Recent Articles Published by Sumantra B Barooah
Tata Motors puts its best foot forward with the Zica

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The upcoming Zica hatchback reflects a new design, engineering direction for Tata Motors. But does it have what it tak...

Mahindra First Choice Wheels may expand to overseas markets

By Shourya Harwani & Sumantra B Barooah calendar24 Dec 2015

Mahindra First Choice Wheels may look at venturing into international markets after the recent strategic investment by...

Zica reflects a new design, engineering direction for Tata Motors

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A set of new engines – a 1.05 litre 70PS diesel branded as ‘Revotorq’ and a 1.2 litre 85PS petrol in the ‘Revotron’ se...

'Future Datsun products would be priced above Rs 6 lakh': Vincent Cobee, Global Datsun head

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It's been over a year and a half since the launch of brand Datsun in India, which has had its share of learnings so fa...

Toyota takes safety route to grow in India

By Sumantra B Barooah & Amit Panday calendar23 Nov 2015

Toyota completed covering all models from its India portfolio under its safety driven initiative by January 2015.

Autocar Professional Dialogue | Vincent Cobee | Global Head, Datsun

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Datsun's global head Vincent Cobee talks shop with Autocar Professional Associate Editor Sumantra B Barooah.

'We’d like Asia Pacific to grow up to 22-25 percent. For us, India has actually been growing nicely in the last five years.'

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Axalta Coating Systems is to double its production capacity in India and also set up an automotive OEM coatings develo...

'There is an incredible correlation between brand value and a company’s market share.'

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Nissan has tied up with ICC to sponsor key tournaments to build brand recall in the Indian subcontinent. Roel De Vries...

Govt to launch indigenously developed electric 2-W, car and CV platforms within two years

By Sumantra B Barooah & Shourya Harwani calendar05 Nov 2015

The development of the new platforms is a part of the government’s FAME scheme but instead of just providing incentive...

'It is the need of the hour to relook at the present system of type approval and conformity of production testing.'

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Ambuj Sharma, additional secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industry, speaks to Sumantra B Barooah, about the plan to upgrad...