Small-car exports to Europe hit a roadblock

Screening of small car exports resulted with scrappage policy in Europe. This has strongly hit the two giants Maruti and Hyundai Motor in India. These two companies were fortunate to have a hike in sales (35-40%) over the last few months due to the incentives disbursed by Germany, France, and the UK. Under this scheme, …

China’s SAIC to buy stake in GM India

Rumors went agog about the Chinese Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. claimed to have got a stable share in the Indian plant of General Motors in Talegaon. This unit is known for its potential of producing 140000 units per year. SAIC is already in business terms with GM in way of Shanghai GM, SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile and …

Tata Manza teaser website is up

As we informed you earlier, Tata will launch the Manza (new Indigo) on October 14th in Mumbai. The teaser website for Manza is already up. Manza teaser website pose questions to the user and participants could win a chauffeur driven Manza a day (weird contest). All you have to furnish is which type of car …

Peugeot contemplating on a come back to India

The French car manufacturer of old times, Peugeot is in a contemplation spirit to revisit India, barely after a long reel of 12 years. To be on the Indian soil in another three to six months, the company is taking stock of the global market especially Brazil, Russia, and China,(BRIC economies) before entering. PSA, as …

Hyundai reaches a rare feat in 11 years

September happened to be a gifted period for Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki, both acquiring a solid number of business. Hyundai, in particular, fetched the highest sales in its presence of 11 years in India. Maruti could sell 83,306 units (surpassing its previous year’s sale in September by 17%). Still it is a shortfall by 1500 …

Maruti to christen new Omni as Eco

You read it first at vicky.in Maruti Suzuki which is developing the new Omni might christen it as “Eco” (hope i heard it right, its not ‘Echo’) . Reliable sources told us the Eco is production ready and will be out soon. We already reported you that Maruti is developing the new Omni (Eco) under …

Maruti plans India

Maruti Udyog Limited in association with Suzuki has swept the car industry in India for the past 25 years. In this moment of achievement, the company is making plans to introduce dual –fuel engine combining the petrol and CNG. If the move materializes, the vehicle owners will be blessed with a saving up to three-fourth …

Mahindra & Mahindra to merge the engine units

The Indian car company Mahindra & Mahindra is on the verge of merging its two engine units into one in a bid to enhance revenue. The unlisted Powerol and the liste Swaraj are the two subsidiaries of M&M engaged in manufacturing engines. The new enterprise will be headed by the MD of Swaraj Motors and …