Backed by ever growing customer demand and its additional production capacity unleashed from the fourth plant, Honda Motorcycle & and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) continued to breach its own sales highs ahead of the festive season in August, 2016. After crossing the 4.5 lac sales mark in July 2016; monthly sales of Honda 2Wheelers India zoomed to reach close[Read More…]
India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. announced 22% growth in domestic sales (including Nepal) in August 2016, selling 74868 units as against 61440 units sold last August. The company continues to maintain an upward trend in sales at the back of its superb product line-up with the addition of the newly-launched disc brake variant of the Cygnus Alpha scooter and the[Read More…]
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has re-elected Vinod K Dasari, Managing Director, Ashok Leyland as the President of SIAM. Ravinder Pisharody, Executive Director (Commercial Vehicles), Tata Motors will continue to serve as Vice President, SIAM and Kenichi Ayukawa, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Maruti Suzuki India, retains his position of treasurer, SIAM.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) India today announced the arrival of two global SUV icons: the Jeep® Wrangler and Jeep Grand Cherokee. FCA, which owns the Jeep brand globally, will bring the two models to India as direct imports (Completely Built Units). The company will add another vehicle to this line-up, an all-new, premium Jeep SUV, when local production startsat its[Read More…]
Shell India today announced the opening of its fuel station in the Uttarahalli area of Bengaluru city. The latest development takes Shell’s total operational fuel stations in India to 83, of which 30 are in Karnataka. With the opening of the Uttarahalli fuel station, Shell now has 28 fuel stations in Bengaluru. Shell is currently present across the six key states of Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra,[Read More…]
Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), the apex body of the Auto Component Industry in India, today hosted its 56thAnnual Session & National Conference. ACMA’s Annual Session was addressed by key ministers and eminent leaders from the automotive industry which included Anant Geete, Hon’ble Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Government of India, Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Union[Read More…]
Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), the apex body representing India’s auto component manufacturing industry, announced the appointment of Rattan Kapur, Chairman & Managing Director, Mark Exhaust Systems Ltd. as the President of ACMA and Nirmal K. Minda, Chairman & Managing Director, Minda Industries Ltd. as the Vice President, ACMA for the term 2016-17. The announcement was made at[Read More…]
Car transmission can be broadly classified as manual transmission (MT) and automatic transmission (AT). With the Indian market being highly price conscious, it has primarily relied on manual transmission owing to lower cost (both upfront as well as over lifecycle towards maintenance expense) whereas automatic transmission was generally restricted to premium vehicle catering to a select audience. Worsening traffic[Read More…]
With a continuing focus on making access to sales and aftersales touch points easier for its customers, Nissan India today inaugurated its new dealership Vignesh Moteurx Pvt Ltd. in Puducherry. The newly-opened showroom occupies a spacious 4,000 square feet and is located at a prime location: 10, East Coast Road, Paccamuddiyanpattu (near Kokkupark), Lawspet, Puducherry. The facility’s display area[Read More…]
Tata AutoComp Systems Limited to acquire TitanX – a leading global engine cooling supplier TitanX is a leading engine and powertrain cooling solutions supplier to the Commercial Vehicle industry having plants across North America, South America, Europe and China with sales of approximately USD 200 million. TitanX is currently owned by EQT Opportunity and Fouriertransform. Speaking on the occasion, Praveen[Read More…]
