Sales of the Maruti's mini-segment cars such as M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, fell by 15.87 per cent
Cumulative sale at India's top six passenger vehicle (PV) makers dropped 0.7 per cent to 267,000 units, from 269,000 a year before.
According to Nasscom, engineering services exports had grown at 13 per cent in 2017 compared to six per cent rise in IT services exports and eight per cent in business process management (BPM). It had also recorded the highest growth in the last three years, reports Debasis Mohapatra.
Tokyo has mostly delivered on that hope, despite some early teething problems.
Cumulative sales of India's top passenger vehicle makers -- Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, Tata Motors, Honda Cars, and Toyota Kirloskar -- increased to 206,418 units in February over 200,322 units in the same month last year, an increase of 3 per cent.
Maruti has announced it will phase out diesel variants from April 1, 2020, when stringent BS VI norms take effect
Tata Motors, Ford, Nissan, Maruti Suzuki, Toyota Kirloskar, BMW, Renault and Isuzu have also announced price hike from next month citing impact of increase in commodity prices and foreign exchange rates.
Increasing the duties on auto parts and putting an additional cess on petrol and diesel could drive up costs of vehicles, specially where volumes are low and localisation is not viable.
The company is currently celebrating the first anniversary of its Camry Hybrid in India during which it has sold 541 units
The pint-sized i-Road has two front wheels that move up and down independently of each other.
The trend is expected to gain momentum as global vehicle makers in India, particularly from Japan, ride on hybrids to meet the more stringent fuel efficiency norms that take effect in 2022.
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It is the global leader in car sales but in India, is a distant fifth.
While Hyundai Motor India reported a marginal growth, Toyota Kirloskar Motor witnessed a dip in sales last month.
Exteriors of Innova always charm the onlookers but this new version has additional features to impress car lovers.
The 2015 Toyota Fortuner is just a minor update.
The radical styling that consists of 17-inch diamond-cut wheel rims and a chrome grill that comes with a sleek coupe-inspired profile -- the kind you'd expect to see in an Acura or a Lexus sports car -- make the Civic one of the best-looking cars on the road today irrespective of price.
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Toyota Motor Corp is betting on pricier premium models offering better safety and quality.
The company aims to contribute a sizeable portion of the Indian passenger car market by 2025, by when it expects the market to touch 10 million units.
Almost every global brand is introducing its vehicles into the Indian car market.
Toyota Motor Corp of Japan, had on March 16 declared a lockout.
Workers' union to hold meeting on Monday to decide when to return to work.
The renewed talks between Toyota Kirloskar Motor management and employees union to end the deadlock over labour issues at two plants near Bangalore have failed.
Two office-bearers of the Toyota Kirloskar Motor Employees Union and eight other employees are staging the strike. Simultaneously, about 1,000 employees, registered with the TKMEU, staged a dharna at the factory gate from 10 am to 6 pm on Wednesday.
Market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai, who together control two-thirds of the domestic market, have not yet firmed up a decision on raising prices.
The double world champion failed to score a point in his final race for McLaren, finishing tantalisingly close in 11th place after making up four positions, but the Spaniard went out fighting to the last.
Toyota Kirloskar Employees Union (TKMEU) on Saturday said they were ready to resume work on March 24 but would not sign any undertaking as desired by the company, which has agreed to lift the lock-out at its two plants in Bidadi near Bangalore following government's conciliatory efforts.
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Of the 6,400 Toyota employees, about 4,000 are union members and the remaining of them are on contract in both the factories.
Workers had stopped production lines to protest a delay in salary hikes after 10 months of negotiations.
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While, on the surface, it seems revolutionarily new, Toyota has essentially plugged in gaps in the Fortuner's package. Tushar Kamath/CarDekho.com drives a Toyota Fortuner 2.8 4x4 AT to find all about it.
Japanese auto major announced top level management changes in its Indian arm with Sandeep Singh, Deputy Managing Director slated to move for a new role in its Asia Pacific operations.
His storied career has included 32 wins, 22 pole positions and 97 podiums so far.
'We have had 27 years of liberalisation and in the same period Korea and Japan and China transformed themselves forever,' says Aakar Patel.
Auto firms have reported a good jump in sales for the month of December
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The identities of the victims have not been disclosed.
Almost 40 per cent of a durable company's sales are achieved during the festival season
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