Page 16 - Carmakers

From Toyota to Maruti, carmakers clock high growth in June on low base

Data available from top six players - Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, M&M, Tata Motors, Honda and Toyota - shows an average growth of about 42 per cent for the industry in June

Single ex-showroom price: Carmakers making a switch to one nation-one price

Toyota Kirloskar is drawing up a road map to implement one nation-one price for all its models here

Car servicing growth zips past sales surge

Korean car maker Hyundai's 1,300 workshops are servicing 520,000 cars every month, 18% more than last year

Single product sales drive carmakers' growth

Reliance on a single model begins at about 40% and goes up to 80 % in case of some companies

Carmakers use big data to drive growth

Millions of car owners are mined to generate leads, pitch sales and get feedback to develop vehicles

Car majors hit top gear in last lap of FY17

With March volumes touching record high since note ban, sales zoomed past 3-mn mark

Carmakers' ride on taxi aggregators gains momentum

Volume of 60,000 units is significantly higher than the 48,000 vehicles sold to aggregators in FY16

Carmakers find Japan's tech talent doesn't come cheap

Japan has had the most severe talent shortages in the world since 2010

Carmakers step up skilling of personnel

Maruti Suzuki, the largest carmaker, has an ambitious target to sell 2 million cars annually by 2020

Carmakers forced back to bigger engines in new era

Tougher emissions tests introduced in the wake of the Volkswagen scandal

China's Changan revs up for India entry

China's Changan Automobile Company is planning to set up its first India factory, with a capacity to manufacture 200,000 vehicles a year

Carmakers want trade pacts with Australia, South American nations to boost auto exports

To boost vehicle exports to those countries & offset recent losses due to falling export to African nations