Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd launched the 2018 version of its high-end utility vehicle, the XUV500, with improved interiors and an engine that is about 10% more powerful than the outgoing variant. The XUV500 2018 comes with an mHawk engine that delivers 155…
Maruti Suzuki India said it has become the No.1 utility vehicle brand in India, overtaking long-time incumbent Mahindra & Mahindra in the financial year ended March 2018. The company said it had a 27.5% market share in the UV/SUV space in the…
Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s largest SUV maker, said it will launch a high-end electric car brand in Europe, with the first model out in 2020. The company will leverage the design talent of Pininfarina, an Italian design car designer it purchased three…
Power generation company JSW Energy Ltd said it has appointed auto industry veteran Sergio Luiz Pegoraro Rocha of Brazil to head its upcoming electric vehicle unit. In his previous stint, he was President, CEO and Chairman of GM Korea (General Motors, Korea),…
Mahindra Group and Ford Motor Company will jointly develop new SUVs, and a small electric vehicle as part of several initiatives announced today between the two companies. The two companies signed five new memoranda of understanding (MoU) that they said will further…
Automaker Mahindra & Mahindra said it will invest Rs 500 cr at its Chakan plant in Maharashtra for product development and capacity enhancement in its electric vehicle operations. The investment is in addition to the Rs 6,500 cr expansion program that is…
Luxury automaker BMW launched its M3 Sedan and the new BMW M4 Coupé in India at prices of Rs 1.3 cr and Rs 1.33 cr excluding taxes. The prices include GST, but exclude road tax, RTO fees and other local taxes, levies…
Maruti Suzki today unveiled the most anticipated new car in years, the new Swift, with a promise of 12.7% more mileage and 28% more luggage space than the outgoing version. The petrol version of the new Swift has been priced between Rs…
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, said it has raised the prices of its models by Rs 1,700 to Rs 17,000. The cheapest models, such as Alto, will see the lowest increase in price and the most expensive models, such as the Vitara…
The Tata Motors Group global wholesales in December 2017, including Jaguar Land Rover, rose 23% to 1.17 lakh. In November, it had risen 22% to 1.12 lakh and and by 2.7% to 1.04 lakh in October. Wholesales of commercial vehicles rose 53%…
As part of its efforts to set up a city-wide network of electric vehicle charging stations, Tata Power announced that it has set up two more electric vehicle charging stations in Mumbai, its first on third-party compounds. The two charging stations have…
India faces steep odds in its race to meet its solar power addition targets for the current year. Last year, the country had added only 5.53 GW of incremental solar power capacity against a target of 6 GW. This year, the target…
Tata Motors today announced that the Company would be increasing prices of its entire passenger vehicles range by up to Rs 25,000, starting January 2018. The company attributed the increase in price is to “rising input costs.” “The changing market conditions, rising…
Tata Motors said its overseas subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover saw retail sales grow 0.2% in October to 46,418 vehicles. Jaguar retail sales were down 14.3% to 12,336 vehicles in October, primarily reflecting lower sales of the Jaguar XE, said Tata Motors. Land…
Maruti Suzuki said it sold 1 lakh units of the 2017 Dzire sedan in just five-and-a-half months after it was released, making it the first car ever to do so. Dzire, built over the Swift platform, was initially targeted at those who…
WagonR, which was India’s ‘big’ small car for over a decade, has become the third car to cross the 2 mln sales milestone, Maruti Suzuki said. Launched in 1999, WagonR and Hyundai’s Santro were the most affordable cars after Maruti 800 and…
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, has started taking orders for the 2017 variant of S-Cross, its ‘crossover’ SUV. Booking can be done for an initial payment of Rs 11,000 at any of its 280 NEXA showrooms, or by logging on to…
Czech automaker Skoda has dispelled the uncertainties around the introduction of its performance sedan range, the Octavia RS series, by bringing the RS 230 to India. The model is the most powerful car launched by the company in India and comes with…
Tata Motors passenger and commercial vehicles total sales including exports rose 14% in August, while domestic sales rose 26%. The company sold 48,988 vehicles in the month, out of which 45,906 were sold in India. It said it found “growing demand across…
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, one of the biggest Indian automakers, reported stronger sales for its SUVs. Total utility or SUV sales for the company came in at 18,225 units, up 7% from 17,119 in August last year. With this, the company has…
