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Monday, January 26, 2026
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Topic: car sales

India’s China policy needs ‘consistency’ & how Indian middle-class is shifting gears to quality cars

Global media also takes note of how decades of caste discrimination has resulted in higher levels of child stunting rates in India & SC’s outlaw of ‘bulldozer justice’.

Why it’s the best time to buy a car since 2019—deep discounts not the only factor

After a couple of years of months-long delivery delays and price-gouging on certain models, discounts are back in focus.

Why is it raining car discounts? XUV700 to Safari, answer isn’t just the end of demand cycle

In mass-market cars, degrowth is in the hatchback and sedan segments where sales have cratered. For instance, sales of Maruti Suzuki’s Alto and S-Presso hatchbacks have slumped this year.

Hybrid car sales are catching up with that of electric vehicles in India — more affordable, resale value

Industry data shows automobile makers sold only about 600 fewer strong hybrid cars — which combine a petrol or diesel engine with electric motor — than electric cars between Oct 2022 and May 2023.

MotoRogue eyes pan-India expansion with the franchise model

MotoRogue is an e-commerce platform for branded car stereo speakers, subwoofers, amplifiers, and other car accessories.

India loves French jets, but their cars? Good thing Citroen C3 is a mass market product

Citroen India says the price of C3 will be a ‘surprise’. Anything under Rs 5 lakh would mean the hatchback will take on the likes of Maruti-Suzuki Celerio and Tata Punch.

Santro, the car that launched Hyundai in India, drives into the sunset. But shed no tears

Indians loved Santro. Proof: Hyundai today stands heads and shoulders above its peers not just in India but across the world.

India’s car sales could take a year to return to pre-Covid levels, Mahindra & Mahindra says

India’s auto industry had just begun to recover from its worst-ever slowdown before the nation was hit by the second wave of Covid.

Before Maruti 800, there was the quirky Sipani Dolphin, a hit in motorsport circuits

The Dolphin’s two-door design and fibreglass body were some features that made it a hit among racing enthusiasts.

Car sales in China shine as rest of world reels from virus

Deliveries of sedans, SUVs, minivans and multipurpose vehicles in China have increased to 7.4% in September from a year earlier to 1.94 million units.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.