INTRODUCTION

Automobile industry is one of the dominant industries in India which had

undergone dramatic changes. The history of automobile actually began about

4000 years ago, when the first wheel was used for transportation in India.

Automobile industry includes the manufacture of trucks, buses, passenger cars,

defence vehicles, two-wheeler etc. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles

including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. The domestic

automobile industry sales grew 12.8% in 2005-06 at 89,10,224 units against

78,97,629 units in 2004-05.

India is the second largest manufacturer of two-wheeler in the world, and

it stands next to China & Japan in the matter of production and sale. The two-

wheeler industry achieved rapid growth in the eighties with the entry of the

Japanese 100CC vehicles galvanized the industry. It exposed the customers to

new insights and stylish innovations. The market is flooded with technologically

advanced attractive models. The immediate impression one gets from riding the

latest model of vehicle is the silky smoothness of the engine.