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The first car ran on India's roads in 1897. Until the 1930s, cars were imported directly, but in very small numbers.
* 1897 First Person to own a car in India - Mr. Foster of M/s Crompton Greaves Company, Mumbai * 1901 First Indian to own a car in India - Jamshedji Tata * 1905 First Woman to drive a car in India - Mrs. Suzanne RD Tata
1983-1993
Japanisation - GOI- Suzuki joint venture to form Maruti Udyog Joint ventures with companies in commercial vehicles and components Players Maruti Udyog Hindustan Motors Premier Telco Ashok Leyland Mahindra & Mahindra
1993-2007
Delicensing of sector in 1993 Global major OEMs start assembly in India (Toyota, GM, Ford, Honda, Hyundai) Imports allowed from April 2001; alignment of duty on components and parts to ASEAN levels Implementation of VAT
About 91% of the vehicles sold are used by households and only about 9% for commercial purposes. Two wheelers with a market share of over 76.49%, passenger cars with a market share of about 15.96% &Commercial vehicles and three wheelers share about 7.55% of the market between them. In 2009, India emerged as the fourth largest exporter of automobiles.
Hero Honda Motors Limited Bajaj Auto General Motors India Private Limited Honda Siel Cars India Limited Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited Hindustan Motors
The company began to attract the market when it introduced its popular fourwheeler model Maruti 800. It got its present name in the year 2007. Market Share: Passenger Vehicles 46.07%
Board of Directors
Mr. R. C. Bhargava Chairman
Mr. Shinzo Nakanishi MD & CEO Mr. Shuji Oishi Director (Marketing & Sales)
Mr. Tsuneo Ohashi Director & Managing Executive Officer (Production)
The company captured the hearts of Indian car lovers with the introduction of its Santro car model. Market Share: Passenger Vehicles 14.15%
Chung Ju-yung The founder and honorary chairman of Hyundai Group till 2001
Tata Motors
Tata Motors holds the third position in the automobile industry The company has occupied the first position in the commercial car manufacturing section.
In the luxury car segment, the company has a market share of 6.4% In case of multi-utility vehicles, its market share is 31.2%.
Board of Directors
Ratan N Tata, Chairman R Gopalakrishnan Director Ishaat Hussain Finance Director
RK Krishna Kumar
Arunkumar Gandhi
The company changed its name to Mahindra & Mahindra in 1948. Mahindra & Mahindra is a major automobile manufacturer of utility vehicles, passenger cars, pickups, commercial vehicles, and two wheelers. The company competes in the passenger car segment through another joint venture subsidiary Mahindra Renault. Market Share: Commercial Vehicles 10.01%, Passenger Vehicles 6.50%, Three Wheelers 1.31%
Board of Directors
Keshub Mahindra Chairman
Bharat Doshi Executive Director
Dr. Ashok Ganguly Director Nadir Godrej Director
A joint venture between the Hero Group and Honda Motor Company was established in 1984 as the Hero Honda Motors Limited At Dharuhera (Haryana District) India. In December 2010, the Board of Directors of the Hero Honda Group have decided to terminate the joint venture between Hero Group of India and Honda of Japan in a phased manner. Hero Group bought the shares held by Honda.
In August 2011 the company was renamed Hero MotoCorp with a new corporate identity. Market Share: Two Wheelers 41.35%
Board of Directors
Dr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal (Founder Director & Chairman)
Mr. Pawan Munjal (MD & CEO) Mr. Sunit Kant Munjal (Non- Executive Director)
Bajaj Auto
After Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto is the second largest motor vehicle manufacturing company in India and fourth largest in the world. Bajaj auto is a subsidiary of the world famous Bajaj Group.
Started by Jamnalal Bajaj from Rajasthan in the 1930s. Bajaj Auto makes and exports automobiles scooters, motorcycles and the auto rickshaw. Market Share: Two Wheelers 26.70%, Three Wheelers 58.60%
Board of Directors
Rahul Bajaj (Chairman/ Chair Person)
Rajiv Bajaj (Managing Director)
Founded in 1908, General Motors Corporation, one of the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, designs, builds and markets cars and trucks worldwide.
Toyota Motor Corporation entered India in 1997 in a joint venture with the Kirloskar Group.
Toyota
Lexus
Scion
Hindustan Motors
Hindustan Motors are the manufacturers of the great car, which can still be found in Indian roads named as Ambassador. Hindustan Motors is an automobile manufacturer from India.
Founded in 1942 by Mr. B.M. Birla It is part of the Birla Technical Services industrial group. Ambassador car, widely used as a taxicab and as a government limousine.
Domestic car sales in August went on a down-slide, with the big three makers -- Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai Motor India and Tata Motors. In July this year, domestic passenger car sales had fallen for the first time after 30 months of continuous growth, registering a 15.76 per cent decline
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