The car alone does not need expansion but its manufacturing facility too. This is what proposed by the Indian pioneer car maker Hindustan Motors.
Hindustan Motors is in the Indian auto industry with its range of vehicles- passenger, premium sedan Lancer-Cedia, Outlander, Pajero, and Montero with the technical tie-up with Mitsubishi, Japan.
The company intends to expand its Tiruvallur facility near Chennai to enhance the production doubly. Another facility is in Uttapara in West Bengal.
The year targeted for this expansion is 2012 and the current 12000 units capacity will see the increase to 24000 units at a minimum investment. The production for the current year is 5000 units, said the company’s VP. The Thiruvallur facility was initiated as a manufacturing unit for earth moving equipment some thirty years ago. It started making of cars from 1998.
This plant is in charge of making Cedia [images], Outlander [images], Pajero and Montero [images] as the Uttapara facility looks after making Ambassador and MUVs, Trekker, Porter and Pushpak. The sale volume of HM last year was 2200 units in domestic market. The company is on the verge of launching Evolution EVOX series in August, he added. This vehicle will be known for its steep performance having 4 seats, 300bhp to deliver a peak horse power.(Mitsubishi to Launch EVO X)