The history of Indian car making is littered with success, glory, incompetence and failure. We look at those marques that have fallen by the wayside. Hindustan Motors / Mitsubishi Hindustan Motors or HM was the mainstay of the Indian auto industry from the early ‘40s. The company made various models of Morris cars like the Hindustan… Continue reading India at 75: Remembering the car companies that didn’t click
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India at 75: Remembering India’s failed car companies
The history of Indian car making is littered with success, glory, incompetence and failure. We look at those marques that have fallen by the wayside. Hindustan Motors / Mitsubishi Hindustan Motors or HM was the mainstay of the Indian auto industry from the early ‘40s. The company made various models of Morris cars like the Hindustan… Continue reading India at 75: Remembering India’s failed car companies
India at 75: StaIwarts who paved the way for India’s auto sector
In the beginning was the Licence Raj. When independent India adopted the Soviet-inspired model of socialism, it placed its bets on planning to allocate resources such as scarce foreign exchange. The government did not believe in being dependent on the outside world, and import substitution was encouraged. Business would have to make products with basically… Continue reading India at 75: StaIwarts who paved the way for India’s auto sector
India at 75: Events and legislations that shaped Auto Inc since Independence
From delicensing to BS6 emission norms, these rules made their mark on our automotive industry. 1952: Tariff Commission takes control The Tariff Commission of 1952 was set up to protect the local industry from global competition. Part of its brief was to look into ways and means of establishing an indigenous automobile industry. But rather… Continue reading India at 75: Events and legislations that shaped Auto Inc since Independence
WHEELS OF TIME
If you lived in the 1950s in India and wanted to buy a car, you’d have a choice of a Fiat, Skoda, Buick, Oldsmobile, even a Ford or two, and many others. Some of these brands may sound familiar to us today but way back then, these cars were imported into India. India was not… Continue reading WHEELS OF TIME
New book about Indy racing star Randy Lanier’s rise, fall and recovery spares no detail
This content is only available to subscribers. Get unlimited digital access. $1 for 6 Months. Subscribe Now Your subscription supports: Unlimited access to subscriber only articles on desktop, tablet and mobile web. The e-Edition, a digital replica of the print paper, every day. Access to exclusive sports reporting on your local teams from USA TODAY… Continue reading New book about Indy racing star Randy Lanier’s rise, fall and recovery spares no detail
Foreign exchange reserves fall $897mn to $572.98bn in week ending Aug 5
The fall in this week has witnessed due to decline in foreign currency assets by $1.611 billion to $509.646 billion. Mumbai: India’s foreign exchange reserves fell $897 million to $572.978 billion in the week ended August 5, according to the Reserve Bank of India‘s (RBI) bulletin weekly statistical supplement. The fall was witnessed after it… Continue reading Foreign exchange reserves fall $897mn to $572.98bn in week ending Aug 5
Spending 48 hours touring in a Ferrari Roma
Although people won’t be cross-shopping the Roma and SF90, the context of my experience in the latter was important for what was to come on my return leg in the former. Having received the keys on the eve of the 24-hour race, I head off to the La Sarthe circuit to enjoy the wonderful evening… Continue reading Spending 48 hours touring in a Ferrari Roma
Kia, Jeep among vehicle recalls this week
U.S. National Highway Traffic & Safety Administration The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued recalls for August 4 through 11, including a Kia recall involving 257,998 units and a Jeep recall involving 99,186 units. See the list of this week’s car recalls involving ten or more units below, or search USA TODAY’s automotive… Continue reading Kia, Jeep among vehicle recalls this week
Appeals court weighs in on GM’s racketeering suit against Fiat Chrysler, now Stellantis
A federal appeals court has chosen not to side with General Motors in its attempt to continue a long-running legal battle over allegations its crosstown Detroit Three rival, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, now known as Stellantis, corrupted contract bargaining with autoworkers in order to hurt GM. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit of Appeals on Thursday affirmed a… Continue reading Appeals court weighs in on GM’s racketeering suit against Fiat Chrysler, now Stellantis