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...
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BS-VI switchover could bring mega deals for consumers
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...
Tata Motors passenger auto sales down 11% in Jan as finance woes bite
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...
Maruti Suzuki opens booking for Baleno 2019
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...
Booking opens for new WagonR 2019 at Rs 11k, price not revealed
Maruti Suzuki said it has opened booking for its WagonR 2019. Customers can book the car by paying Rs 11,000 at any of the company’s dealer showrooms across India or via the company’s website. The car is expected to be officially unveiled on January 23,...
Maruti Suzuki car prices to go up by up to Rs 10,000 from today
Following the intimation given last month, Maruti Suzuki increased the prices of its cars by up to Rs 10,000 with effect from today. The price change is applicable “for select models owing to increase in commodity prices and foreign exchange rates etc,” said the automaker,...
Mahindra unleashes XUV300 to take on Vitara Brezza, Hyundai Creta
SUV maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, which is feeling the heat from India’s bigger car maker Maruti Suzuki, has announced its latest offering — the five-seater XUV300 — to take on Vitara Brezza, India’s largest selling SUV. The model will be launched in the 1st...
Maruti Suzuki CNG sales on track to jump 54% this year
With rising fuel prices, sales of CNG models are on track to jump 54% this year at India’s biggest car maker, Maruti Suzuki. The company has sold 7.66 lakh units of CNG vehicles in the first eight months of the year, more than the 7.46...
Maruti Suzuki car prices to increase next month
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, said it will increase car prices next month due to increased costs. “Over the past year, the cost of company’s vehicles has been impacted adversely due to increase in commodity prices and foreign exchange rates, etc. “Hence, it has...
Maruti Suzuki Baleno sales rise 20%, hit 5 lakh mark in 3 years
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, said its premium hatchback, Baleno, averaged sales of 13,158 units since launch, crossing the 5 lakh mark this month. Moreover, sales in the first seven months of this financial year have been 20% higher than that in 2017. The...
PHOTO GALLERY: Maruti Suzuki Ertiga gets a Rs 900 cr makeover
Weeks after Mahindra & Mahindra announced the Marazzo, Maruti Suzuki has announced a total revamp of its affordable utility vehicle, Ertiga, at a cost of Rs 900 cr. The company said the vehicle, which has an image of being rather boringly utilitarian due to its...
Maruti Suzuki’s Vitara Brezza sales hit 13,571 per month
Maruti Suzuki is on track to see growth of more than 10% this year in the shipment of its highest-selling premium car ever, the Vitara Brezza. In the first seven months of the year, it has sold 95,000 units of mini SUV, or 13,571 units...
Maruti Suzuki reports flat October auto sales as SUV slows
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, reported flat sales for October. Total sales, including exports, came in 1.47 lakhs versus 1.46 lakhs last year, rising just 0.2% on year. Domestic sales did slightly better than exports as they were up 1.5% at 1.38 lakh. Exports,...
Ciaz 2018 gets 10,000 bookings in first month, says Maruti Suzuki
The 2018 version of Ciaz, the ‘A3’ sedan from Maruti Suzuki, has notched up bookings of over 10,000 in the first month, India’s largest carmaker said. This comes as a relief as the numbers had seen a drastic decline in the run-up to the launch...
Maruti Suzuki’s electric vehicles hit Indian roads for testing
Suzuki, the Japan-based parent of India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki, has started real-life testing of electric vehicles in India. The company had, in September, promised to bring 50 units of its electric vehicles to India for conducting tests in real life conditions. “This extensive real-life...
Eight years later, Maruti Suzuki Eeco cross 5 lakh sales
Maruti Suzuki Eeco, India’s largest selling affordable utility vehicle, has crossed the 5 lakh sales milestone, nearly eight years after it was introduced. The ‘van’ was brought in as a bigger, safer and stronger alternative to the relatively successful Omni. However, Eeco failed to match...
Fitch Ratings changes JLR’s outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’
Fitch Ratings has revised Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc’s outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’, indicating a higher risk of a downgrade in its credit rating in the future. The move comes in the wake of higher investments by the company into research and development and...
JLR sales in China continue to be down, August retail falls 5% overall
Jaguar Land Rover today reported total retail sales of 36,629 vehicles in August 2018, down 4.9% year on year, hit by a 38% fall in sales in China due to ongoing tariff war between the US and China. However, Chinese retail sales showed a slight...
Mahindra Marazzo comes with aggressive pricing of Rs 9.99 lakh
Mahindra & Mahindra has unveiled its next SUV, the Marazzo, at a price that is considerably below what the market was expecting. While the ‘shark-inspired’ UV was supposed to be priced in the same range as the XUV500, the actual starting price is about 20%...
Maruti Suzuki employees contribute Rs 1.5 cr to Kerala Flood relief
Maruti Suzuki, India’s biggest carmaker, said it will contribute Rs 3.5 cr, including employee contributions, to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund in the context of floods in Kerala. “With regard to the recent floods and colossal damages in Kerala, Maruti Suzuki stands with the...