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“We will launch a high-end crossover vehicle, Morano, along with the new Xtrail and a new Teana sedan, which could be launched in 2009,” Kimura said
The Japanese auto major aims to achieve a 10 per cent market share in the Indian passenger car market
Another British icon has gone the Chinese way. We are talking about taxis. They are now not being made in Britain, but at a sprawling factory in the lush green suburbs of Shanghai
The talks between the West Bengal government and the opposition Trinamool Congress, to be presided over by Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, for resolving the standoff over Tata Motors' factory in Singur, was deferred till 4 p.m. Friday after just a few minutes in the morning
“Raw material prices continue to be at the higher end, but we are not looking at raising prices immediately,” Maruti Suzuki Managing Director Shinzo Nakanishi said
Tata did not specify whether the Nano would roll out from the beleaguered Singur plant, or any of its other facilities elsewhere. The car is scheduled to roll out by October
The Focus Product scheme was aimed at giving a thrust to the manufacture and export of certain industrial products that could generate large employment per unit of investment
An anticipated surge in the construction of nuclear power plants in India, should the deal go through, has prompted several large manufacturers to draw up blueprints to supply critical components for such reactors
The company has indicated it will take another two years to launch the electric Indica locally. It will be launched in Norway next year
The Nano plant in Singur would not be the first that Tata walks out on. The $60bn group has on many occasions taken such tough decisions in the past as well
The company's top brass also pointed out that India would become a export base for the company in the coming years as it increases the capacity of the newly commissioned car and engine plant in Talegoan, Maharashtra
The lacklustre performance in new car sales is not reflected in used cars where sales have grown by over 20 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal
The company sees a greater focus on fuel-efficient small cars, but has no plans to launch an ultra-cheap small car like Tata's Nano
Pantnagar in Uttarakhand is being speculated to emerge as the alternative site for Tata Motors' to churn out Nano from. The company manufactures about 250,000 units of Ace and Magic vehicles over 1,000 acres in an industrial estate in the state. The state also houses its vendors' park spread across 300 acres
German auto giant Mercedes-Benz is contemplating setting up a plant in Pune to manufacture engines, gearboxes and other components at a whopping investment of Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 crore
Unlike Maruti 800s sold in the domestic market, the HMIL car would cater to domestic and export markets, says a company spokesman. By the time this car will be launched in the Indian market, the demand for small cars will be about two million units
A total of 59,944 passenger cars like Alto, Swift, Wagon-R and M-800 were sold in August, 2008 as against 53,351 in the corresponding month of last year
Initially, the company will export 60,000 cars from 2010, which would gradually increase to 180,000
Critically expressing her willingness for a settlement brokered through mediation by a person, who was neither from industry nor from politics, Mamata invited the West Bengal government for talks
If the agitation continues next week, the company will be forced to cut employee strength to avoid financial losses and human capital wastage
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said his government would welcome the Tatas if they expressed interest in setting up their factory for the Nano car project in the state
The External Affairs Minister says the state government and the Tatas will have to sort out the problems themselves
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