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Kia bets on design, features, reliability to woo Indian customers

By Ajit Dalvi & Sumantra B Barooah calendar18 Aug 2017

Kia Motors is using the dealer roadshows to gain ground-level feedback about the Indian market. The strategy is a good...

Maruti Suzuki sells 93,263 units in June (+1.2%), and 368,431 in Q1 FY2018 (+14.3%)

By Ajit Dalvi calendar01 Jul 2017

With consumers delaying purchase decisions ahead of GST, the country’s largest carmaker posts flat sales in June. But ...

Auto aftermarket in India beginning to think digital

By Ajit Dalvi calendar31 Mar 2017

ACMA hosts national seminar on ‘Preparing the Aftermarket for the Digital Economy’, which focuses on e-retailing and t...

Why the new City is more important for Honda Cars India than ever before

By Sumantra B Barooah & Ajit Dalvi calendar14 Feb 2017

In 2016, the City – Honda's best-seller in India – lost its crown to the Maruti Ciaz, which benefits from a diesel hyb...

PSA Group to start new India innings with CMP-based model, 10-15K units annually

By Sumantra B Barooah & Ajit Dalvi calendar25 Jan 2017

PSA’s Common Modular Platform is designed for B- and entry-level C-segment models and can help develop as many as 20 m...

PV sales in India miss 3 million mark in CY2016 by 33,363 units

autherAjit Dalvi calendar10 Jan 2017

Autocar Professional had on January 2, 2017, estimated the likelihood of overall PV numbers missing the 3-million mark...

Cash crunch hits auto sales, November numbers down 5.48%

autherAjit Dalvi calendar08 Dec 2016

The move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes exactly a month ago has seen strapped-for-cash customers, pa...

SoftBank likely to give big boost to EV industry in India

autherAjit Dalvi calendar03 Dec 2016

It is learnt that the SoftBank Group could be looking at introducing a million electric cars in partnership with an EV...

'Trimming a car’s weight by one-tenth can boost fuel economy by 6-8 percent.'

autherAjit Dalvi calendar22 Nov 2016

Covestro India's Ajay Durrani, reveals how the use of polycarbonate composites can reduce weight in vehicles and why h...

Ford to re-evaluate its strategy and business model for India

autherAjit Dalvi calendar07 Nov 2016

Ford India, which has two plants in India – in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Sanand, Gujarat – and a combined manufacturing ...