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On Tuesday ACMA said the turnover of the automotive component industry fell 3 per cent year-on-year at Rs 3.4 lakh crore ($45.9 billion) in FY21. (Twitter)

Auto component industry turnover falls for 2nd year

This is for the second year in a row that the industry’s turnover mov-ed to the negative zone

04 Aug 2021 2:26 AM

Sales at Maruti Suzuki, the maker of popular models Swift and Baleno, jumped 39 per cent to 1,41,238 units last month as against 1,01,307 units in July 2020. (PTI)

Carmakers report healthy July sales

Top automakers clocked high double-digit car sales growth on the back of continued demand recovery and stability in macro-economic factors

02 Aug 2021 12:27 PM

The top 10 carmakers who produce 97 per cent of the total domestic sales clocked a 24 per cent growth in domestic volumes in February. (Representational image)

Cars regain speed, clock 24% growth in February

Maruti Suzuki, India’s biggest car maker by sales, said it sales in February jumped 11.8 per cent to 1,52,983 units from 1,36,849 units

02 Mar 2021 8:17 AM

Mahindra looks to give up control of Ssangyong

Mahindra, which owns a 75 per cent stake in SsangYong, rescued the sport-utility vehicle (SUV) maker from near-insolvency in 2010

13 Jun 2020 7:38 PM

British carmaker Mini, owned by BMW, has expanded its Clubman car range with the launch of Mini Clubman Indian Summer Red Edition priced at Rs 44.90 lakh pan India.

Mini Clubman Indian Summer Red launched at Rs 44.90 lakh

The Clubman also comes with multiple driving modes that sets up the vehicle for ride comfort, sportiness or efficiency.

25 Feb 2020 12:55 AM

With BS-6 emission norm being implemented from April 1, Volvo Cars has revised its XC40 compact luxury SUV.

First Drive: Volvo XC40 T4 petrol is driver’s delight

The Swedish compact luxury SUV offers four drive modes such as Eco, Comfort, Dynamic and Off-road.

25 Feb 2020 12:52 AM

After Tata Nexon and Tata Altroz, Mahindra’s XUV300 has become the third made-in-India, sold-in-India model to receive a 5-star adult occupant protection rating in the Global NCAP crash tests, signifying the strides made by home-grown companies in making safer passenger vehicles in India.

Vehicles getting a lot more safer now

The UK-based Global New Car Assessment Programme is the world’s car safety watchdog.

19 Feb 2020 6:53 AM

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the Tata Motors-owned British luxury marquee, on Thursday launched the heavily refreshed Land Rover Discovery Sport SUV to boost sales in a depressed economy.

JLR drives in new Discovery Sport

In India, the new SUV competes with BMW X3, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Audi Q5 and Volvo XC60.

14 Feb 2020 2:07 AM

Audi drives in new flagship A8 L sedan

The new Audi A8 L not only boasts of a fresh design language but also gets a plethora of luxury features and customisation options.

12 Feb 2020 1:00 AM

Electric car: Future of motoring

Green cars were the dominant theme at the India’s biggest motor show 2020.

12 Feb 2020 12:56 AM

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan poses infront of the all new Creta SUV

Car cos put on a brave face

The motor show is now open for general public till February 12.

07 Feb 2020 2:07 AM

The Budget on Feb 1 has extended Rs 1.50 lakh benefit on interest paid on affordable housing loans by a year to March 2021 and also given gave tax holiday for another year to affordable housing developers to boost housing in the country.

Affordable housing gets tax holiday

In order to ensure that more persons avail this benefit and to further incentivise the affordable housing.

02 Feb 2020 3:37 AM

Rahul Bajaj, JLR’s Speth to retire

In 2005, Rahul Bajaj started passing the baton of the company to son Rajiv Bajaj.

31 Jan 2020 1:38 AM

At a time when mass car market is bleeding, the appetite of the rich and famous is only growing in India to lap up luxury super sport cars priced over Rs 3 crore. (Representational Image)

Appetite for luxury racing cars on the rise

It sold 50 units of Lamborghini Urus SUV in India till September 2019, priced at Rs 3.12 crore.

30 Jan 2020 1:42 AM

Maruti Suzuki, India's biggest carmaker, on Tuesday reported a 5 per cent jump in net profit for the third quarter of October-December at Rs 1,565 crore from Rs 1,489.3 crore in the same period last year.

Maruti Q3 profit rises 5 per cent

Realisations declined 5.7 per cent sequentially to Rs 4.7 lakh per unit during the December quarter.

29 Jan 2020 1:46 AM

Tata Power, which has set up 100 charging stations in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad, will add another 300 by the end of March 2020.

Tatas building EV ecosystem to boost sales

The auto major is also working with Tata Autocomp for the localisation of battery pack assembly and motor assembly.

29 Jan 2020 1:45 AM

The ZS EV Excite variant is priced at Rs 20.88 lakh while ZS EV Exclusive costs Rs 23.58 lakh.

MG Motor launches electric SUV ZS EV at Rs 19.88 lakh

For customers who booked it before Jan 17 got a special discount of Rs 1 lakh at Rs 19.88 lakh at New Delhi showroom.

28 Jan 2020 12:59 AM

The Carnival offers the option of choosing from 7-, 8- or 9-seats.

First Drive: A luxury MPV

The Carnival is meant for buyers who want something luxurious.

28 Jan 2020 12:57 AM

The New Delhi-based car maker, which opened the pre-bookings for the MG ZS EV on December 22, closed it on January 17 to meet timely delivery to buyers.

MG Motor’s e-SUV makes a splash

Buoyed by the strong response for the electric SUV, the company has decided to prepone the launch of the SUV from January 27 to January 23.

20 Jan 2020 1:41 AM

Martin Schwenk, MD & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India with ‘EQ’.

Mercedes launches EQ electric in India

Mercedes-Benz has already started production of its first electric car EQC which has a range of 400 km on a single charge.

15 Jan 2020 1:16 AM

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