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Festive boom: Mercedes-Benz delivers 550 cars during Navratri, Dussehra

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Monday said it delivered 550 cars during Navratri and Dussehra thus driving into a robust festive season. The deliveries were in Mumbai, Gujarat, Delhi NCR and other Northern markets. The festive season deliveries in the Delhi-NCR region stood at 175 units and there is anticipation of strong demand for upcoming Diwali and Dhanteras period, Mercedes-Benz India said in a statement. Commenting on the performance, Mercedes-Benz India Managing Director & CEO Martin Schwenk said, "the festive season this year has begun on a very strong note and we are glad to witness this positive customer sentiment." He further said, "this impressive number of deliveries makes us confident of a good festive season and firmly underlines the trust and confidence that luxury car buyers have on Mercedes-Benz brand and products." On the outlook, he said, "we are confident of further driving this momentum for the rest of the festive period and the quarter. We have an .

Tata Motors reaches milestone of producing 4 mn passenger vehicles

Automobile major Tata Motors has achieved the production milestone of 4 million passenger vehicles in India since its inception

Maruti launches special edition of Swift in festive season at Rs 519,000

The Swift Special Edition is available at an additional cost of Rs 24,990 across all company's dealerships

Icra sees overall automotive volumes in FY21 being pushed back by 10 years

Rating agency expects GDP to decline by 11% in FY21; this will trickle down into lower demand for the automotive industry in general

TVS Motor's Apache motorbike brand crosses 4 million sales milestone

TVS Motor Company said its premium motorcycle brand Apache has crossed 4 million sales mark across domestic and international markets

Audi launches new variant of premium Q8 SUV priced at Rs 98.98 lakh

German luxury car maker Audi on Friday launched a new variant of its premium SUV Q8 priced at Rs 98.98 lakh

Passenger vehicle retail sales up 9.81% in September to 195,665 units

Other than PVs, tractors remain the only segment to show growth in sales while all the other segments continue to be in red

Yamaha Motors expects sales momentum to continue in festive season

Two-wheeler maker Yamaha Motor India on Tuesday said it expects sales to remain strong during the festive season having already witnessed growth in offtakes in the last three months

Maruti Suzuki's compact SUV Brezza logs 550,000 sales in 4.5 yrs of launch

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday said its compact SUV Vitara Brezza has crossed 550,000 units cumulative sales milestone within 4.5 years of launch

Sales recovery 'tactical' due to pent-up demand, not sustainable: MG Motor

Recovery seen in auto sales in the past couple of months is not a sustainable one and there is a question mark on how the industry would fare next year as the sector is hugely linked to the economy

Kia Motors looks to ace SUV segment in India with Seltos and Sonet

South Korean automaker Kia Motors is vying for the top slot in the high selling entry-level, mid-SUV segments in India with Seltos and Sonet generating robust volumes for the company, according to a senior company official. The company, which reported its highest-ever retail sales in the country in September, has already raced to number one position in the sub-four meter compact SUV segment last month with its newly launched model Sonet dominating the segment. Kia sold 9,266 units of Sonet in September thus getting the better of the likes of Hyundai Venue and Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza. Similarly, it sold 9,079 units of Seltos last month to take the second spot behind Hyundai Creta which sold 12,325 units. "We are now present in both SUV low and mid segments with Sonet and Seltos and we would be market leaders in both of them," Kia Motors India Vice-President & Head Marketing and Sales Manohar Bhat told PTI. Both the models are high on design and features and come with wide range

We expect to grow 15-20% this fiscal: Triumph Motorcycles' Shoeb Farooq

Firm plans to launch pre-owned vehicles in India next month. Today the brand has 7,000 customers here and the India Business Head says that would be good enough to start the programme

Royal Enfield's total sales increase 1% to 60,041 units in September

Motorcycle maker Royal Enfield on Friday reported a 1% increase in its total sales at 60,041 units in September

TVS Motor's two wheeler sales rise by 4% to 313,332 units in September

Domestic two-wheeler sales dropped marginally to 241,762 units in September 2020

Ashok Leyland truck sales rise 2% in August; bus sales decline 91%

Company's Light commercial Vehicle (LCV) sales grew by 20 per cent to 4,567 units from 3,816 units

Maruti Suzuki's total sales grow 31% in September to 160,442 units

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Thursday reported a 30.8% increase in total sales at 160,442 units in September

Morris Garages Motor reports 3% decline in retail sales in September

MG Motor India on Thursday said it has recorded 2.72 per cent decline in its September retail sales at 2,537 units

Bajaj Auto reports 10% jump in September vehicle sales at 441,306 units

Bajaj Auto on Thursday reported a 10 per cent increase in its total vehicle sales at 4,41,306 units in September.

MG Motors to invest Rs 1,000 crore more in India despite anti-China mood

The India arm of China's SAIC Motors has invested Rs 3,000 crore till now

Govt allows use of H-CNG as alternative clean fuel for automobile

H-CNG is an 18% mix of hydrogen in compressed natural gas