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What would you be driving in 2010? Confused? Just check out some of these magnificent concept cars that are being showcased at this year’s New York Auto show which opened on Friday. More
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Auto parts maker Rane Madras Ltd said on Monday it plans to sell 63,162 square feet of land in Chennai city. More
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With the who’s who of the automobile world making a beeline to India, the question on every true-blue biker’s lips is: “Why isn’t Harley here?” It’s close to two years since Autocar India’s exclusive interview with Harley-Davidson’s vice-president Timothy Hoelter when he came India-visiting. He had said then: “We believe our motorcycles could be sold […]

Cummins has said it has acquired the remaining equity ownership in Tata Holset from the Tata Group of Companies.
Cummins’s subsidiary, Cummins Turbo Technologies and the Tata Group have manufactured turbochargers through a 50:50 joint venture agreement since 1994. Cummins recently announced a unified branding strategy to align all of its family of businesses under the […]

Greaves Cotton has acquired Bukh-Farymann Diesel GmbH, a diesel engine manufacturing company in Germany.The value of the acquisition has been estimated at Rs 25 crore.Greaves’ first acquisition abroad, was made through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Greaves Cotton Netherlands B. V. Farymann, a profit-making company, is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of Farymann diesel engines and […]

Last month, the highest selling car manufacturer in the country added yet another feather to its cap. Maruti Udyog’s compact offering, Alto has become the first car in India to sell two lakh units in the domestic market in a single financial year, or 11 months to be precise. In fact, the past five months […]

Faridabad-based Sterling Tools plans to focus on high value and specialised fasteners and increase the share of these products to over 80 percent of total revenues. ‘This will give us a more profitable product-mix in an increasingly competitive fasteners segment in domestic markets, said Director, Sterling Tools, Atul Aggarwal. The company profitability has been under […]

Pune based commercial vehicle body builder Kailash Vahan Udyog has entered into a technical tie up with Turkish body building firm Katmerciler for manufacturing compactors for domestic and export market.
The tie up and manufacturing envisages investments of around Rs 3 to 4 crore and will initially entail manufacturing around 15 garbage compactors on a trail […]

With a view to enhancing its presence in the auto sector, Microsoft is working aggressively towards offering in-car intelligence solutions and applications at the shopfloor.
Director, WW Automotive & Industrial Equipment, Microsoft, Dr Manuel Simas spoke to Auto Monitor on the sidelines of Microsoft-Frost & Sullivan’ automotive roundtable about how Microsoft would unlock value and increase […]

The automotive industry is a key contributor to the Indian economy, accounting for about 4 percent of the GDP. The last few years have seen greater integration of the Indian industry with its global counterparts.
What is interesting about this is that a large part of the industry has seen significant changes. While the changes have […]