Made in India Vehicles

[AHMED85]

Behind the assembly lines ........ TATA and other Multinational companies there is Gov Hand.......

 

[Che Guevara]

Behind the assembly lines ........ TATA and other Multinational companies there is Gov Hand.......

What are you saying???

 

[patentneer]

Behind the assembly lines ........ TATA and other Multinational companies there is Gov Hand.......

Abe Lallu, this line is soooooo old and hackneyed, the standard garden variety version was:

- " Phoren (foreign) hand . "

In US, Chrysler, Ford & GM were bailed out by the gov. taxpayer money only .
GM was investing ... hehe ... nearly a $ Billion in India and more in China while US taxpayer money was bailing it out back in homeland! Korea is run by an ex Hyundai executive, Japan, France and German gov. fully backs up their respective vehicles biz. Volkswagen was famously set up by Hitler no less. Howzzat ?

 

[patentneer]

Mahindra Verito Executive launched

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Saaaaaad ...
!

 

[Roybot]

YEah it hideous isn't it.

Renault makes some pretty ugly cars.

 

[takeiteasy]

Scrap Cars made before 1996, Siam tells govt


NEW DELHI: Faced with crippling slowdown and rising vehicle pollution, apex auto industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) has suggested to government that all private cars made before 1996 should be scrapped to boost demand for new vehicles and push sales of environmentconscious vehicles.


Siam has advocated to the government for a regular scrappage policy for private and commercial vehicles as well as two-wheelers to ensure that there is a regular churn and burn-out of old vehicles, while adding new and more efficient ones at the same time.

And, there would be incentives on new vehicle purchases in the form of sops like lower excise and sales tax as well direct cash benefits for those who scrap their old vehicles.

"We want the government to come out with a onetime concrete policy for scrappage of old vehicles. This would not only help in generating demand for new vehicles but go a long way in controlling old and polluting vehicles and resultant emissions," Siam president S Sandilya told TOI.

Sandilya said scrappage of vehicles, in lines of a similar practice in the West, is a must as India graduates to stricter, and more cleaner, vehicle emission norms. "The scrappage of vehicles will help in 'greening' the country. Also, we have to remember that new vehicles are not only more efficient but also more safer." The scrappage, however, is likely to be a non-starter considering that India does not have a scrappage policy in place that spells out how the scrap has to be disposed off and handled.

Also, with no scrappage policy, the average age of many vehicle on the road is very high and any forced junking will surely lead to widespread protests.

"While a cut-off point of 10-year vintage could be considered for commercial vehicles, it may be appropriate to fix the cut-off point of private vehicles at 15 years or above. This suggestion is based on the assumption that maintenance practice of private vehicles are likely to be better. while their usage is likely to be lower than commercial vehicles," Siam added. "In order to discourage people from running old polluting vehicles, the rate of road tax and rate of premium on motor vehicle insurance could be increased progressively with the age of the vehicle," Siam has said in its proposal to the finance ministry and the ministry of heavy industries.

Scrap cars made before 1996, Siam tells govt - The Times of India

Is it going to work out? IMHO, Private Cars should be Scrapped. Already, We've had laws to scrap vehicles above 15years old and that is for Taxi?

 

[GURU DUTT]

Scrap Cars made before 1996, Siam tells govt


NEW DELHI: Faced with crippling slowdown and rising vehicle pollution, apex auto industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) has suggested to government that all private cars made before 1996 should be scrapped to boost demand for new vehicles and push sales of environmentconscious vehicles.


Siam has advocated to the government for a regular scrappage policy for private and commercial vehicles as well as two-wheelers to ensure that there is a regular churn and burn-out of old vehicles, while adding new and more efficient ones at the same time.

And, there would be incentives on new vehicle purchases in the form of sops like lower excise and sales tax as well direct cash benefits for those who scrap their old vehicles.

"We want the government to come out with a onetime concrete policy for scrappage of old vehicles. This would not only help in generating demand for new vehicles but go a long way in controlling old and polluting vehicles and resultant emissions," Siam president S Sandilya told TOI.

Sandilya said scrappage of vehicles, in lines of a similar practice in the West, is a must as India graduates to stricter, and more cleaner, vehicle emission norms. "The scrappage of vehicles will help in 'greening' the country. Also, we have to remember that new vehicles are not only more efficient but also more safer." The scrappage, however, is likely to be a non-starter considering that India does not have a scrappage policy in place that spells out how the scrap has to be disposed off and handled.

Also, with no scrappage policy, the average age of many vehicle on the road is very high and any forced junking will surely lead to widespread protests.

"While a cut-off point of 10-year vintage could be considered for commercial vehicles, it may be appropriate to fix the cut-off point of private vehicles at 15 years or above. This suggestion is based on the assumption that maintenance practice of private vehicles are likely to be better. while their usage is likely to be lower than commercial vehicles," Siam added. "In order to discourage people from running old polluting vehicles, the rate of road tax and rate of premium on motor vehicle insurance could be increased progressively with the age of the vehicle," Siam has said in its proposal to the finance ministry and the ministry of heavy industries.

Scrap cars made before 1996, Siam tells govt - The Times of India

Is it going to work out? IMHO, Private Cars should be Scrapped. Already, We've had laws to scrap vehicles above 15years old and that is for Taxi?

Good post mr easy yes i totally agree with your point

 

[patentneer]

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'Scrappage' bole to .... 100 % fultoo!

India mein, 50 % rural ppl. are the main users of 2'nd, 3'rd, ... n'th hand vehicles;
what will they do? And jsut in case one does take a knocked up 'scrappage' vehicle to; presumably a scrap yard, you really think the guys over there will actually scrap your $hit, hell, you'll have to bribe them twice as much to crush it. A whole new scam will come out of this idiocy.
Bole to, phoren ideas 'cut/paste' maarne mein fulltoo ideas bhi full time-pass, .

This scrap plan too much nahin ho gaya jaan .

Meanwhile, Skoda Citigo based on VW Up!
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ALL plans electric variants
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Bs Reporter / Chennai October 08, 2011, 0:24 IST
Ashok Leyland Ltd (ALL) is looking at launching electric variants of its passenger and commercial vehicles, using indigenous technology, the country’s leading commercial vehicle major said on Friday.

The city-headquartered company is planning to introduce electric vehicles across the spectrum (both buses and commercial vehicles), including the recently launched LCV Dost, according to its board director V Sumantran.

The technology might be developed by Defiance Technologies (a company under the London-headquartered Hinduja Group which also owns Ashok Leyland), a leading provider of engineering, ERP and IT services to global customers leveraging the global delivery model, he told reporters at the sidelines of an event organised by SAEINDIA.
Sumantran, also executive vice-chairman of Hinduja Automotive and chairman of Nissan Ashok Leyland Powertrain, noted the world around has been witnessing a growing demand for alternative fuels, especially electric and hybrid technologies. The three-day Asia Pacific Automotive Conference is being organised by SAEINDIA.

Ashok Leyland’s Japanese partner Nissan has introduced LEAF, an electric vehicle. The 1948-formed Ashok Leyland has a joint venture with Yokohama-based Nissan to launch light commercial vehicles. “But we will go with our indigenous technology for electric variants,” said Sumantran. In one-and-a-half years, Ashok Leyland would look at launching Dost in electric version, he added.

Both the partners have said they are betting big on the new premium-segment vehicle and have set a target to sell 1.40 lakh vehicles over the next three years. Talks are on with Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers to develop standards for electric vehicles with respect to charging and battery replacement systems on lines of similar patterns existing in Europe, Sumantran said.

As for frugal engineering, Sumantran pointed out that its high-tech nature would put a question mark on its affordability in a developing country like India. “The challenge is to develop products that are frugally executed, using lesser materials and resource,” he added.

SAE International CEO David L Schutt said the national adoption of common standards would reduce costs for the consumers.

-Business Standard

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Re: above ... hehe ... bs article, Ashok Leyland is perfectly poised to mop up the electric market. First, it's known to be an aggressively tech. driven Co., of course in the S.Asian vehicles Co. context. Tehn, it's Global partner Nissan's got some nifty electric tech. per the Leaf. There's 2 parts ot said tech. - a) Controller b) Battery, storage and charging. Nissan's got it r8. And ALL would naturally tap into that k-base to deploy in the desi market.

I hop ethey make it 2-way tech. so one can charge up the vehicle from home/office and when the outage/blackout/whatever they call it over there happens, the vehicle and reversably charge up the office or home. This is not rocket science!

Hopefully ALL will consider the needs of it's S. Asian clientele and nominally modify Nissan tech. to optimally serve the full 'duplex', reversible electric power needs of S.Asian users.

Wouldn't that be something .

 

[GURU DUTT]

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Kya .... 100 % phaltu idea!

India mein, 50 % rural ppl. are the main users of 2'nd, 3'rd, ... n'th hand vehicles; what will they do?
Bole to, phoren ideas 'cut/paste' maarne mein aksar fulltoo idea bhi full time-pass.
This scrap plan too much ho gaya jaan .

look seneor i think you are not getting my point i was saying in order to creat more wealth you have to do more investment and we wont get it until we finish these old crapmobiles

 

[harpoon]

Mahindra Verito Executive launched

Still stuck in the 90s.

 

[GURU DUTT]

Still stuck in the 90s.

actually mahindra also has some buget issues they just cant put a new car in every segment just like that & when you have a former worlds cheapest car why on earth they go for a brand new design ?

 

[takeiteasy]

is it true that Tata's are going to release cheeni car "cherry qq3" rebadged as tata car in India?
if true, tata brand is gonna suck! they already made people believe Tata brand goes the drain because of quality issues. now chinese..

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[Roybot]

is it true that Tata's are going to release cheeni car "cherry qq3" rebadged as tata car in India?
if true, tata brand is gonna suck! they already made people believe Tata brand goes the drain because of quality issues. now chinese..

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I think the article is talking about this.

Cherry Automobile and JLR to set up joint venture in China | Firstpost

 

[harpoon]

actually mahindra also has some buget issues they just cant put a new car in every segment just like that & when you have a former worlds cheapest car why on earth they go for a brand new design ?

Atleast make it more appealing(read eye pleasing) to the customer of 2011 who could have cutting edge aerodynamic design even in budget cars (eg. Hyundai Eon).

 

[patentneer]

'Executive', hehe ... mera sir, Mahindra is seriously tarnishing and diluting it's brand peddling this $hit.
They should promptly hire this auto engineer/designer form Mumbai, Shoeb Khan, to run it's design dept. Bole to, Shoeb's work is all over the internet, he's on Facebook; he is young and really bang-on Mumbai ka chhokra.

Example of Shoeb's pre-launch Mahindra 500 Design:

The Real McCoy:
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Shoeb's Ambassador Concept
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The Real $hit
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http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRnZ51LUvpOOXqcyO7BzXXumua1zAg50n341UnYWa55ml-Uq29Pdw

DC Design's Makeover, on sale now and called Ambierod
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Like how Mahindra Scorpio evolved from gol-gol design to 1/2 chunky, 1/2 bling design, and seems stuck.
Shoeb can take it to full chunk-a-hunk. The new 500 can be the new bling-bling. Till the Punjabi's turn it into 'call-center' cabs .

Silly if they don't.

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On another note, Hyundai came out with this g8 thing, made in Inida et all:

Price chopper, value 4 money and, how-us-say, a 'hot Punjaban'; she's got my vote!

The India small car market is huge, maybe largest in the world, and is starting to mature with 3 main players. Suzuki, tata and Hyundai. Fiat, VW, Chery QQ, GM Beat, Skoda, Mahindra Reva, Nissan, Toyota, Honda are ramping up. Very, very hot times coming up, I'd say hottest place in the world for small car production .