Ever wondered how many vehicles were registered last year? 1.96 crores! Yes, that my friend is a huge number. Want to guess where the number stood in the early 90s? Less than 10 lakhs a year. The rising income capacity of urban middle class and the chain reaction of ever increasing options has been a … Read more
In a price-conscious Indian market, manual transmissions have been ruling the roost. Yes, in comparison to the previous decade, the market share of automatic transmissions have increased. Things though are still in a very nascent stage. However, folks at ICRA approximately 15 percent of new car sales will have automatic gearbox by 2020. While 90 … Read more
Goods and Service Tax. GST. A lot has been written about the tax scheme. In case of the automotive industry it has mostly been in favour. Well who wouldn’t like the idea of a simple tax regime which is applied once where the product is actually sold. The older system, which comprised of (if i … Read more
Datsun India, in a bid to revive the sales of the Go hatchback and Go+ compact MPV, has launched two special edition models. Called as Style editions, these will be on sale only for three months, August, September and October. Based on the top end T variant, the Datsun Go and Go+ Style editions are … Read more
The car market in India is slowing maturing. Gone are the days when car makers could get away with shoddy build quality. In fact, as per the recently released JD Power 2016 India Vehicle Dependability Study, cars in India continue on improving on long term dependability for the third consecutive year. In its 9 year … Read more