Text : Bhargav TS Stanadyne, manufacture of diesel and gasoline systems will be launching new fuel injection system for the sub 50 HP engine market that will decrease particulate emissions by 50%. The system is also capable of enhancing the fuel efficiency by 8%, which helps the end user to save the fuel bills. The company recently launched its next-generation[Read More…]
German luxury carmaker BMW has increased the level of localisation in its cars assembled at the Chennai plant by upto 50%. The Managing Director of BMW Plant Chennai Robert Frittrang explained Bhargav TS on the strategy and the challenges faced during the localisation program. Edited excerpts: Q: Congratulations on achieving 50% localisation, so what is your next target? Frittrang: Always[Read More…]
Text: Bhargav TS The 6 South Indian states; Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana differ in language, food and in culture but it shares a commonality by having enormous talent pool, quality engineering and manufacturing. This helped them to have global companies R&D centres and manufacturing facilities in these states. According to experts the quality of the[Read More…]
Mahindra has announced the name for its all-new compact sub 4-meter SUV. This new car will be called the TUV3OO and will feature a 1.5-litre engine to avail of the excise duty cuts. The new SUV will go up against the Ford EcoSport and will be launched in mid-September. The new compact SUV, the Mahindra TUV3OO follows the XUV5OO nomenclature[Read More…]
Growing challenges… Globalisation is pushing auto majors to consolidate, to upgrade technology, enlarge product range, access new markets and cut costs. They have resorted to common platforms, modular assemblies and systems integration of component suppliers and e-commerce. The component industry is undergoing vertical integration resulting into emergence of systems and assembly suppliers rather than individual component suppliers. Thus, while most[Read More…]
Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp (HVCC), automotive thermal systems provider, has received approval from shareholders to change its corporate name to Hanon Systems. The new name and identity follows the transfer of majority ownership of the company in June, and appointment of the new CEO. Visteon Corp sold its 70% ownership interest in HVCC to Hahn Auto Holdings (50.5% ownership) and[Read More…]
French tyre maker Michelin today launched its new X MULTI range of tubeless radial tyres targeting Indian commercial vehicle market. The new tyre is specially engineered and produced at its Chennai plant that currently manufactures tyres for medium and heavy commercial vehicles (M&HCV). The new tyre comes in 2 models: Z (steer axle) and D (drive axle) offering Indian fleet[Read More…]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), a leader in Indian automobile industry has launched its best in class sales channel NEXA in New Delhi. MSIL always pioneers in experimenting different strategies to attract customers and unambiguously will hi-five its success on all its experiments. NEXA a sales channel is architected to quench the customer’s pampering thirst. Indian car buying segment is[Read More…]
BMW always epitomes its models with significant characteristics and attributes. The recently launched second generation BMW X6 claims to be the the world’s only sports activity coupe equipped with xDrive40d variant with the 3-litre twin-turbo in-line six diesel engine which churns out 313HP of total power and 630Nm of maximum torque and is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. BMW’s[Read More…]
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) has launched its new 110cc Livo. Livo is powered by the proven 110cc 4-stroke engine that comes with magnificent enhancements with advance design and practicality. With an improved combustion efficiency the Livo will deliver a claimed mileage of 74kmpl. The new Livo is available in 2 variants — a self-start equipped, drum[Read More…]
