Car News in India

Maruti Suzuki India's flagship car Maruti Swift Dzire has managed the position of number 2 best- selling car in India in March-April this year, while the Maruti Alto is continue managing the position of number 1 best-selling car model in the country. Despite of many of rivals like Honda Amaze, Chevrolet Sail, Toyota Etios etc. the Swift Dzire is reporting tremendous sales response in domestic market and driven past the Swift....  Continue Reading

The second health indicator of the India auto industry is also in the negative as far as the domestic car sales are concerned. Hyundai Motor India had reported an overall increase of 4.3 percent in sales in April this year compared to April 2012 but the Hyundai car sales in India remained down by 7.6 percent. Not only does Hyundai but Maruti India which is seen as the touchstone of the health of the Indian auto industry also reported a sales to be down by 3.1 percent in April this year. Now it is almost six months that the Indian industry is struggling to keep up despite of all odds.....  Continue Reading

Maruti Suzuki India Limited, the country's largest passenger vehicle maker has announced the sales figures for the month of April 2013 with a downfall of 3 per cent. The company sold 97,302 units in April this year compared to total sales of 1,00,415 units in the same month of previous year.  Continue Reading

Nissan, Japanese auto maker revealed on Tuesday that the company has recorded growth of 11 percent in sales in the FY 2012-13 in India. In the previous fiscal year (2011-2012), the company did witness the sale of 33,270 units and during current fiscal year, company sold 36,975 units. While briefing about the sales figures, Nissan Motor India also stated that its flagship model Nissan Sunny sedan sales did account for 24,011 units, the sales figure of the premium compact  Continue Reading

There are quite a few car makers who could pose some excitement in the Indian car industry. Japanese car giant Toyota India is one of them. With its Toyota Etios Liva hatchback and Etios sedan selling well besides an increase in the sales of Toyota Innova and the SUV Fortuner have led the sales into the positive side. Toyota Kirloskar Motor revealed in a report that it sold 19,452 units, in the domestic market during the current year’s month....  Continue Reading

There is little celebration in the Indian car industry and the bruises, blisters of FY 2012-13 still aches the industry. With almost all the major car makers printing their sales reports in red ink, the industry is undergoing a tough phase that is believed to continue for few more months. Maruti India, Hyundai, Tata the three big wigs of the industry have succumbed to low demand and have printed their sales reports with red ink. Meanwhile, Mahindra, Renault, Nissan and Toyota have registered growth in sales. Thus, the car sales in India in March 2013 suggests that despite of high interest....  Continue Reading

It appears that Tata Motors have begun feeling the heat of the economy slowdown as it revealed in the reports that the total sales plunged by 27.59% that also includes the exports related to the passenger vehicles and Tata commercial vehicles, during the previous month, March. Where at one side, company did witness the sale of 72,712 vehicles during the March month of previous year, on the other side, company did witness the sales of 69,160 vehicles during the March month of the current year. If we take a glance on the number of the vehicles being sold, on the individual basis then the....  Continue Reading

Renault India is brimming with joy as the previous month did turn out to be fantastic one, in the context of the sales. According to the latest reports, the company did witness an upward swing of about 8 times in sales during previous month. If we talk in the terms of the number of vehicles that were sold by the company, the number of sold vehicles accounts for 8,232 units in March this year. Amidst various vehicles of the company, SUV Renault Duster did play an important role in....  Continue Reading

The Indian car bazaar is in a bad shape. All the indicators including the health monitor – Maruti car sales, is ill. Maruti car sales are down by 5 percent in March this year. Also, the 2012-2013 FY has been meek for the car maker with a just over 3 percent growth. Maruti Swift Dzire and Maruti Ertiga remained the best selling Maruti cars in India besides Maruti Alto 800 and others. It is believed that, if the....  Continue Reading

It was destined to be successful and it is. Maruti Alto 800 was launched in India on October 16, 2012 and has a price of Rs 2.44 lakh. This Maruti 800 and Maruti Alto F8D amalgamation car is able to secure a place in over 1 lakh homes in four months of its launch. As it is truly said, if it is a Maruti car it will sell well. But there was something in Alto 800 that has greatly helped the car sell amazingly well. As per the views of experts in the field, Maruti 800 was losing sheen but people waited for its replacement.....  Continue Reading

There are only a few car makers in the car industry that are able to sustain a positive growth in this grim economic situation currently in progress in the country and world over. Inflationary pressures, high car loan rates, rise in the price of petrol and diesel and many other factors have just dampened the buying capacity of the people and thus the demand took a sharp decline. But British car maker Jaguar is one that could sustain nearly 32 percent growth in 2012 and is continuing the pace in the opening two months this year. the recent launch of the  Continue Reading

Indian car industry is in a bad shape and there are few cars that are able to help it recover. In February, the car sales have touched new down swing in the last 12 years. The car sales in the country have gone down by over 25 percent which is the first ever worst fall in the last decade. Also February continued to be the fourth month when the car sales have gone down drastically. Thus is it a fall, great fall or just the momentary slump that will be over soon. Though some cars such as Maruti Alto 800, Renault Duster, Maruti Ertiga,  Continue Reading

Amidst the continuously slowing down demand for cars in the Indian auto market, the industry body SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers) has decreased their growth forecast one again. In a statement released on Wednesday SIAM said that Indian automobile industry is likely to miss the target of earning an annual turnover of $145 billion by 2016, under their Automotive Mission Plan 2006-16. This is the second time when growth projection has been lowered by SIAM, from their first projection of 10-12 per cent for 2012-13 in the month of April’12.  Continue Reading

Honda car maker is offering huge discount its popular cars including Honda Brio and Honda City besides the Honda Accord and Civic sedan. The car maker is offering a discount ranging from Rs 10k to Rs 60k. Honda is offering insurance on these cars for just Rs 1 only and the cost of the insurance ranges from Rs 10 k to Rs 60 k on different cars. Notably, Honda is the worst sufferer after Maruti....  Continue Reading

Car makers seem to be in a hurry to encash the project car buying this Diwali. Some car makers such as Tata Motors and Volkswagen among others are offerings their cars on a discounted price already. With this Tata Indica, Volkswagen Polo, Mahindra Verito, Maruti SX4,  Continue Reading