Autocar Professional - April 16, 2016

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Will the Tiago, Tata Motors’ new tool for transformation, be the game-changer the car maker desperately needs? Our cover story reveals the product strategy, analyses the marketing plan, reports on a first drive and interviews managing director and CEO Guenter Butschek.

There are other exclusive interviews too. Find out why Martin Lundstedt, global president and CEO of the Volvo Group, is bullish on the Indian bus market. Learn more about Lear Corporation’s growing and new business with Indian automakers as Jay K Kunkel, president (APAC) and member, Executive Council, Lear Corp, speaks on the company’s growth mantra, intelligent seating systems and beginning supplies to Maruti Suzuki India and Honda Cars India. On the motorcycle front, Ravi Avalur, MD, Ducati India, reveals plans to expand the model range, develop new dealerships and also grow the population of Ducatisti in India.

We also reveal Nissan Motor India’s plan to improve its aftersales operations to win customer confidence, along with component supplier reports on KCTR Varsha Automotive, Infineon Technologies India and Grundfos India.
Some automakers take to motorsport to pep up sales. Tata Motors, through its T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship, is driving a new paradigm for training a new generation of heavy vehicle drivers in India.
This mid-month issue also contains an exciting news section, peppered with a number of industry stories, and the fiscal-year end analysis.