Recent Articles Published by Kiran Murali
Hero MotoCorp to start UK, Europe operations in 2025 with Vida Z

By Kiran Murali & Ketan Thakkar calendar05 Nov 2024

The new Vida Z will be followed by high-capacity premium internal combustion engine motorcycles.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles' profits grow five times to Rs 1,787 crore on record sales in FY24

By Ashutosh Radhey Shyam and Ketan Thakkar calendar04 Nov 2024

This marks the second consecutive year of profitability, helping reduce its accumulated losses to ₹5,807 crore in FY24...

Top End Vehicles drive Mercedes Benz India revenues to over Rs 12,000 crore in FY24

By Ashutosh Radhey Shyam and Ketan Thakkar calendar01 Nov 2024

The average realization per car increased by a modest 1.84% YoY to Rs 63 lakh. Over the preceding five years, the comp...

Honda Cars India FY24 revenues jump 16% to Rs 16,461 crore on record exports

By Ketan Thakkar and Ashutosh Radhey Shyam calendar31 Oct 2024

While the domestic sales faced market share challenges, the exports grew by an impressive 60%, thereby boosting the bo...

It's bumper Diwali for carmakers in 2024, amid a slow year

By Ashutosh Radhey Shyam and Ketan Thakkar calendar30 Oct 2024

Car makers set to retail a record 4.5 lakh cars. The retails have gathered speed only in the last week, with registrat...

Greaves Retail's ambitious push to rival automotive parts giants, become 'Grainger of India'

autherKetan Thakkar calendar30 Oct 2024

Though it operates alongside Indian competitors, Greaves claims to position itself closer to U.S. counterparts such as...

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How underdog M&M beat Tata Motors at the SCV game

By Ketan Thakkar and Shahkar Abidi calendar29 Oct 2024

In a surprising market reversal, Mahindra's feature-rich pickups and focused strategy have ended Tata Motors' long-hel...

Weakest Festive Season Since COVID: Car Sales Growth Lowest Since 2020; Two-Wheeler Sales Up 11% in 24 Days

By Ashutosh Radhey Shyam & Ketan Thakkar calendar25 Oct 2024

Among all vehicle categories, the two-wheeler segment showed the highest registration volume growth during the festiva...

Hyundai Motor India eyes 15% market share in EV segment backed by new launches

By Prerna Lidhoo and Ketan Thakkar calendar22 Oct 2024

"Our upcoming four models and their localization will help us drive volumes and margins," said Hyundai Motor India COO...

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Newly Single: How Tata Motors' CV division is revving up for success as an independent entity

By Shahkar Abidi, Ketan Thakkar calendar22 Oct 2024

As Tata Motors' commercial vehicle division prepares for life as an independent entity, it embarks on a multifaceted s...