Isuzu Motors

Isuzu Motors India on Wednesday said it has appointed Takeshi Hirano as its Deputy Managing Director. The company, a subsidiary of Isuzu Motors Ltd, Japan, said Hirano succeeds Toru Kishimoto who will assume a new assignment at the parent company. Hirano brings an experience of over two decades in distribution and marketing across global markets for Isuzu, working in various capacities overseeing operations in different markets for Isuzu Motors and Mitsubishi Corporation, the company said. "He also possesses strong familiarity with the Indian market, having previously served at Isuzu Motors India as Vice President' Sales and Marketing, where he played a pivotal role in setting the foundation in the Indian market," it added.

M&M has a 52 per cent share in the sub-3.5T light commercial vehicle (LCV) market. With this transaction, M&M expects to double its market share in the >3.5T segment to 6 per cent initially

Driving Isuzu Motors India's success is its lineup of the rugged D-Max Highlander, the versatile D-Max S-Cab, the popular D-Max V-Cross, and the MU-X SUV, which competes with the Toyota Fortuner

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Utility vehicle maker Isuzu Motors India has inaugurated its new dealership in Tamil Nadu under its plan to strategically expand its network across the country, a top official said. The company, a subsidiary of Isuzu Motors Ltd, Japan has set up its 3S -- sales, service, and spares -- dealership named Kaveri ISUZU in Tiruchirappalli. Marking the inauguration of the outlet, company officials handed over the keys of an Isuzu D-MAX pickup to the first customer on Friday, a press release said. With the addition of the new dealership in Tiruchirappalli, Isuzu Motors India has increased its presence to four outlets, after setting up similar dealerships in Chennai, Madurai, and Coimbatore. "While we are strategically expanding our network across the country, we are also strengthening our presence in each market with more dealer outlets to increase our reach to our customers. We are witnessing an immense potential for our products in the region, both in the personal segment and especially

Japanese firm, whose stake is valued at Rs 734 cr, is talking to several potential investors including JBM Auto, a media report said on Friday

Isuzu Motors India on Tuesday said it has appointed Rajesh Mittal as the new President. Mittal, the first person of Indian origin to head the country operations, succeeds Wataru Nakano who takes over as a Head of Isuzu operations in Vietnam. Mittal joined the company's top management team as President of Isuzu Engineering Business Centre India (IEBCI) and as Deputy President at Isuzu Motors India (IMI) in February 2022. Since then, he has focused on consolidating the business and steering key projects while fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration, the automaker said in a statement. Isuzu Motors India also named Yasuhito Kondo as Deputy President.

Isuzu Motors India will roll out 25,000 vehicles this year out of its SriCity plant near, said a top company official

Nakano, who was General Manager, LCV Business Department at Isuzu Motors, Japan, has taken over from Tsuguo Fukumura as the President and Managing Director of IMI, the company said in a statement

Isuzu Motors India on Monday said it has launched BS-VI compliant versions of V-Cross and mu-X range in the country, priced between Rs 20.06 lakh and Rs 35.34 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

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Utility vehicle maker Isuzu Motors India on Monday said it will hike prices of its pick-up range - D-MAX Regular Cab and D-MAX S-CAB - from January 1 to offset increasing input and distribution costs. The increase is expected to be approximately Rs 10,000 from the current ex-showroom price, the company said in a statement. Isuzu Motors India currently sells its D-MAX Regular Cab with prices starting from Rs 8.64 lakh and D-MAX S-CAB with starting price of Rs 10.62 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai). "The increase in price is due to the increasing input and distribution costs," the company said in the statement. German luxury carmaker BMW too on Monday said it will increase prices of its entire model range in India by up to 2 per cent from next month. Rival Audi has already announced a price increase of up to 2 per cent across its entire model range, effective from January 1. Other automobile makers, including Maruti Suzuki India, Renault India, Honda Cars, Mahindra & Mahindra and Ford ...

Hyundai begins preparations; a few others restart operations

The two units will further boost the company's operations by bringing key aspects of manufacturing in-house

The company had launched the earlier version of the vehicle in May 2016

The changing market conditions and various external economic factors are driving this price impact

It sold approximately 3,000 units in FY17, with some of these being CVs

The plant is spread over an area of 107 acres and has a production capacity of 50,000 units.

Company expects the production capacity to scale up to 1,20,000 units eventually

Facility to have initial output capacity of 50,000; adventure utility vehicle D-MAX V-Cross was the first to be rolled out from the plant