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Auto shares in top gear; Nifty Auto index hit new high

Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki and Escorts hit record highs, while Exide Ind, JK Tyre and Tata Motors touched 52-week highs on the bourses.

Renault hopes to achieve 5% market share by end of 2016

It will launch a 1-litre engine version of Kwid this month

Auto shares gain; Nifty Auto index up nearly 2%

Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Ashok Leyland and Maruti Suzuki were up 1%-4% on the NSE.

Car sales set to touch double-digit growth

With a better sales performance, the industry's April-June growth of 6.66 per cent was also set to improve

Auto sector to begin FY17 with subdued Q1

Subdued demand and rise in commodity costs hit the sector

Maruti jams up industry sales growth rate

Maruti decline sends sector growth below 3%

India's airbag market could touch Rs 2,300 cr by 2020

All new models launched after October 2017 will have to undergo crash tests and post Oct 2018, manufacturers will have to provide airbags and ABS on all models as standard

Promoters of top auto firms to pocket Rs 2,400 cr in dividends

Total dividend income for seven firms grows 25%

Auto component industry to grow up to 10% in 2016-17: Icra

It said given subdued demand and surplus capacities, industry has been in a consolidation mode over last 2 years

Auto, taxi drivers to take out protest march tomorrow

Delhi Auto rickshaw Sangh and Delhi Pradesh Taxi Union have threatened to take their vehicles off the city roads on March 15 and 16