Glue in and cash in as India’s top two two-wheeler makers Hero and Honda battle it out this festive season

Glue in and cash in as India’s top two two-wheeler makers Hero and Honda battle it out this festive season

Mumbai: The festive season will be crucial for India’s top two two-wheeler makers as the duo, accounting for more than half of the market, plan to intensify their slugfest and go all out to chase volumes and market share with aggressive promotional schemes in the world’s largest market. Hero MotoCorp aims to retail 1.5 million … Read more

Scooter sales growth surpasses that of bikes

Scooter sales growth surpasses that of bikes

Mumbai: Scooters are experiencing a renaissance in the Indian market, even outpacing the traditional reign of motorcycles. Expansion of electric mobility, urban congestion and rising female participation in the workforce are among factors which lifted the share of scooters in the local two-wheeler market to a seven-year high in the first five months of this … Read more

Honda’s two-wheel Indian rivals leave it in the dust

Honda’s two-wheel Indian rivals leave it in the dust

Which automotive company, more than any other, is responsible for getting the world’s population moving?Ford Motor Co., whose Model T turned the car into a mass-market product? Volkswagen AG, which sold more vehicles than any competitor over the past decade? Toyota Motor Corp., whose Corolla is the best-selling auto in history?There’s a good case that … Read more

Bajaj Auto inaugurates its first overseas manufacturing facility in Brazil

Bajaj Auto inaugurates its first overseas manufacturing facility in Brazil

Bajaj Auto, India’s largest exporter of two and three wheelers has inaugurated its new manufacturing plant in Manaus, Brazil, it said in a statement on Wednesday. This will be the company’s first manufacturing facility outside India. In all the other markets in which it has a presence the company follows a distribution-led model – the … Read more

Maruti Suzuki: Maruti Suzuki expects revival of small car segment by 2026-end

Maruti Suzuki: Maruti Suzuki expects revival of small car segment by 2026-end

New Delhi, Maruti Suzuki India expects a revival of the small car segment in the domestic market by 2026-end or 2027, after suffering from affordability issues and onslaught from SUVs, according to a senior company official. The small car segment, which had once dominated the Indian total passenger vehicles market, accounts for less than 30 … Read more