The auto parts maker has won a ₹2,500 crore order for pickup truck components. The deal follows its expansion a year ago into five new product lines, including differential gears and CV joint parts. An Indian auto parts group – Highway Roop Precision Technologies Ltd, backed by private equity firm Carlyle has won the biggest […]
Two proud legacies from different parts of the world, with distinctive brands, complementary strengths and an international reach, now share one ambition – to power industries, build infrastructure and connect trade without boundaries. Control of Iveco Group has officially passed to Tata Motors. It changed hands on October 30, four days after Tata Motors’ tender […]
Mr. Sai Giridhar, Managing Director of Saisha Motors, which represents Skoda, Volvo Cars, JSW MG Motor and MG Select in Rajasthan, runs his car dealerships on a simple rule: charge customers only what he would charge a friend. He followed it for about 30 years. In an interview, he explained how this approach shaped everything […]
The Bengaluru- based E2W maker Ultraviolette has launched the X-47 Venom last Thursday, an electric motorcycle that it says is lighter, quicker and smarter than anything it has built before. The first 5,000 buyers get it at an introductory ₹2,65,000, and the price starts at ₹3 lakh after that. Bookings opened on launch day, and […]
The company earned about ₹2,100 crore after tax in its standalone business and says it is confident of closing the Iveco deal. Only 35% of shares have been tendered so far. Tata Motors had one of its strongest quarters in the three months to September. The standalone business, which makes commercial vehicles, reported revenue of […]
FADA’s new president Mr. Sai Giridhar says the surge is broad-based and has reached rural India, and he wants a law to protect the dealers who sell the vehicles. India’s showrooms have just had their best six months on record. In the first half of this financial year, retail sales crossed about 1.5 crore vehicles. […]
An engine that sleeps most of the time, a gearbox with no synchronisers and a battery cooled by refrigerant – the engineering behind the new Duster Strong Hybrid E-Tech 160. For nearly 140 years, buying a car came down to one choice: petrol or diesel. That choice no longer tells the whole story. As the […]
I opened the fireside chat at the SDV conference with a theme: Digital Cockpit Summit, Powering the Future of Indian Mobility through Software, organised by Aayera in Pune. But what does it actually mean for a vehicle to be powered by software? Imagine buying a car that wakes up one morning a little smarter than […]
In less than 15 months, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has quietly achieved something rare in the global commercial vehicle world: three major milestones in a row that now place India at the heart of Daimler Truck’s future. It began in July 2025, when Daimler Truck named DICV a key pillar of its global operations. […]
Most people don’t buy a car just to get from one place to another. For many, it says something about who they are. That simple idea sits at the heart of the new Tata Aeris. While designing the Aeris, Tata focused on personal buyers, many of them stepping up from a hatchback, who make up […]
CAFE Phase III marks the next stage of India’s fleet-level fuel efficiency framework, aimed at further curbing energy consumption and CO₂ emissions from passenger vehicles. As countries around the world tighten their grip on vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency, India is getting ready for its next big regulatory leap — CAFE-III, set to kick in […]
One of Asia’s largest flywheel manufacturers, Luthra Industrial Corp, is preparing for its biggest expansion in ten years, with a clear goal – to balance exports equally with the growing demand it sees back home in India. Speaking at the recently concluded Automechanika Frankfurt, Mr. Jai Luthra, Vertical Head (Business Development), Luthra Industrial Corp, said […]
Magneti Marelli Parts & Services, the commercial division of Marelli, is growing its range for Chinese cars and looking for a partner to enter India. The company also wants to keep its service levels high. Accordingly, the company has showcased its products and services at the recently concluded Automechanika Frankfurt. Speaking to this publication, Mr. […]
ZF Aftermarket isn’t just selling parts anymore, it’s positioning itself to shape where the industry goes next. That means expanding into fast-growing regions like India and Africa, broadening its brand lineup, and doubling down on training and digital solutions to get there. Speaking to this publication at the recently concluded Automechanika Frankfurt, Mr. Andre Scholle, […]
VDO, a German brand of Aumovio that makes automotive electronics and mechatronics for powertrains, engine management, and fuel injection systems, is broadening its product range and adding new services to help workshops handle increasingly complex cars. At the recently concluded Automechanika Frankfurt, the company showcased an augmented reality ‘Remote Expert’ tool and is building a […]