Indian Automotive Sector

[Yodha]

When is the next duke 200 coming out???????????
any ideas...........

Orders are going to be allowed from Jan/Feb 2017. Deliveries from April.

The 'Indi'genization is down to the core.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

How Jayalalithaa made Chennai the Detroit of India
The setting up of Ford’s first factory in India near Chennai in 1995, when Jayalalithaa was in power, marked the arrival of the city as an auto hub.

Tamil Nadu today is one of the top 10 automobile hubs in the world, wiith Chennai having the capacity to produce about 1.4 million cars a year, or 3 cars every minute. Photo: Reuters

New Delhi: While India was still shaking off the lethargy of licence/permit raj in the mid-nineties, one lady helped build the Detroit of India in Chennai, bringing the world’s top automobile brands to the capital of Tamil Nadu.

J. Jayalalithaa had taken the reins of power in the state in 1991, the same year India opened up its economy and welcomed private and foreign investment. In 1995, she pulled off a coup when Ford Motor Co. decided to set up its first manufacturing plant in the country in Maraimalai Nagar, around 60 km from Chennai, beating competitors such as Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Even though Tamil Nadu already had domestic auto manufacturers such as Royal Enfield, Ashok Leyland Ltd, Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd (TAFE) and TVS Motor Co. Ltd, the Ford factory marked the arrival of Chennai as a hub of automobile and component manufacturing.

How the Tamil Nadu economy fared under Jayalalithaa

Ford was followed by Hyundai Motor Co., BMW AG, Daimler AG, Renault-Nissan Alliance, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. Along with them came an array of auto component makers who built a world-class ecosystem for automobile manufacturing.

Today, Tamil Nadu is one of the top 10 automobile hubs in the world. Chennai has the capacity to produce about 1.4 million cars a year, or three cars every minute. In a 15 September 2015 speech at a global investors meet in Chennai Jayalalithaa said, “...Chennai will become the world’s largest car manufacturing hub. My vision to make Tamil Nadu a world leader in manufacturing is becoming a reality”.

The transformation did not happen overnight.

At the same time that Ford made its entry and sales in the Indian market were still not significant, a South Korean company was trying to secure a share of India’s small car market. The situation was challenging for Hyundai Motor India Ltd, which wanted to create a manufacturing base in Chennai, which so far was not in the league of automobile belts like Gurgaon or Pune.

“The challenges faced by the company were the complex approval systems by the government—the processes were not mature then,” recalled a former Hyundai executive, who was part of the team that helped the Korea giant set up operations in India.

“Investments then were only made by PSUs (public sector units). Hyundai’s investment was the second mega project in Tamil Nadu, after Ford. So, the processes and systems for approval systems were not mature yet,” he said on condition of anonymity.

Finding skilled manpower and then training them for the shop floor, and developing an efficient vendor base were some of the major challenges, he said.

Hyundai wanted its vendor base closer to its manufacturing facility. It was the first company to introduce a single-vendor system in India. While an army of Korean vendors accompanied the carmaker from Seoul to Chennai, most Indian vendors based in northern India moved south to meet Hyundai’s demand. Back then, the average investment required by vendors in Chennai was Rs10-15 crore. So far, Hyundai vendors have invested about $1 billion.

“People said we won’t be able to sell more than 35,000 cars in a year,” the former Hyundai executive said.

The company not only added a second shift in the first year of operation itself, but also broke even within a year. While it capitalized on India’s growing fancy for small cars, a faster break-even was also helped by a massive cost-efficiency programme, the executive said.

In 2015-16, it sold 484,324 cars, and exported 162,221.

“One of the reasons for the company achieving faster break-even was the cost-efficiency with which it was operating. When we began, we did not want to pass on cost increases to customer and looked inward to cut costs and in vendors as well,” he said.

Hyundai achieved 70% localization when it began, when other multi-national OEMs were at 40% localization.

For Jayalalithaa, the success of Hyundai became a calling card.

“She did a great deal, if you just look at the last five years—Nissan, Daimler, BMW, Yamaha (have come in)... She put Chennai on the global map. Her global investor meets were immensely successful,” said Venu Srinivasan, chairman and managing director, TVS Motor and Sundaram Clayton. The latter, an auto parts maker, was the first Indian and fourth non-Japanese company to win the prestigious Deming medal for quality in 1998.

“Along with Kamaraj and MGR, she will be rated as one of the tallest leaders my state ever produced,” Srinivasan said.

 

[HariPrasad-1]

How Jayalalithaa made Chennai the Detroit of India
The setting up of Ford’s first factory in India near Chennai in 1995, when Jayalalithaa was in power, marked the arrival of the city as an auto hub.

Tamil Nadu today is one of the top 10 automobile hubs in the world, wiith Chennai having the capacity to produce about 1.4 million cars a year, or 3 cars every minute. Photo: Reuters

How the Tamil Nadu economy fared under Jayalalithaa

Yes but new Detroit may be Gujarat. Maruti is all set to begin the production in Gujarat in early 2017.

 

[ghost]

The Bajaj Dominar 400 has been launched in 2 variants, priced at Rs. 1.36 lakhs for the Standard variant and Rs. 1.50 lakhs for the ABS model.

 

[armyofhind]

When is the next duke 200 coming out???????????
any ideas...........

try the RE himalayan. A better option.

 

[aditya10r]

try the RE himalayan. A better option.

The Himalayan is good for touring and other things like going off-road.

Duke is perfect for city
The new dominar looks beautiful will test ride it on Saturday.

Ktm offers better quality and performance but dominar is promising too.

 

[aditya10r]

The Bajaj Dominar 400 has been launched in 2 variants, priced at Rs. 1.36 lakhs for the Standard variant and Rs. 1.50 lakhs for the ABS model.

That headlight....,.......................and the front Disc

 

[armyofhind]

The Himalayan is good for touring and other things like going off-road.

Duke is perfect for city
The new dominar looks beautiful will test ride it on Saturday.

Ktm offers better quality and performance but dominar is promising too.

If you're OK with handling a heavy bike, or you've ridden Royal Enfields before, go for the Himalayan with eyes closed.
Its good to maneuver around between traffic and will serve you well for touring as well, If you're into it.
Probably the only thing I would want on mine is ABS.
Apart from that, its an excellent bike with great suspension and very stable while riding since it is heavy at 183 kgs.

Compared to RE's , Bajaj or KTM bikes seem very flimsy (with all their plastic part)s and unstable to me. But that my personal opinion.

 

[Divesh Shirsat]

Scheme to scrap old cars in Budget 2017 will boost auto sector
As the automobile sector is currently witnessing a slump, the government should simplify the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure and include not more than three rates to put the industry on the fast track, said Dinesh Supekar, partner, Price Waterhouse. and an automobile expert.

Supekar also underlined that an incentive scheme to scrap old cars could be a "game-changer" for the sector, and emphasised the need for the government to incentivise exports and develop infrastructure to boost the sector.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/bu...boost-auto-sector-supekar-117012000666_1.html

 

[Kshatriya87]

Maruti sales jump 27.1% to 1,44,396 units in January

By Sharmistha Mukherjee, ET Bureau | Updated: Feb 01, 2017, 01.51 PM IST
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[aditya10r]

Next gen dukes coming up
Launch on feb 23

 

[Kshatriya87]

Next gen dukes coming up
Launch on feb 23

Ha hate dukes. Anyways, this is INDIAN automotive sector thread. Indian hi dalo mostly. Or else if any foreign companies are manufacturing vehicles in India then can post here.

 

[aditya10r]

Ha hate dukes. Anyways, this is INDIAN automotive sector thread. Indian hi dalo mostly. Or else if any foreign companies are manufacturing vehicles in India then can post here.

Dukes are made in India(courtesy Bajaj,pulsar 200ns shares the same engine as duke 200)
Dukes are the ultimate Street fighter bikes in the light weight segment.
Never hate a duke

 

[captscooby81]

Well i thought the Pulsar uses Bajaj DTSi Engine and the duke uses different one look like technology sharing same KTM 390 engine used in bajaj dominar .. well i am waiting for the launch to Either Duke 390 or the BMW G310R waiting for the beamer for so long ...

Dukes are made in India(courtesy Bajaj,pulsar 200ns shares the same engine as duke 200)
Dukes are the ultimate Street fighter bikes in the light weight segment.
Never hate a duke

 

[aditya10r]

Well i thought the Pulsar uses Bajaj DTSi Engine and the duke uses different one look like technology sharing same KTM 390 engine used in bajaj dominar .. well i am waiting for the launch to Either Duke 390 or the BMW G310R waiting for the beamer for so long ...

Bmw may not be worth the money,the apache 2004v feels a bit mismanaged at weight management.
Tvs said it has been developed with close conjunction with bmw,
Duke is much lighter and agile.

Btw dominar is good for long distance rides but has a small tank,it feels much much much better than any re bikes

 

[captscooby81]

Well i am more keen on the BMW just because it matches my current bike Suzuki Gixxer .. i have keen interest for Adventure bike Mojo disappointed with few design flaw s and RE himalayan for some reason is not making me excited Dominar looks like a good cruiser for long trips s .. But if the BMW G310s comes then i will be keen on that or the Kawasaki Versys 300 .. Only issue with the Ninja is the costing sure above 3 lakhs .. Dominar is a steal with its pricing and package but just that not a great brand when you look in 300CC segment

Bmw may not be worth the money,the apache 2004v feels a bit mismanaged at weight management.
Tvs said it has been developed with close conjunction with bmw,
Duke is much lighter and agile.

Btw dominar is good for long distance rides but has a small tank,it feels much much much better than any re bikes

 

[aditya10r]

Well i am more keen on the BMW just because it matches my current bike Suzuki Gixxer .. i have keen interest for Adventure bike Mojo disappointed with few design flaw s and RE himalayan for some reason is not making me excited Dominar looks like a good cruiser for long trips s .. But if the BMW G310s comes then i will be keen on that or the Kawasaki Versys 300 .. Only issue with the Ninja is the costing sure above 3 lakhs .. Dominar is a steal with its pricing and package but just that not a great brand when you look in 300CC segment

My experience with ninja zx-10r(yes the 1000cc one)says,ninjas are smackingly fast........................
i never had a chance to ride the 300 but 250 felt nimble and very smooth.......................................................
They are worth the money

 

[Tactical Frog]

Peugeot plans to revive "Ambassador" brand :

http://www.livemint.com/Companies/b...buys-Ambassador-car-brand-for-12-million.html

Gosh, I guess Ambassador had better days than the pic suggests !

Hoping DS brand models find their way in India. Women like them a lot (in France). I like them too !

 

[aditya10r]

Peugeot plans to revive "Ambassador" brand :

http://www.livemint.com/Companies/b...buys-Ambassador-car-brand-for-12-million.html

Gosh, I guess Ambassador had better days than the pic suggests !

Hoping DS brand models find their way in India. Women like them a lot (in France). I like them too !

I hate ambassadors.
Heavy gas guzzling underpowered obese cars

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Peugeot plans to revive "Ambassador" brand :

http://www.livemint.com/Companies/b...buys-Ambassador-car-brand-for-12-million.html

Gosh, I guess Ambassador had better days than the pic suggests !

Hoping DS brand models find their way in India. Women like them a lot (in France). I like them too !

Well, I could understand if France is trying to revive & advertise ambassador design as a classical symbol of modern (80s era modern actually, it's just shift from usual portraying of Indians) Indian Culture in India & around the world, it could be a great idea & opportunity for India as well to slightly improve what we are shown on Google images section, (trust me, we are far more better than those google photos ).
But honestly, its India. Our easily doesn't stick with anything and it's a car. Nobody cares about it now.