Jaguar Land Rover needs cost reduction

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), owned by Tata Motors needs “cost reduction and reduction of development and productionising time” as there is a sharp fall in luxury vehicle sales due to the global recession. Tata Motors is planning to have all its future cars including Jaguar and Land Rover constructed with light-weight aluminium bodies to reduce …

The history of Tata’s passenger cars

Tata Motors Limited is India’s largest automobile company. Tata Motors was once considered to be just a commercial vehicles producer. The company received overwhelming success with the launch of its first ever attempt at passenger vehicles with the Sierra. Tata Motors is among the top three in passenger vehicles, the world’s fourth largest truck manufacturer, …

New Fiesta SXI from Ford

Ford India launched its new Fiesta SXI. The  new car will be equipped with an advanced and efficient 1.6 Duratec in petrol version and 1.4 Duratorq (common-rail, turbo diesel) in diesel version. The company said that both the engines are more fuel efficient and produce class-leading performance. The new Fiesta SXI will make a statement …

Maruti tastes the success of KB series engines

Maruti Suzuki India has rolled out over one lakh KB series engine. The company’s Gurgaon plant has produced over one lakh KB-series engines, which are installed in the two small cars A-Star and Ritz since its commercial production began in October last year. The KB series engine is a success for the Maruti Suzuki India …

Malaysia’s Proton eyes Indian Market

Malaysian car maker Proton is looking to enter the the Indian auto market. The company is likeky to make a foray in the Indian market with its super mini car Savvy with subsequent launches of its other models Saga and Persona. The car maker is currently looking for a joint venture partner in India to …

Porsche Panamera to come to India

Porsche, the German sportscar maker is looking at new markets in coutries like India and China. The company plans to increase its sales in India through Precision Cars India, the official Porsche importer. The company plans to sell 50 units of its premium luxury sedan Panamera which will debut in the country in the first …

India is RR’s important market

Rolls Royce Motor Cars, the manufacturer of luxury automobiles from the UK sees India as an emerging market for its products in the next five to 10 years. Rolls Royce cars are custom-made at its Goodwood factory in the UK and the company is looking at using its parent BMW’s supplier network in India to …

Tata Motors response to production of LandRover in India

Last week vicky.in reported about the Tata Motors plans to move the production of LandRover to India. http://www.vicky.in/blog/production-of-land-lrx-to-be-shifted-to-india In response to Vicky.in story on shifting of LandRover production to India, Tata Motors says that it has no such plans. Here is the official response from Tata Motors Tata Motors does not have any plan to …

Yamaha gives offers on FZ-16 and FZ-S

The two-wheeler maker, Yamaha has introduced new offers on its FZ-16 and FZ-s to keep going the sales momentum of the bikes. Yamaha FZ-16 Reports say that poor monsoon may affect the two-wheler market. In order to maintain the steady sales growth during monsoon, India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. has announced a couple of offers …