Page 11 - Carmakers

Auto sector needs stronger measures to boost positive sentiment: Nissan COO

Ashwani Gupta has worked with Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi alliances for more than a decade

Hyundai India net profit grows 21.5% in 2018-19 despite slow down

The company achieved its highest ever wholesale sales volume--of 52,001 units--in October 2018.

Auto sector welcomes PM Modi's assurance on internal combustion engine cars

India's automobile industry is facing one of the most prolonged slowdowns in two decades. Sales have been in a slow lane for a year

Amid slowing sales, carmakers fear fee hike will further dent demand

The draft notification proposes to increase the registration fees from Rs 1,500 to Rs 20,000 for new M&HCVs and from Rs 1,500 to Rs 40,000 for renewals

Car firms pulled almost 13 models off the road in FY19: Siam report

High discontinuations may be due to stringent norms coming into force soon, say analysts

Here is the future of car sharing, and carmakers have a lot to worry about

Moscow's sharing boom shows how quickly consumers can abandon the traditional car

Carmakers run out of speed in urban markets; rural demand grows

Market leader Maruti Suzuki and its nearest competitor, Hyundai, among others, are seeing a flat performance in urban markets, which account for over two-thirds of sales

In wake of poor festive season demand, carmakers consider bigger discounts

With fuel prices, insurance costs, interest rates going up, carmakers have seen vehicle sales remain almost flat during September and October despite the festive season

Auto numbers have a story to tell

In June 2017, carmakers cut down production due to the provision, that GST would not be available for left-over stock

Carmakers in the slow lane as sales fail to pick up speed in September

Domestic volume dips for the third consecutive month

In a world of robots, automakers hiring more humans, shows report

People still needed amid auto industry's rapid transformation

From Toyota to Maruti, carmakers clock high growth in June on low base

Data available from top six players - Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, M&M, Tata Motors, Honda and Toyota - shows an average growth of about 42 per cent for the industry in June

Single ex-showroom price: Carmakers making a switch to one nation-one price

Toyota Kirloskar is drawing up a road map to implement one nation-one price for all its models here

Car servicing growth zips past sales surge

Korean car maker Hyundai's 1,300 workshops are servicing 520,000 cars every month, 18% more than last year

Single product sales drive carmakers' growth

Reliance on a single model begins at about 40% and goes up to 80 % in case of some companies

Carmakers use big data to drive growth

Millions of car owners are mined to generate leads, pitch sales and get feedback to develop vehicles

Car majors hit top gear in last lap of FY17

With March volumes touching record high since note ban, sales zoomed past 3-mn mark

Carmakers' ride on taxi aggregators gains momentum

Volume of 60,000 units is significantly higher than the 48,000 vehicles sold to aggregators in FY16

Carmakers find Japan's tech talent doesn't come cheap

Japan has had the most severe talent shortages in the world since 2010

Carmakers step up skilling of personnel

Maruti Suzuki, the largest carmaker, has an ambitious target to sell 2 million cars annually by 2020