The company, which is the second largest passenger vehicle maker in the country, is also gearing up to bring a seven-seater model in the country

Ford and Mahindra had proposed a joint venture to develop at least three sports-utility vehicles (SUVs) for India and emerging markets, as well as share suppliers, powertrains, and technology

The contribution of NEXA to the total sales of the company has increased from 5 per cent in 2015, to 19 per cent in 2020-21, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) reported 17.8 per cent increase in sales in December at 1,46,480 units as against 1,24,375 units in December 2019

2020 was a challenging year but the industry showed great resilience and realigned their businesses in the new normal, said HCIL Senior Vice-President and Director Marketing & Sales Rajesh Goel

Domestic sales increased 17.8 per cent to 1,46,480 units last month as against 1,24,375 units in December 2019, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement

The company joins other automobile manufacturers such as Maruti Suzuki India, Nissan and Renault India

Other companies such as Maruti Suzuki, Ford India and Mahindra & Mahindra have already stated that they would increase price of their vehicles from January in order to adjust the impact of rising input costs

Maruti Suzuki India has initiated the process to upgrade its Manesar-based powertrain plant so that it can start rolling out BS-VI diesel engines starting middle or festive season next year

The auto major had discontinued diesel models from its portfolio with the onset of stricter BS-VI emission norms from April this year

Over the past year, cost of the company's vehicles have been impacted adversely due to increase in various input costs, Maruti Suzuki India said in a regulatory filing

Nissan Magnite bookings in India are now open for a token amount of Rs 11,000, while the official prices would be revealed tomorrow.

This is the first time since June that Maruti has registered a monthly fall in sales confirming the worst fears that the revival in demand for automobiles witnessed during the middle of the year was unsustainable and largely due to pent up demand

Nissan, struggling to recover from the pandemic-induced downturn, could sell its stake to a Mitsubishi group company such as Mitsubishi Corp, which already owns a fifth of Mitsubishi Motors

Citing 'Google Auto Gear Shift India 2020 Report', he said nearly 95 per cent of new car sales in India are digitally influenced as per the customers first research online and then buy at the physical dealerships

Manufacturers such as Maruti Suzuki, Honda, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Renault and Mahindra are offering attractive discounts on their car variants to woo customers. As people plan big-ticket purchases around this time, car buyers also align their shopping goals with this festive timeline

Swift Limited will be priced Rs 24,000 more than regular Maruti Swift, which sells at Rs 5.19 lakh-Rs 8.02 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi); base model of new Swift Limited will be priced Rs 5,43,990, which will go up to Rs 8,26,990 for top variant

To differentiate itself from the Brezza, Toyota has made cosmetic changes with the bumper and grille of the vehicle in the front and colour combination inside while also doing away with a like to like entry level variant for the Brezza LXi which has a starting price of Rs 7.34 lakh

With over 370 showrooms across 200 plus cities, Nexa is the third largest retail automobile brand in terms of volume, MSI said in a statement

Maruti Suzuki India aims to sell around 1.4 to 1.5 lakh CNG units this fiscal as compared with 1.07 lakh units in 2019-20