Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority said the precautionary suspension was triggered by initial information that the plane had broken up in flight
While provisioning costs more than double, NPA levels may remain elevated until loan growth recovers
Farm sector worries and marginal market share loss resulted in tepid tractor sales in December
M&M eyes world SUV market
Utility vehicles major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) plans to drive in multiple versions of its entry-level models KUV100 and TUV300, catering to different sets of customers, a senior company official said. Looking at the two brands as "long term and strategic", the company is investing in new technologies, including making the products confirm to BS-VI emission norms. Besides an updated version of TUV300 next year, M&M is gearing up to introduce an electric version of KUV100 as well. The company also plans to launch a diesel version of KUV100, mated with an automated manual transmission (AMT), in the current fiscal. "We always said that we want to be full range SUV player and both these products (TUV300 and KUV100) are very important for us," M&M Chief of Sales and Marketing (Automotive Division) Veejay Ram Nakra told PTI. Elaborating on the importance of the two products, he said that besides making them BS-VI compliant, the company is also investing to make them meet ...
Volume growth and operational efficiencies help in strong performance for June quarter
(Reuters) - India's Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd reported a better-than-expected 63 percent surge in first-quarter profit on Tuesday, underpinned by robust sales.
M&M's revenue grew 17 per cent to Rs 12,573 crore
Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) today announced foray into construction equipment business by launching its first motor grader. The Mumbai-based company today rolled out its first motor grader -- Mahindra RoadMaster G75 -- under the business vertical. "We are targeting to sell around 200 units over the next one year. We already have orders for 50 motor graders as of now," M&M President Automotive Sector Rajan Wadhera told PTI. The company's motor grader is priced at Rs 34.99 lakh and around one-third of the cost of big ones being sold by other companies, he added. The company would introduce other products after establishing the product in the market, Wadhera said. The RoadMaster G75, being rolled out of the company's Chakan plant, has been designed and developed after an in- depth understanding of the needs of the road contractor fraternity, he added. "Our aim is to liberate them from deployment of various sub-optimal methods with limited mechanisation and thereby, .
M&M, the traditional leader in utility vehicles, has accepted the changed market dynamics of this fastest growing segment of the domestic passenger vehicle market which has drawn newer players. The company said it will be impossible to get back its old market share of over 40 per cent and it will be content to maintain a share of low 30s (per cent). The company has been overtaken by Maruti Suzuki in utility vehicle volumes this year. The Suzuki backed company has climbed to numero uno position with the help of Brezza, a SUV launched in March 2016. Maruti sold about 160,700 units since the launch and is yet to make deliveries of 54,000 units, translating into waiting period of four months. M&M saw its market share shrink to 29.2 per cent in FY17 from 37.9 per cent in the previous year. Maruti's share grew from 16 per cent to 25 per cent in the same period. "We have lost the market share primarily because the universe of UV is expanding very rapidly and also because there are ..
Auto major Mahindra & Mahindra today reported 3 per cent increase in total sales at 41,895 units in May. The company had sold 40,656 units in the same month last year, the company said in a statement. In the domestic market, sales were up 10.89 per cent at 40,602 units last month compared to 36,613 units in May 2016. Exports were down 68 per cent at 1,293 units in May against 4,043 units in the same month last year. Sales of passenger vehicles, including Scorpio, XUV500, Xylo, Bolero and Verito, were up 3.33 per cent at 20,290 units compared to 19,635 units in the same month last year. Commercial vehicle sales were up 23.99 per cent at 16,255 units in May against 13,109 units in the year-ago period, M&M said. M&M President Automotive Sector Rajan Wadhera said the projections of a good monsoon and focused investments in rural sector is expected to spur demand. "We have a robust outlook for future...At Mahindra we look forward to growth momentum on the back of our .
Auto major is looking to cater to the entire value chain in farm equipment space
Sets it eyes on reaching the lofty goal of selling 100,000 of them by 2022
Italian auto-design affiliate Pininfarina will make the vehicles for Mahindra & Mahindra
Mahindra & Mahindra today reported 6 per cent rise in total sales to 56,031 units in March as against 52,718 units sold in the same month last year. In domestic market, sales were up 9 per cent at 53,322 units last month compared to 48,967 units in March 2016, M&M said in a regulatory filing. The company said its exports stood at 2,709 units during the month under review. Sales of passenger vehicles, including Scorpio, XUV500, Xylo, Bolero and Verito, declined by 5.70 per cent at 25,352 units compared with 26,885 units in March 2016. Its medium and heavy commercial vehicles sales surged 67 per cent to 1,471 units last month, M&M said. For the entire fiscal, the company's total sales grew by 3 per cent to 5,06,625 units as against 4,94,098 units in 2015-16.
The Bolero Power Plus comes with an mHawk engine, is 5% more fuel-efficient than the existing model and delivers 70bhp
Hit by the SC ban in December, the Mumbai-based automaker had launched a 1.99 litre version of its mHawk engine series earlier this year
Company silent on quantum of investment; will enter 50:50 JV with MSTC, a govt-owned firm
Strong tractor sales and new launches could soften pressure on the utility vehicles front
Adverse regulatory action on diesel vehicles would be a drag