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India Breaks Into Exclusive Auto Export League With Over 5 Million Units Shipped

From a tentative, low-cost production centre, India has emerged as a reliable manufacturing destination for automobiles as global brands use their local production to cater to increasingly sophisticated customers abroad.

05 Jan 2026 | 4163 Views | By Prerna Lidhoo & Ketan Thakkar

Not very long ago, Indian factories were viewed largely as frugal and low-cost assembly lines but rarely trusted with scale and consistency on the global stage. India's export footprint was limited, focused largely on two-wheelers for African markets and small cars for a narrow set of emerging economies, with the ...

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