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Bajaj Auto Ltd, India’s No 2 motorbike maker, expects a new bike will boost margins from its motorbike business, with new forays like commercial vehicles contributing to sales, a senior official said.
Bajaj will launch a new 125 cc bike in September aimed at weaning customers from its lower-margin 100 cc bikes, which compete in an […]

The automobile industry continued to reel under high interest rates and lack of demand as combined sales declined by nearly 7% in July this year. Motorcycles took the biggest hit, but passenger cars managed to post double-digit growth.
According to monthly sales data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), on Thursday, overall vehicle […]

Tata Motors Ltd, India’s top bus and truck maker, said on Friday it was looking to expand its auto sales in Southeast Asia and planned to use Thailand as a manufacturing base.
Ajit Venkataraman, Chief Executive Officer of Tata Motors (Thailand), a 70 per cent owned joint venture of Tata Motors, said the company was considering […]

In keeping with its strategy of gradually exiting the 100cc motorcycles segment, two-wheeler major Bajaj Auto on Thursday unveiled a new engine technology, digital twin spark swirl induction (DTSSi), offering fuel efficiency and better performance.

The company’s research and development team has developed the 125cc engine. A new motorcycle – Exceed – would be launched early […]

With car production all set to surge and the industry likely to double sales by 2010, specialised transport solutions are being worked out to maintain the cost-competitiveness of the auto industry.
The total production of passenger vehicles is likely to cross the 3-million mark by 2010 (from 1.4 million in 2006-07), and the big companies are […]

Two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) is betting on the soon-to-be launched 125 cc ‘Xceed’, its first product designed specifically for the middle segment of the motorcycle market, to plump up its bottomline.
The new motorcycle that is slated for a national launch on September 9 has a new Digital Twin Spark - Swirl induction (DTS-Si) […]

Luxury car maker DaimlerChrysler India (DCIL) is planning an entry into the commercial vehicle (CV) segment through its subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso. The world’s largest truck manufacturer, DaimlerChrysler, would be rolling out medium range CVs - trucks and buses - in India from its Mitsubishi Fuso stable.
DCIL managing director and CEO Wilfried Aulbur confirmed that the […]

Royal Enfield Motors (REM), whose motorcycles are priced in the Rs 1 lakh price range, fears no threat from the proposed low cost car from the Tatas since it is not in commuting but in leisure segment, according to Mr Anupam Thareja, Director of REM.
The company, which is planning an investment of about Rs 35 […]