It’s interesting to note that the
United Kingdom has launched a study to take stock of the impact that the Indian automobile Industry may have on their own auto industry.
For decades UK has been a hub of car manufacturers with major global players operating successfully from there. Now, the advent of the Indian automobile industry in the world arena is surely something that makes others pull up their socks.
UK's car industry is facing a number of challenges as it moves ahead into the next decade particularly when it comes to tackling a continued rise in competition from countries such as China, India and Eastern European entities that are able to build and sell cheap cars.
UK is working to ensure that its car industry can build on existing strengths and remain competitive in an increasingly globalised world.
Labels: Car-competition, Car-manufacturers-in-India, cheap cars, Study
Online booking for cars is, surprisingly, a new revolution in
Indian car retailing. A grapevine has it that
Tata has plans to accept bookings for its upcoming hot car
Tata Nano through the internet. Tata Motors is also thinking of calling for suggestions from prospective consumers on how to implement this process using the Tata Nano website.
The website already provides online customization of the world’s cheapest car. If this move comes through, Tata will start a new chapter in the auto dealership industry in India. One may no longer have to go to a dealer and struggle to get the information required. Online booking will indeed be a new beginning in the right direction.
Labels: Car-Sales, cheap cars, online booking, tata nano
I am, like many of my friends, waiting breathlessly for the Tata Nano. I also was curious about its rival Bajaj Lite. While Nano continues to be in the news everyday, Lite was in the limelight for just a single day when it was unveiled and then it practically vanished.
Lite is light years away from a launch in India. Bajaj Auto was planning to launch the car in collaboration with Renault-Nissan, but the process which was moving ahead slowly now seems to be ending. Renault and Bajaj had jointly initiated a feasibility study of ultra-low-cost cars in India in July 2007. The study is now expected to be completed by March this year.
The newspapers don’t tell me what the result is going to be of this study. I can’t find anything on the net. Where is the Lite? Does anyone have any idea? I would like to get some info on this car – help!
Article Submitted by Curious Swami
Labels: Bajaj, cheap cars, Nissan, One Lakh Car, Tata, ultra low cost car
I am looking at the newspapers every day and going through all these websites and one thing that keeps popping up at unexpected moments is CARS! Cheap cars and foreign cars and
small cars and just more cars! Now, I am a designer by profession, trying to make it big in the fashion world, but I may just steer a different course.
I came across this car survey by an audit company that said that the average annual wage of an Indian car designer is now merely close to Rs 3 Lakh per year, but this profession could be the next IT salary wave! US firms pay an average of Rs 28 Lakh per year for an entry-level car designer and UK firms shell out Rs 25 Lakh per year for the same. Calculating with these numbers, it is easy to see that these guys can easily employ 5 to 8 people in India for the salary of ONE person in US or UK. Needless to say these big guys would want to slowly move to India for designing and developing their future cars.
The French company,
Renault, has already set up base in India and Maruti Suzuki is using Indian engineers to develop their global cars, and GM has recently set up its research lab her as well. Many other companies are set to follow. How cool will a job designing cars be?
Labels: Car-Designs, cheap cars, Renault, small cars
