Auto Industry

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Maruti Suzuki India Ltd Chairman RC Bhargava has urged the Centre and state governments to proceed faster on the road of reforms and increase efforts to make doing business easier, while requesting all political parties to support reforms and programmes that create wealth. In his message to shareholders in the company's annual report for 2025-26, the veteran industry leader also noted that the government, and the opposition, should "ensure that the additional resources that would be generated would be used to create a more equitable and just society". Bhargava also said that considering how the car industry has grown post GST2.0, there could be some changes in the company's longer-term target and "presently, we are estimating that the car industry would grow to 6.1 to 6.3 million by FY 2030-31 and that the share of the small car market would grow significantly faster than what had happened in the last five years". He also reiterated the company's stand on the need to use multiple ..

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Total automobile retail sales in India grew by 25.89 per cent year-on-year to 25,91,138 units in July, continuing with the demand momentum that set in after rationalisation of GST in the latter part of last year, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations said on Thursday. In July last year, total automobile retail sales in India were at 20,58,325 units, Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said in a statement. Passenger vehicles (PV) retail sales were at 4,16,555 units last month as compared to 3,49,674 units in July 2025, a growth of 19.13 per cent, it added. Sales of two-wheelers were at 18,18,289 units in July this year compared to 14,17,767 units in the same month a year ago, up 28.25 per cent, it added. Three-wheeler sales stood at 1,33,778 units last month as compared to 1,15,166 units in July 2025, a growth of 16.16 per cent, FADA said. Commercial vehicles also witnessed a 24.04 per cent rise in retail sales at 99,666 units last month as compared to

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Renault India has reported a 27.9 per cent increase in domestic wholesales at 3,293 units in July 2026 as compared to 2,575 units in the same month last year. The company has registered double-digit year-on-year growth for the eleventh consecutive month, Renault India said in a statement. The performance was supported by sustained demand across Renault India's product portfolio and remained broadly aligned with overall industry growth during the month. "Supported by sustained demand and recent product actions, Renault India remains focused on maintaining its growth momentum and strengthening its presence across key segments of the Indian passenger vehicle market," the company said.

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SUV contribution to Maruti Suzuki's domestic sales has risen from 12 per cent in FY23 to around 30 per cent in the first quarter of FY27

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Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it will challenge an order of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Raipur, that directed the company to replace a customer's vehicle with a new E20 compatible vehicle, citing fuel contamination. The car in the case was an E20-compatible car, fully equipped to handle E20 fuel, and there is evidence of contamination in the fuel collected from the customer's vehicle, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement. "We have learnt of an order by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Raipur, wherein Maruti Suzuki has been directed to replace the customer's vehicle with a new E20-compatible vehicle," it said. The car in this case was an E20 compatible car, fully equipped to handle E20 fuel and so disclosed in the owner's manual, it added. "There is evidence of contamination in the fuel collected from the customer's vehicle. Several other relevant facts have also not been reflected in the order," the company asserted. The state

The BE 6 electric SUV marked the milestone as Mahindra's Chakan plant produced its latest one million vehicles in 27 months, compared with 107 months for the first million