Autocar Professional Magazine - May 1, 2018

In this issue

India’s CV market is firing on all cylinders and Tata Motors is now targeting greater traction in the fast-growing intermediate LCV segment. Our cover story reveals the company’s growth game-plan.

Shell, in association with Gordon Murray Design, is also seeing interest in trucks and is bringing the world’s first flat-pack truck, the Ox, here by Q4 2018. Read all about it in this issue.

Mahindra & Mahindra, whose stable is packed with diesel-engined vehicles, remains bullish on the demonised fuel. It is confident that when BS VI norms kick in from April 2020, it will bounce back, BS VI diesel being a cleaner fuel compared to petrol.

Castrol India, which has launched its new Magnatec engine oil with Dualock technology, is also optimistic on demand for the product which it claims can provide non-stop engine protection for passenger cars, not only during warm up but also during stop-start driving conditions.

Clean energy start-up Sun Mobility recently revealed its Quick Interchange Station for swapping two- and three-wheeler batteries. Will it help EV sales take off?

We’ve got three solid interviews too in this issue: Warren Harris, MD and CEO, Tata Technologies; Vinnie Mehta, director general, ACMA, and Varadan Devanathan, president of Yanfeng Automotive Interiors India.

FY2018 was a bumper year for India Auto Inc. Find out the winners and losers among PVs, best-selling motorcycles and scooters, and how goods carriers are driving the fortunes for CV OEMs.

All this plus an exciting News section in this 72-page issue.