Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, said customers can now request paid and free services and repairs for their cars at their home. The company announced a new doorstep service called ‘service on wheels’. The facility will be available for both regular cars as well as those sold via NEXA dealerships. This will not only benefit […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, released the ‘first sketch’ of XL6 — its ‘premium three-row vehicle’ that is likely to take on the likes of XUV500 and Toyota Innova. The XL6 is based on the Ertiga platform, but offers upgraded features and is more ‘sporty’ with greater ground clearance than the Ertiga. The Ertiga itself […]
Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India’s largest car and SUV makers, announced that the prices of its cars and SUVs will jump by up to Rs 36,000 due to new safety norms that kick in from July 1. The biggest price increases will be felt on cheaper and older models such as Scorpio, Bolero, TUV300 […]
Jaguar Land Rover, the UK subsidiary of Tata Motors, reported a decline of 12.2% in retail sales in May due to ‘lower sales in China, overseas market and Europe’. It sold 42,370 units in May 2019, down 5,911 units from the same month last year. This compares to a decline of 13.3% posted in April […]
Jaguar Land Rover, the UK subsidiary of Tata Motors, reported a decline of 13.3% in retail sales in April due to ‘lower sales in China, overseas markets and Europe’. It sold 39,185 units in April 2019, down 5,995 units from the same month last year. This compares to a decline of 8.2% posted in March […]
Indian car manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra reported a decline of 7% in sales of its utility vehicles in April. It sold 18,884 utility vehicles in the month, down by 523 units last year. Its competitor, Maruti Suzuki, on the other hand, witnessed an increase of 6% in the utility vehicle segment in April, though the […]
Maruti Suzuki reported for April one of the worst set of auto sales numbers in recent quarters, with total sales falling by a whopping 17.2%. All passenger vehicle categories, except the Utility Vehicle segment that includes Ertiga, showed declines. Utility vehicles reported a year-on-year increase of 5.9% to 22,035 units. The segment also includes the […]
Indian car manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra said it signed a deal with Ford India to jointly develop and supply a midsize sports utility vehicles, the C-SUV. As per the agreement, Ford and its affiliate companies will invest Rs 680 crores for the development of vehicles over a period of 10 years. The number of SUVs […]
Maruti Suzuki India has claimed top position for its premium sedan Ciaz for the year ended March, indicating that it beat long-time incumbent Honda City and new challenger Hyundai Verna. India’s largest carmaker claimed a market share of 30% for Ciaz in the “premium sedan” segment. The premium sedan segment excludes the likes of Honda […]
Automobile manufacturer Maruti Suzuki said that its Celerio models crossed the one lakh annual sales milestone. Celerio sold 1.03 lakh units of vehicles in 2018-19, an increase of 10% from previous year. Apart from Celerio, other Maruti Suzuki cars in the club of over 1-lakh sales include Vitara Brezza, Dzire, Baleno, Swift, WagonR and Alto. […]
Global wholesales of Tata Motors Group, including Jaguar Land Rover, declined 5% in March this year. The group sold 1.45 lakh vehicles during the month. Last week, Tata Motors had announced that its domestic retail sales had dropped by 1%, or 700 units, to 68,709 owing to ‘weaker consumer sentiments’. In the wholesale numbers, commercial […]
The global wholesales of Tata Motors Group, including Jaguar Land Rover, declined 9% in February this year. The group sold 1,10,262 units of vehicles last month, Tata Motors said in a statement. Global wholesales of all Tata Motors’ commercial vehicles and Tata Daewoo range in February this year were at 84, 512 numbers, lower by […]
India’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd launched WagonR S (Smart)-CNG, with 26% more mileage than the existing model. The CNG powered WagonR, with its 1-litre engine, will offer a mileage of 33.54km/kg, the company said. With CNG priced at Rs 44.70 per kg, that works out to a fuel cost of only just […]
Tata Motors’ newly launched SUV, Tata Harrier, sold around 1,600 units in the very first month since its launch on January 23. The company had sold 420 units of the SUV in the first ten days. Harrier, the company’s latest attempt to crack the SUV market after models like Safari, Hexa and Aria, is also […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest auto maker, reported a marginal decline in its February 2018 sales, as exports fell 20% and domestic market sales rose 0.9%. Total vehicle sales, including exports, were down 0.8% at 149 lakh compared to February 2018. The monthly performance is largely similar to what was seen in January, when domestic market […]
Maruti Suzuki today revealed more details about IGNIS 2019, the latest version of its small car targeted at millennials. The car has been in the news for the last two days after it was spotted at dealerships over the weekend. India’s largest carmaker said the new version of IGNIS, a car that has not exactly […]
The introduction of BS-VI fuel standard a year from now is expected to make small diesel engines too expensive to be of practical use and push the market for smaller vehicles towards petrol, CNG and electric vehicles, automaker Mahindra & Mahindra said. Managing Director Pawan Goenka said the share of diesel engines in cars has […]
Consumers planning to purchase a vehicle towards the end of this year may consider postponing their purchase as automakers may offer big discounts in February and March in an attempt to flush out old stock ahead of the shift to BS-VI fuel standards. According to a judgement by the Supreme Court, no automaker can sell […]
As muted consumer sentiments continued in January 2019, Tata Motors Commercial and Passenger Vehicles Business sales in the domestic market witnessed a drop of 8% at 54,915 units as against 59,441 units sold over last year. The cumulative sales for the domestic market (April 2018 -January 2019) grew by 21% with 552,887 units as compared […]
Maruti Suzuki said it has opened booking for Baleno 2019 edition. The car, which falls into the mid-range hatchback category, can be booked at any NEXA showroom by paying Rs 11,000. Just days ago, Maruti Suzuki had opened booking for the new WagonR. Baleno is targeted at customers who want something a little more ‘premium’ […]
