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Thursday, May 21, 2026
TopicCar sales

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

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Recovery of unclaimed shares, dividends now takes days, not yrs. EAC-PM credits investor watchdog revamp

PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.