The 64-page June 1 issue is a cracker, bristling with a plethora of exclusive news stories and interviews that reveal the strides some companies are making in one of India’s leading automotive markets – Maharashtra.
01 Jun 2016 | 17614 Views | By Autocar Professional Bureau
The 64-page June 1 issue is a cracker, bristling with a plethora of exclusive news stories and interviews that reveal the strides some companies are making in one of India’s leading automotive markets – Maharashtra.
Maharashtra, which is seeing growing competition from other states including Gujarat, is driving new ...
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The 64-page June 1 issue is a cracker, bristling with a plethora of exclusive news stories and interviews that reveal the strides some companies are making in one of India’s leading automotive markets – Maharashtra.
Maharashtra, which is seeing growing competition from other states including Gujarat, is driving new gains with its proactive measures towards the automotive industry. We reveal how the Satara-based Cooper Corporation, which has 80% of its revenues come from the automotive industry, plans to more than double its revenues over the next two years.
In an exclusive interview, Ms Rashmi Urdhwareshe, director, ARAI, speaks on the expanding and varied range of the association’s vehicle testing capabilities and on helping automakers meet upcoming BS VI norms.
In another interview, Milind Godbole, MD of the Pune-based Honeywell Transportation Systems India, reveals how the company plans to meet OEM needs for fuel-efficient downsized engines and developing innovative solutions for a market like India.
Find out why DivgiWarner is bullish on the India market business, learn about Continental Automotive Systems’ expansion at its Chakan plant which makes fuel delivery modules and fuel rail assemblies, and get informed on Harman India’s wide-ranging activities in the evolving in-car infotainment space. Companies like the Aurangabad-based Varroc are looking to cost-optimise LED technologies for mass market vehicle – we find out just how. There’s also a feature on Pune-based sheet metal component supplier Autoline Industries which is looking to expand its client base.
Selling passenger cars in a diverse and dynamic market like India is truly challenging. Find out what the business heads at four leading Indian carmakers – Maruti Suzuki India’s RS Kalsi, Hyundai Motor India’s Rakesh Srivastava, Toyota Kirloskar Motor’s N Raja and Honda Cars India’s Jnaneswar Sen – have to say in an exciting seminar on ‘The Auto Industry and Market 2020 and Beyond’ moderated by Hormazd Sorabjee, editor, Autocar India.
There’s also a detailed analysis of the recent Global NCAP tests of Indian cars like the Renault Kwid, Mahindra Scorpio, Hyundai Eon and the Maruti Celerio and Eeco. This is accompanied by an exclusive interview with GNCAP secretary general David Ward who speaks about his experience of testing cars from India and Europe, among other things.
All this plus an exciting news section which, among a host of fast-paced industry updates, also reveals that recalls of Indian-made cars have crossed the 2.3 million mark since July 2012.
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