The company had already identified manufactures who could supply quality spare parts for automobile industry. Products like halogen bulb, electric horns, automotive filters, drive belts, cylinder liners, chains etc. have been identified. More
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Archive for December 26th, 2007
Toyota, already the world’s most profitable and valuable carmaker, said on Tuesday it expects to sell 9.85 million vehicles in 2008, up from an estimated 9.36 million this year - a result that is likely to nudge it past GM’s sales forecast of 9.2 million for 2007. More
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Tata Motors to launch slew of vehicles in 2008
Published December 26th, 2007 in Tata Motors. 0 CommentsMore
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60 car launches planned through 2008
Published December 26th, 2007 in Fiat India, Tata Motors, Volkswagen, Renault and Maruti Suzuki. 0 CommentsAs usual, the biggest action will be in the small car market where global best-sellers will rub shoulders with locally-developed tarmac scorchers. Maruti Suzuki will kick off the action with its Splash and A-Star concept, though the latter would be a predominantly export model. In the premium hatchback category, the Swift, Getz, U-VA troika will face competition from the likes of the Skoda Fabia and the Fiat Grande Punto, though all eyes would definitely be on the Rs 1-lakh car. More
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Despite the overall two-wheeler industry witnessing a negative growth over the last 10 months due to constant decline in motorcycle sales, scooters have managed to buck the trend, thanks to the overwhelming performance of models like Honda Eterno, Activa and TVS Pep Plus. According to the findings of the 2007 Scooter Total Customer Satisfaction (STCS) study by TNS Automotive, Eterno, Activa and the Scooty Pep Plus rank highest in their respective segments.
While Honda Activa tops the ranking in the ungeared segment, TVS Scooty Pep retains its number one slot in the scooterette segment. Hero Honda Pleasure, which debuted at the top of the chart last year, slipped to the second position, primarily due to a relatively poor performance on after sales aspects. More
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Maruti to hike car prices by Rs 4K-12K in January
Published December 26th, 2007 in Maruti Suzuki. 0 CommentsMaruti Suzuki India, country’s largest carmaker will hike prices of its vehicles across different models between Rs 4,000 and Rs 12,000 next week.
The company, which has started its week-long annual plant shutdown, will announce the quantum of increase in prices when it reopens the plant on January 2, sources said.
When contacted, a Maruti Suzuki India official said: “The management has taken a decision formally just before the plant shut-down to hike prices by 2-3 per cent across different models.” More
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In a first, TVS fits ABS in 2-wheelers
Published December 26th, 2007 in Bikes and Tvs motor. 0 CommentsThe Chennai-based TVS Motors is all set to become the first global company to launch anti-lock brake system (ABS) on its two wheelers.
ABS, often referred as a ‘sure braking system’ for automobiles, is a high-tech feature and is currently available in all premium four wheelers and commercial vehicles across the globe. It is gaining immense popularity in India and comes as a standard fitment in all premium cars and high-end trucks and buses. Banking on the rich rewards from this ‘in-demand’ safety feature, TVS is currently testing the indigenously developed ABS technology on its bikes and scooters to reduce multiple vehicle and the run-of-road crashes. More
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A fire broke out in a automobile spare parts shop on the busy Anna Salai here on Monday, damaging goods stored in the ground floor and first floor, fire force personnel said.
The fire force doused the fire after about three hours, the sources said.
Fire service officials got a call about the fire at 11 a.m and rushed to the spot and put out the flames by 2.30 p.m. More
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