Features

Relationship change in the supply chain

27 October, 2009

To make things worse many companies are delaying payments to suppliers and, therefore, dramatically exacerbating their working capital problem. An ironic example is the case of General Motors...

Our intention is to be a mainstream not a fringe player

18 February, 2010

Mahindra Navistar Automotives (MNAL)recently unveiled its primary engine platform chosen to power its range of M&HCVs. The Acteon engine is a part of mid-segment engine family of the Maxxforce range manufactured also in Brazil by MWM Internationa..

Mobikes speed up the action

27 October, 2009

Until the late 1990s, scooters dominated two-wheeler sales with motorcycles accounting for less than 40 percent share. On the back of new and improved products, better fuel efficiency and faster mobility, there has been a structural shift with motorc..

Switching to the Own and Operate model

3 February, 2010

Sandeep Bafna of Fort Point has evolved in the automotive retail business and today the group retails Hero Honda, Maruti Suzuki India and VE Commercial Vehicles products.. In an exclusive interaction with Auto Monitor, Bafna revealed that his key str..

Pushing The Urban Cause

27 October, 2009

Deepangshu Dev Sarma says,Their sluggish approach has now attracted the Centreâ??s ire, with the Government warning the States that it will find it difficult to get financial aid from it in future, if projects under JNNURM are not implem..

Mahindra Satyam scouts for partners in video analytics space

3 February, 2010

Auto Monitor caught up with Global Head, Engineering Solutions, Mahindra Satyam, Karthikeyan Natarajan at the recently concluded NASSCOM Global Engineering summit. Excerpts:..

GST Road for the auto industry looks brighter

27 October, 2009

Unlike many countries which have a unified GST system, a dual GST is being proposed in India wherein the Central government and the State government will legislate, levy and administer a concurrent GST...

Unlike competition we plan to bring in a wide range of products in every se

3 February, 2010

Starting mid-2010, HD hopes to introduce its flagship motorcycles, one each out of its five families: Ultra (long distance cruising), Dyna (casual riding), Sportster (naked roadsters), Soft-tail (touring) and the V-Rod (power cruising). He, however, ..

Benchmarking ownership costs is an ongoing process at Skoda India

3 February, 2010

Sr General Manager, Sales & Marketing, Skoda India, Ashutosh Dixit, however, feels that the new offerings were built to a price point, for a particular segment that constitutes varying volumes across the globe...

Current crises in the auto industry is an opportunity in disguise

27 October, 2009

Banks merged and consolidated, corporations expanded, the Street hummed with restless energy as financial engineering stretched the boundaries of regulation...