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M&M, Tata Motors embrace Chinese pace to gain share
Mint Chennai
|January 06, 2026
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“It used to be 5 years, with Inglo (Mahindra’s vehicle platform), we are now at 33 months or so, but the notion is, we have to keep collapsing that, there is no question,” Golla-gunta said in an interview on the sidelines of XEV 9S launch in November. While high-end yehicles require more sophistication, in segments like sub-4-meter cars, “you need to have the agility to move fast.”Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd did not respond to emailed queries.
Rahul Bharti, senior executive officer at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, said that exports are the fire test of product development excellence, since the company has to “live up to our brand promise in over 100 countries.”
This story is from the January 06, 2026 edition of Mint Chennai.
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