Mumbai: Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland on Tuesday reported a 10 per cent year-on-year drop in its sales including exports at 17,233 units in September. The company’s total vehicle sales in September 2023 stood at 19,202 units, according to a statement. Sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles (M&HCVs), including exports, during the previous month … Read more
A Li L6 by Li Auto is displayed at its booth during the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. Tingshu Wang | Reuters BEIJING — Chinese new energy vehicle brands Li Auto and Zeekr each delivered a record number of cars in September, according to company data … Read more
Toyota Kirloskar Motor on Tuesday reported a 14 per cent year-on-year increase in wholesales at 26,847 units in September. The automaker had dispatched 23,590 units to its dealers in September last year. The company sold 23,802 units in the domestic market and exported 3,045 units, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) said in a statement. “As the … Read more
Bajaj Auto on Tuesday said its vehicle sales jumped 20 per cent to 4,69,531 units in September 2024 from 3,92,558 units sold in the same month of last year. During the reporting month, domestic sales rose 23 per cent to 3,11,887 vehicles from 2,53,193 units sold in September last year, while exports grew 13 per … Read more
Mumbai: Auto major Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) Ltd on Tuesday said its SUV (sports utility vehicle) domestic sales surged 24 per cent to 51,062 units in September compared to the same month of last year. The company had sold a total of 41,267 SUVs in the domestic market in September 2023, according to a statement. … Read more
Gif: @AndySlater / Twitter From the reckless drivers and dangerous sideshows to the overpass strikes and bus hijackings, it would be easy to assume that every road is only one bad driver away from becoming the Wild West. While I have a laid-back “I get there where I get there” mentality when I drive, others … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, September 30, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Paulina Porizkova Had Two Toyota 4Runners Stolen Back-to-Back 1st Gear: Chinese Car Ban Could Cut Car Sales And … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik Every new generation of Porsche 911 GT3 RS is more outrageous than the last, with increasingly race car–like aerodynamic packages designed specifically to extract the fastest lap times and best performance possible. The current 992-gen GT3 RS is no different, with wild fender cut-outs, fins on the roof, a deep diffuser, large … Read more
Elon Musk-backed SpaceX has just launched its latest mission to the International Space Station, but there is a lot more riding on its success this time. That’s because the Crew Dragon capsule that just launched into orbit will be used to bring back two astronauts that Boeing stranded in space earlier this year. Kevin Smith … Read more
Americans have a huge automotive debt problem right now. A new survey shows that 31 percent of American drivers who financed their car are underwater on their loans. The problem is even worse for EV owners – 46 percent of those folks have negative equity in their electric cars. Furthering the issue is the fact … Read more
