Lightweight cars are sustainable for the future of Indian auto industry : Prof Charles Fine, MIT

Addressing the recently held 49th ACMA annual convention, Prof Charles Fine from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management said that the most appropriate strategy for India to deal with the recession was to resort to innovation continuously.
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Maruti Suzuki to establish India-specific R&D centre for small cars

Maruti Suzuki India, which sells every second car in its domestic market, has announced its Annual Report that it is in the process of acquiring land for setting up its own India-specific R&D centre for small cars and is aiming to design independent full bodies of different models.
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10th lakh KB-series-powered car of Maruti Suzuki rolls from Gurgaon plant

Maruti Suzuki India Limited which has reported a 25.3 per cent jump in its net profit at Rs. 583.54 crore during the first fiscal of this financial year, has got another feather in its cap as it rolled its 10th lakh KB-series-powered cars within ten months of its production at its Gurgaon engine plant which commenced production last October’08
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Small cars emerge top- selling models during FY 2008-09

Even as the Indian auto industry witnessed bloodbath during FY 2008-09, some cars , especially the small ones, managed to buck the downtrend and gave record numbers to carmakers. The robust volumes of models like Hyundai i10 and Santro, Maruti Alto, Swift (both hatchback and sedan) and Wagon R, Tata Indica and Indigo, simply demonstatres the fact that the Indian small car market is immune to the worldwide slowdown in auto sales. In fact, a lot of global auto biggies like Suzuki, Hyundai, Nissan are earmarking India as their small car hub.

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