it seems like a way to bring cheap transportation to the masses. On the other, does the world’s environment really need more masses of cars? What if the Nano wasn’t a conventionally powered car, but a hybrid? That was, at first, a rumor at the L.A. Auto Show, but now it looks to be a reality.
At first there were rumors from our friends at Left Lane News that Ratan Tata had let slip to... Read Full Story
BEIJING (AFP) -- General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp on Friday announced plans to expand their China partnership overseas starting with a venture to tap India's burgeoning car market. The two companies said they had set up a 50-50 joint venture aimed at expanding in emerging Asia markets with an initial focus on selling small cars and mini-commercial vehicles in India, the two companies said Friday. The two partners, who already have an established relationship in China... Read Full Story
BEIJING (AFP) -- General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp on Friday announced plans to expand their China partnership overseas starting with a venture to tap India's burgeoning car market. The two companies said they had set up a 50-50 joint venture aimed at expanding in emerging Asia markets with an initial focus on selling small cars and mini-commercial vehicles in India, the two companies said Friday. The two partners, who already have an established relationship in China... Read Full Story
WOCKHARDT: Pharmaceutical firm Wockhardt and Development Bank of Singapore Ltd have agreed on an out-of-court settlement of a dispute over loan amounting to 440 mln rupees. The pharmaceutical major has a debt of over 37 bln rupees and has hived off some of its non-core business to pay off debt. . SBI EXPANSION: State Bank of India will open 23 new branches overseas in the next four months. This will take the total number of branches of the bank in foreign countries to 160 by March, from... Read Full Story
Filed under: Spy Photos , Budget , Truck , India , Tata
Now that Tata has put the World’s Cheapest Car on the market, is the Indian automaker ready to make a similar assault on the pickup truck market? Judging by a recent spy shot, it seems likely. It’s impossible to know for sure, but the truck’s three-lug wheels, single windshield wiper and dash layout indicate that this pickup might be based on the diminutive Nano .
Indian news outlets report that the pickup is codenamed Penguin... Read Full Story
Filed under: Sedan , Performance , SUV , Jaguar , Land Rover , India , Tata , Luxury , Off-Road
While many confusing car-related things have happened in the upper strata of the Autoverse over the last few years (Aston Martin and Ferrari both being impart owned by Middle Eastern concerns, Aston Martin not being bankrupt) perhaps the most shocking and disconcerting was Ford’s sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to India’s Tata. To many, the scheme seemed doomed from the get go and after a... Read Full Story
The Delhi government has fined Tata Motors Rs.4 crore for failing to ensure proper maintenance of its low-floor buses and directed the firm to undertake a comprehensive check-up of 950 low-floor buses by January 2010. Read Full Story
The Suzuki APV could be the Versa replacement
It seems Maruti Suzuki’s MPV that will replace Versa will be priced at around 4 lakh rupees. The new model will be unveiled at the Auto Expo in January next year. While sources have indicated it is a refurbished Suzuki APV which already sells in Pakistan, Australia and other nations, no official word from Maruti has been reported.
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The new van will sport a new engine with new transmission, priced aggressively in... Read Full Story
On September 29, 2009, The Economist magazine named Ratan Tata, the chairman of Tata Motors, the winner of this year’s “Business Process Innovation Award” for successfully developing the world’s cheapest vehicle — the Nano car. In the explanation, The Economist said that Tata “changed the way Indian companies conduct business” and applauded the company for creating a safe and affordable vehicle for families in emerging markets. “Innovative ideas are everywhere,” said Mark Langley... Read Full Story
