Nissan Micra to be manufactured in India
Nissan Motors has announced their plans to manufacture their small car Micra in the Indian market.
This car would be manufactured at their upcoming plant in Chennai.
This new plant is expected to be operational from next year.
It would have an initial manufacturing capacity of 200,000 cars [...]
Tata Nano meets some of the European crash tests
Tata Motors has proved that Nano might be a cheap car but it is definitely not unsafe to drive.
The company got the car tested at the MIRA crash test facility recently.
Tata Nano managed to pass the 40 per cent offset crash test at 56 kph and [...]
Tata Nano going to Nigeria next year!
Tata Motors has announced that they are working on plans to launch their Nano small car model in the Nigerian market next year.
A company representative said: “Tata Motors will make the Nano available in Nigeria in the next one year to one and a half years. The launching of [...]
Volkswagen considering investing in Suzuki
Volkswagen is the largest automobile maker in the European market.
However, they are somewhat struggling to compete against their rivals in the Asian markets like India.
Market sources say that VW is considering investing in Japanese automaker Suzuki which dominates the small car market in India through their subsidiary Maruti Suzuki [...]
Maruti Suzuki A-Star to be launched in Africa and Latin America
Maruti Suzuki India has announced that they are now planning to launch their A-Star hatchback in new markets.
They are considering launching A-Star in African and Latin American countries in the coming months.
Maruti Suzuki A-Star was launched in India earlier this year.
Maruti said that they [...]
Tata Nano in USA in two years?
Tata Motors has said that they are hoping to start offering their small car Nano in the US market in the coming years.
The aim is to launch the Nano in US by 2011.
Tata boss Ratan Tata said: “It will need to meet all emission and crash standards and so [...]
Hyundai i20 might get a European manufacturing plant
Market sources claim that Hyundai is planning to start manufacturing their i20 model outside India.
The company is currently manufacturing the i20 car at their facilities in India.
The model is exported from India for sale in the company’s international markets.
Reports say that the model could [...]
Airbus is the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer
Airbus delivered a record number of aircrafts last year to take the claim of being the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer.
Boeing is their primary rival in this industry.
The company is however expecting a slowdown this year due to worsening economic conditions.
Airbus CEO Tom Enders said in a statement that [...]
Maruti sales down 10% in December 2008
Maruti Suzuki India has revealed that their sales were down 10% last month.
The company sold 56,293 units against 62,515 units in the same month in the previous year.
Maruti sold 52,029 units in the domestic market. This was down from 58,401 units sold in December 2007.
Exports were slightly up as [...]
IBM collaborating with Ricoh for sharing services
US based tech giant IBM is collaborating with Japanese office equipment maker Ricoh.
The two companies would now share each other’s sales network starting this year.
They would also be cross promoting each other’s products in the market.
This has been revealed in a news report by the Nikkei business daily. [...]
