rural economy: The rural economy is under stress, says Mahindra & Mahindra; cuts tractor industry sales forecast for FY24

rural economy: The rural economy is under stress, says Mahindra & Mahindra; cuts tractor industry sales forecast for FY24

Tractor market leader, Mahindra and Mahindra has cut its forecast for the domestic tractor sales for the industry for FY24 citing weakness in the rural economy. Against its earlier forecast of low single digit growth, it now expects tractor sales in the world’s largest market for such implements to decline 5% year-on-year. For the current … Read more

Supro Profit Truck Excel series: Mahindra expects to sustain growth momentum in SCV segment next fiscal

Supro Profit Truck Excel series: Mahindra expects to sustain growth momentum in SCV segment next fiscal

Mahindra & Mahindra expects to sustain growth momentum in the small commercial vehicles segment in the next fiscal, as it looks to keep refreshing the range as per customer needs, a senior company official said on Thursday. The company on Thursday introduced the new Supro Profit Truck Excel series, available in both diesel and CNG … Read more

M&M Japan Fund: India-Japan Fund to invest Rs 400 cr in Mahindra & Mahindra’s unit

M&M Japan Fund: India-Japan Fund to invest Rs 400 cr in Mahindra & Mahindra’s unit

Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said India-Japan Fund will invest Rs 400 crore in its unit Mahindra Last Mile Mobility Ltd. India-Japan Fund (IJF) will invest Rs 400 crore at a valuation of up to Rs 6,600 crore, resulting in IJF’s ownership ranging between 6.06 per cent and 8.25 per cent stake in Mahindra Last … Read more

car sales: Fantastic four – Hyundai, Tata, M&M and Toyota – fire up Motown, drive into record books

car sales: Fantastic four – Hyundai, Tata, M&M and Toyota – fire up Motown, drive into record books

New Delhi: In a record year for car sales, only four companies – Hyundai, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Toyota – hit new highs, amid weak demand at the lower end of the market. Market leader Maruti Suzuki got to 1.71 million units, but that was still short of its pre-Covid record of 1.73 … Read more

India’s record car sales in 2023: Here’s a look under the hood

India’s record car sales in 2023: Here’s a look under the hood

India’s passenger vehicle market, valued at Rs 4.5 lakh crore, has been outpacing volume growth. It has just passed a milestone as annual volumes of cars, sedans and utility vehicles breached the four million mark for the first time in 2023. As per industry estimates, about 4.1 million passenger vehicles were sold in the local … Read more

Sales of Indian SUVs soar, smaller cars skid in December

Sales of Indian SUVs soar, smaller cars skid in December

Sales of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) rose in December, while small car sales fell despite high discounts, data from Indian automakers showed on Monday. While entry-level vehicles remain a millstone around automobile makers’ necks, they have benefited from the sales of premium vehicles, catering to a more well-off demographic largely unaffected by inflation. Maruti Suzuki … Read more

M&M Tax penalty: M&M gets Rs 4.12 crore tax penalty; company to challenge

M&M Tax penalty: M&M gets Rs 4.12 crore tax penalty; company to challenge

Mahindra & Mahindra on Friday said it has been imposed a penalty of Rs 4.12 crore over input tax credit claim and education cess credit balance carry forward from pre-GST regime to GST regime in relation to its two-wheeler business. In a regulatory filing, Mahindra & Mahindra said it has received an order from the … Read more

Every decision of government needn’t be a big reform: Anand Mahindra

Every decision of government needn’t be a big reform: Anand Mahindra

Anand Mahindra can’t wait to get back home from the US because all the action is happening in India with a new, stable government led by Narendra Modi in place. Hours after chairing a board meeting of Mahindra & Mahindra at midnight US time, the company’s chairman and MD spoke on Saturday to Satish John … Read more

Scorpio-N gets zero safety ANCAP rating; M&M working to meet unique regulations

Scorpio-N gets zero safety ANCAP rating; M&M working to meet unique regulations

New Delhi: Mahindra & Mahindra’s sports utility vehicle Scorpio-N has received zero safety rating from ANCAP, prompting the company to state it will incorporate upgrades in the product mid-cycle update to meet the new safety regulations. The vehicle earlier had scored five stars for adult occupancy and three stars for child occupant protection in the … Read more