Hindustan Times
Oblivious to most car owners in the country, a pitched battle is being fought by 17 car manufacturers in India and some proponents of free market economy that may alter in some significant quantum, the shape of the after sales aspect of owning an automobile in the country. The moot point is the alleged monopoly of the car industry on spare parts and the Competition Commission of India stands as the judge in the matter. It’s a multi layered problem with varied repercussions. Here is how. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Sumant Banerji on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 11:06 pm
Filed under Cars, automobile · Tagged automobile, BMW 3 series, car manufacturers, car-nama, fare, free market economy, hindustan times, Honda Accord, Jagdish Khattar, news, Sumant Banerji, VAT
For now, BMW is ahead of Audi by 457 cars in the first half of this year. And Audi that recently dislodged Mercedes to become the prime suspect for BMW for the number 1 slot is ahead of the Stuttgart based firm by another 673 cars. In a luxury car industry that is worth around 30,000 cars a year, that means one good quarter and any of the three can come out on top by the end of this year. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sumant Banerji on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 12:51 am
Filed under Cars, automobile · Tagged Audi, Audi A4, Beemer, Bentley, BMW, BMW 3 series, car-nama, Ferrari, hindustan times, Honda, Hyundai, luxury car industry, maruti, Merc, news, Rolls Royce, Sumant Banerji, Toyota
Call it a stroke of luck or astute planning, but the launch of the Renault Duster in the first week of next month, could not have come at a better time. The domestic car industry a squeeze seldom seen in history and unlike in the crisis of 2008-09, neither the government nor the industry has any answers to it. The current problems that began with a crisis of confidence seems a lot more fundamental and India centric. Read more
(14 votes, average: 4.36 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 11:51 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged BMW 3 series, car-nama, Fluence, Ford EcoSport, hindustan times, Honda city, Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Verna, Innova, Koleos, mahindra xylo, Maruti Ertiga, MUV, news, Pulse, Renault Duster, Scorpio, Sumant Banerji, SUV, XA Alpha
