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Festival bonanza: Two-wheeler firms go full throttle to chase customers

This is the last-ditch effort by automakers to shore up sales in a financial year that has been marked by poor purchases and production cuts

Bajaj Auto plans to drive in three more KTM models by March-end

Notwithstanding slowdown in the broader two-wheeler market, Bajaj envisages sales of KTM motorcycles to grow by a third in 2019-20

Corporate tax rate cut may not benefit auto buyers, say analysts

Tax cut may not translate into a price cut for auto buyers as companies have been taking a hit by doling out discounts and incentives to boost sales in a dull market

Crude shock: Rise in oil prices may deepen India's auto crisis, say experts

Spike in oil prices will translate into a matching or higher increase in fuel prices in domestic market

Hyundai's share in passenger vehicles at 5-yr high as Maruti loses ground

Led by Venue, Hyundai's market share in passenger vehicle market rises to a five-year high

M&M offers subscription-based SUVs in a bid to target younger generation

Joins automakers Tata Motors, Volkswagen, Nissan in launching services on select models

Acting on PM Narendra Modi's call, hotels cut use of PET bottles

Large chains like the Marriott and Taj that are estimated to consume two million plastic bottles a year

In a first, Maruti Suzuki to lease 100 sales outlets to car dealers

Strategy will help expand reach, deploy surplus cash

Slowdowns are the nurseries of capitalism, says Asha Ram Sihag

Sihag also took a swipe on the industry for calling it an unprecedented slowdown

Auto industry fears collapse, Nitin Gadkari offers comfort at mega meet

With auto sales sliding for over 13 months now, industry captains went all out to demand a cut in goods and services tax as the only way to revive demand

Kia Motors eyes a big pie of PV market in India with Hyundai

The company claims it has received bookings of over 32,000 units in a month's time

Auto sector gets a breather as FM announces measures to boost demand

Resumption of car purchase by govt departments, increase in depreciation to 30% may boost sales

Making superbikes affordable: Rent a Chieftain for 3 years on EMIs

In a first, Indian Motorcycle launches leasing facility in India for its bikes

Auto sector welcomes PM Modi's assurance on internal combustion engine cars

India's automobile industry is facing one of the most prolonged slowdowns in two decades. Sales have been in a slow lane for a year

Amid slowing sales, carmakers fear fee hike will further dent demand

The draft notification proposes to increase the registration fees from Rs 1,500 to Rs 20,000 for new M&HCVs and from Rs 1,500 to Rs 40,000 for renewals

Mercedes-Benz launches new finance schemes to attract buyers in dull market

A 'Wishbox' scheme includes a zero and lower down payment plan; also, an aggressive offer that allows customers to own two cars in a span of four years

Auto sector slowdown: Anand Mahindra calls for short-term booster dose

I believe the government's measures to push the auto industry towards change are sincere and far-sighted, Mahindra said

Subsidies to regulations: Lessons India's EV market can learn from China

Chinese government had introduced subsidies to promote EV sales way back in 2010

Tata Motors scouts for partners to fund JLR's capital expenditure needs

JLR has already pared capex by almost a fifth in the last 12 to 18 months and may have to do more in the wake of multiple headwinds

Beating the downturn: Car buyers lap up new SUVs amid gloom and doom

If the response to three new launches - the MG Hector, Hyundai Venue, and Mahindra XUV3OO, all launched this year - is any indication, buyers of cars are snapping them up