Autocar Professional - August 15, 2018

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The latest issue encompasses the story of the Indian auto industry – new products, trends, sales analysis, interviews and lots more.

India Auto Inc is fast gearing up for the upgrade to BS VI emission norms and the supplier community is working in tandem with OEMs. Find out how SEG Automotive India, which makes starter motors, generators, start-stop and mild-hybrid solutions, is enabling them to be future-ready.

Another OEM aiming to be future-ready is Tata Motors. We lift the lid on the latest developments in the Sanand plant which makes PVs, and also the company’s future growth plans for its CV business.

We also reveal three-wheeler major Piaggio Vehicles’ growth game-plan which involves investing in alternate fuel vehicles including CNG, LPG and electrification.

Sustainable growth in an era of disruption brought about by global megatrends is giving industry executives sleepless nights. Four business heads – Girish Wagh, president, Tata Motors Commercial Vehicle Business Unit; Sumit Sawhney, MD and CEO, Renault India; N Raja, deputy MD, Toyota Kirloskar Motor; and Rajesh Goel, senior VP and director (Marketing and Sales), Honda Cars India – reveal how they plan to transform and reinvent to achieve continuous growth at a roundtable meeting moderated by Hormazd Sorabjee, editor, Autocar India.

Automobile design is the pivot around which mobility sells. Alfonso Albaisa, Nissan Motor Co’s senior vice-president for Global Design, speaks to Autocar Professional on upcoming products like the Kicks SUV which promises to turnaround Nissan’s fortunes in India, future growth strategies and lots more.

On the two-wheeler front, we’ve got the latest on Harley-Davidson and Benelli and their India strategy. Plus the India vehicle sales numbers for July 2018 and all the news from the past fortnight.