Car News in India

In addition to luxury and comfort, what the world is looking for in cars is safety. Recently, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, USA has released a list of world’s safest cars. Among the top 13 there are four cars that are also available in India. These include Maruti Kizashi, Honda Accord, Volvo S60 and  Continue Reading

If you have long thought of buying a car and have nearly missed the festive season as well, it is the right time to buy one. Starting January 1, car makers will be increasing the price of their cars by up to 2 percent. Maruti India has decided to increase the price of its cars by up to Rs 20,000 and Toyota cars will be dearer by over 1-2 percent starting next year. Following suit, Honda and Volkswagen will also be thinking on such a move and it is expected that an announcement of the same will be done by these car makers soon. Now that almost all the car makers are going to increase the....  Continue Reading

Maruti is offering a huge discount on its premium sedan Kizashi. As per reports, the car maker is offering as high as Rs 3 lakh discount on the car. The reason is that the Maruti Kizashi sales were dwindling fast and there was no option but to offer a huge discount and at least clear the stock pile. Being a petrol only car Kizashi failed to fetch sales. Also, the car seems to be pricey at Rs 17.12 lakh and is a feeble offering in comparison with  Continue Reading

Maruti Suzuki, the No.1 passenger car producer, received a severe blow as the sales figures in the previous month of October were less than half in comparison to the 2010 sales volumes in the same month. Maruti Suzuki was having a trouble time since last two months due to repeated standoffs by its workforce at its Manesar manufacturing production unit. The strike had resulted in a loss of 80,000 units and an estimated financial loss of 500 million US dollars. Apart from these losses, the firm also had to face the reduction in market....  Continue Reading

Maruti Suzuki, India's top automobile company, has announced that it will resume production from Monday. However, the standoff between the workers and the company still continues. It has now been 18 days since the workers at the Manesar plant, went on strike on August 29. According to some sources, The company's production plants at Manesar and Gurgaon will be closed today and tomorrow. The reason for the same is the ongoing strike at Suzuki Powertrain India Limited. Maruti Suzuki is still intact on the decision of getting....  Continue Reading

As the strike at the Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar plant entered its 11th day, the workers working in 65 different factories in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt halted the production for 2 hours in a tool-down strike this morning to show their support for the strike at Maruti’s Manesar plant. With a little change in the situation, the strike is going on with the production at a complete halt. Even the shares of Maruti Suzuki are affected and they saw a depression of 0.87% at Rs 1,216.95 in the Bombay Stock Exchange. All-India Trade....  Continue Reading

Shinzo Nakanishi, the managing director of Maruti Suzuki, is struggling hard to lure its customers back. India's largest car manufacturer has been a leader in the market for a very long time and now the changing trend is bothering the company’s top position. The reason behind the big change is that Suzuki is a small entity against the global auto sweepstakes. Nakanishi, has been associated with the company since 1970s has been a real monotonous trend. He has been habitual of sitting at the position of No. 7, No. 8 in the....  Continue Reading