This year’s Symposium on International Automotive Technologies (SIAT) to be held at ARAI, Pune, from January 18-21, bids fair to be a tech tour de force what with over 200 presentations and 180 exhibitors of products and services. Find out more in our exclusive preview.

This mid-month issue also reveals Kia Motors’ product plan for India, why Tata Motors finds the 2- to 3.5-tonne pickup market appealing enough to launch the new Xenon Yodha, and what carmakers in India are doing to meet the challenge of BS VI emission norms, which are about 1,170 days away from being enforced across the country.

The ACMA Centre for Technology, which has helped 650 manufacturing plants achieve excellence, new product development and also zero-defect production, recently held a seminar where industry heads debated new technologies and processes aimed at making top-quality products and while causing zero damage to the environment. Our detailed report is an eye-opener.

Demonetisation has impacted the domestic automobile industry rather hard and December 2016’s sales numbers have nosedived to hit a 16-year low. While the Sales Analysis pages reveal company-specific sales across the passenger vehicle, commercial vehicle and two-wheeler segment, we also talk to IHS Markit Automotive’s global director (Light Vehicle Production Forecast) Mark Fulthorpe about the long-term impact of demonetisation on vehicle sales in India.

The Consumer Electronics Show 2017, held in Las Vegas earlier this month, was hijacked by the automotive world. Find out how Toyota and Honda made an impact, on four- and two wheels respectively.

All this plus plenty of exciting industry news of the fortnight in the current issue. Stay abreast of the latest in the automotive world – read Autocar Professional.

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