Report From Mozambique (country in southeastern country) – Tata Motors, an automobile major from India has plans to build an assembly line for Tata Vehicles in the Mozambique's Zambezia province. According to the Mozambique's minister for Industry and Trade, discussions have reached "a very advanced stage" with the business people. Government has taken a former textile factory  into consideration for the assembly unit of Tata Vehicles as sufficient levels of water and electricity are available there. When asked about the timelines for the manufacturing plant, the honorable minister stated that there are stages that project needs to go through before making the assembly plant operational. He also stated that Tata Group has already sent a sample of its Tata Nano model to test its compatible with Mozambique's roads. Tata has already started exporting Tata Nano to Sri Lanka and will gradually expand its reach to many more countries around the globe with the popular small car adapted to the rules and norms of the countries where it is to be launched. check out more- Tata Motors India news Tata Motors India Plans Assembly Plant In Mozambique- May assemble Nano There is a post from: Copyrights 2010 CarBlogIndia - All About [...]

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Maruti Suzuki is seriously considering to set up its third production plant state of Gujarat outside of Haryana. In Haryana, Maruti has its plant in Gurgaon and Manesar. The third plant at Gujarat is under serious consideration and planning phase. As per the official statement of the MSIL Chairman Mr. R C Bhargav, there will be a phased implementation of setting up a plant at Gujarat. Gujarat is a favorable location for Maruti because of the state policies, closeness to ports which reduce the logistics costs for export of cars and a well developed industrial eco-system in Gujarat. Maruti will spend a total of Rs. 12000 Crores to develop this plant to its full capacity in the coming years. In first phase, which will be executed in next 5 years (by 2016), the company will spend Rs. 6000 Crores to develop a capacity of 10 Lakh (1 million) cars per year. The development will also include vendor development for supplying parts needed for production. In the second phase, which will take place in the subsequent years, the plant will be further developed to deliver its full capacity of 20 Lakh cars (2 million cars) per year from the Gujarat Facility [...]

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Mercedes Benz sold a total of 561 cars in India in May 2011 compared to 411 cars sold in May 2011 registering a growth of about 36%. Driving this strong growth in May 2011 are the company's best sellers, the C-Class that registered a 45% growth by clocking 314 units (May 2010: 216 units) and the flagship E-Class which grew by 14% at 130 units (May 2010:114 units). In the period from January-May 2011, Mercedes-Benz India grew by an impressive 60% clocking 3233 units as compared to January-May 2010. Mercedes-Benz India's sedan segment comprising C-Class, E-Class & the S-Class grew by 51% in the January-May 2011 period by registering sales of 2830 units (Jan-May 2010: 1873 units). The SUV segment comprising the M-Class and GL-Class also registered a growth of almost 200%. (Jan-May 2011: 344 units; Jan-May 2010: 117 units). Mr. Debashis Mitra, Director- Marketing & Sales, Mercedes-Benz India commented, "Mercedes-Benz performed extremely well in both in the sedan segment as well as in the SUV segment. Our SUV's are synonymous with performance, robustness and versatility, and the growing preference for our SUVs each month is a testimony of this fact. We will continue with our robust performance for the [...]

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Most of the automobile majors from India have reported their official sales figures for the month of May 2011 today. There seems to be a good rise in most of the automobile sales with highest percentage sales being recorded by Skoda India with 100% YoY sales growth and General Motors (Chevrolet) recording the least percentage increase in sales. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. sold most number of cars which is a 104073 in May 2011 compared to 102175 in May 2011 registering a small percentage growth of 1.9% but maintaining its top position in the car sales in India. Tata Motors also saw a rise of sales by about 7.5 percent with 56762 cars sold in May 2011 compared to the 52799 cars in the same month last year. Hyundai Motors India sold 31,123 cars in India in May 2011 registering a domestic sales growth of about 14.6% over May 2010. GM or Chevrolet India reported a sales increase or 104 units by selling a total of 8329 cars in May 2011 compared to 8225 cars in the same month last year. Toyota Motors manages to grow sales by 24% because of its popular small car Toyota Etios which alone clocked about [...]

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Toyota and Honda, the two Japanese multinational automakers are planning to make India as an outsourcing hub for components of their cars. Once executed with this plan, the key components of these cars will be sourced from India to other countries manufacturing units. Presently Toyota have plans to expand to countries like South America and Russia for their Toyota Etios Sedan. The company have also started analyzing the overall market potential in  these countries. When launched, Etios will be manufactured from the parts exported from India. Similarly, Honda is also planning to export components for the Honda Brio in Thailand from its Rajasthan based manufacturing unit. Honda will be launching Honda Brio, a hatchback later this year in India. The two auto majors, Toyota and Honda have already established a vendor base in India and are now planning to export parts to other markets. Toyota and Honda are not the only manufacturers who source components of small cars and are making India an export hub. With the developing economy, lost of human resources, low labour cost and good talent pool, India is one of the preferred destination for automobile industries to develop their manufacturing and component units. Many car are [...]

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Hero MotoCorp (formerly Hero Honda) will launch a Dirt Bike in India by the end of the year 2011. The development of the dirt bike is under progress and has not been officially confirmed as yet. The new dirt bike to be launched in India will be the first dirt bike from India as well as the first launch of Hero MotoCorp under the new brand name after its split from Honda Motors Japan. Hero MotoCorp however will get technology knowhow from the new modes in India until 2014 as per the agreement between Hero Group and Honda. image- Honda Dirt Bike (for illustration only) A dirt bike is a motorcycle designed with a light and powerful engine to run on rough, uneven and  dirt terrains with large suspension travel, high seating, special kind of tyres to grip through loose gravel and muddy terrains, high torque transmission and gear ratios, high mounted exhaust etc.. Hero MotoCorp's dirt bike will attract a lot of eyeballs and attention of the youth interested in motorsports. The dirt bikes may not be a very comfortable commuters, but they are very sporty and are targeted more towards the youth. By launching a dirt bike Hero [...]

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Maruti Suzuki India is like Apple in the gadget industry who like to keep the dates and products away from media and public attention before the official launch. Both Apple and Maruti may have their reasons to keep things under the cover for a while but one thing is common, which is people's interest in the Apple devices and Maruti cars. Maruti Swift 2011 new model is due for launch in India and there is lot of curiosity among the automobile enthusiast and media about the launch date, price and details of this upcoming car. We have already shared the details of the car to major extent, which you can check our here - 10 Reasons To Buy Maruti Swift 2011 New Model Over Old Swift Maruti Suzuki Swift 2011 Vs Existing Maruti Suzuki Swift However major technical details are already in open because the new swift is already launched in European countries and many spy pictures have been floating around the web for a long time now. The details which are yet to be revealed are the prices, details on features and equipment levels and other specific details of India model of Maruti Swift 2011. One of the reasons for [...]

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Maruti Suzuki showcased their Made in India concept small MPV car called the Maruti R3 or R-III in the Auto Expo 2010 in Delhi in January 2010. Since then, the work is in progress to convert that concept vehicle into a production vehicle which is built right and priced right for Indian automobile market. Finally the Maruti R3 MPV seems to be taking shape of a production car with time. Speculation is that the R3 will be launched by end of year 2011 or early 2012. The concept car which Maruti displayed at the Auto Expo was a 3 row 7 seater small car with modern technology and high comfort. The spy pictures of the real car look quite different in terms of quality, which is expected as concept cars do undergo lot of changes before they make it to production vehicle. Scoop Pictures and Features of Maruti Suzuki R3 MPV Team-BHP has revealed these pictures on their forum. The pictures suggests that the Maruti Suzuki R3 MPV will come with the following features: Clean and spacious front row with beige and greyish interiors Chrome door handles on inside Manual transmission Steering mounted controls Large AC vents at the front [...]

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Hyundai India is doing good sales in India with an year on year domestic sales growth of 14.6% in the month of May 2011 which stands at 31,123 cars compared to 27,151 cars sold in May 2010. The sales have been largely boosted by the introduction of all new Hyundai Verna Fluidic 2011 which is creating a lot of buzz in the India auto market. With a high vale for money feature list, high performance and segment leading features, Hyundai Verna is clocking a lot of sales. In just 20 days after the launch, it has clocked over 12,000 bookings !       At present, Hyundai Motors India Ltd. is India's second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter. HMIL's total sales for May, 2011 stood at 47,766 units as against 46,808 units in May, 2010 registering a cumulative growth of 2%. The domestic sales accounted for 31,123 units as against 27,151 units in May, 2010 while the exports dropped by around 15.3% from 19,657 units in May, 2010 to 16,643 units in May, 2011. Commenting on May, 2011 sales, Arvind Saxena, Director – Marketing and Sales, HMIL said, "The market has slowed down considerably after the [...]

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