ACI Bureau Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group, a leading manufacturer of automotive safety & security Systems, driver information & telematics systems, and interior systems with a specially dedicated aftermarket wing, is looking to increase its focus on quality. Currently operational from 32 plants located in India, Germany, Poland, Indonesia, Vietnam, Uzbekistan with office in Japan & Russia, the Group has[Read More…]
April 2015 Subscription Form Online Subscription Positive Outlook The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a surprise repo rate cut by 25 basis points in March, which was not made during the regular cycle for monetary policy decisions and announcements. Earlier, in January, RBI had lowered the repo rate from 8% to 7.75%. Both rate cuts this year were outside[Read More…]
Scania Commercial Vehicles India Private Limited, inaugurated its bus manufacturing facility in Narasapura near Bangalore. The plant was inaugurated by The Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India, Shri. Nitin Gadkari. The bus manufacturing plant’s current capacity is about 1,000 units per year and will employ 300 people in its first year. Martin Lundstedt, President and CEO, Scania CV[Read More…]
Since its launch in 2001 the Bajaj Pulsar has created, defined and expanded the sports motorcycle market in India. Today, Pulsar sells more than 55,000 units every month in the domestic sports motorcycle market with a market share of 43% making it India’s no.1 Sports bike for 14 years in a row. Bajaj R&D has constantly innovated to ensure that[Read More…]
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd., the 100% subsidiary of Honda Motor Company, Japan will expand the annual production capacity of its third 2-wheeler production plant, which is currently under operation. This plant is located at Narsapura near Bengaluru in Karnataka. It started operations in June 2013 with an annual production capacity of 1.8 million units. For expansion, Honda[Read More…]
Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer and current market leader in India has charted aggressive plans for India. The company is geared up to launch 10 new cars this year, which will include at least one new car in each segment of their comprehensive product portfolio. The company has already launched Audi R8 LMX – the most powerful and fastest[Read More…]
Delphi Automotive PLC will demonstrate the full capabilities of its active safety technologies with the longest automated drive ever attempted in North America. The coast-to-coast trip was launched near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on March 22 and covered approximately 3,500 miles. During the cross-country trek, the vehicle was challenged under a variety of driving conditions from changing[Read More…]
BorgWarner supplies its GenV all-wheel drive (AWD) coupling for the BMW Group’s all-new 2 Series Active Tourer. The electro-hydraulically actuated AWD coupling automatically distributes power between the front and rear wheels of BMW brand’s first-ever front-wheel drive vehicle. In addition to optimizing traction and vehicle dynamics under almost all conditions, the GenV AWD technology enhances the vehicle’s driveline efficiency and[Read More…]
Continuing with initiatives as part of its Horizonext strategy, Tata Motors today announced the roll-out of a nationwide Mega Service Camp for passenger vehicles. This free service camp will be held from 20th to 26th March, 2015, across 570 dealerships and Tata Authorised Service Centres in India and will cater to all Tata Motors’ passenger car and utility vehicle owners.[Read More…]
March 2015 Subscription Form Online Subscription First Milestone As we go to press, the Budget papers are still not ready to get into the holy satchel that Finance Minister Arun Jaitely would carry, to present the Budget to Parliament. However, the Minister would have presented the financial document by the time you read this column. Till the last minute, the[Read More…]
