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The first vehicle that was unveiled at the 10th auto expo in the Capital in January this year was Maruti's RIII, the 7-seater product that is expected to debut in the Indian market by 2011's first half.

Based on the SX4/Swift platform, the company has already signed various sourcing deals from the vendors. Apart from launching it in the domestic circuit, Maruti is also considering the option of exporting the product.

As the competition in the small car that has been considered as Maruti's bread and butter for years, the company is trying to hedge its rick by moving into other segments.

While the company has enjoyed massive success as far its products are concerned, but the same products are expected to turn as a hurdle of the company keeping in mind the production constraints being faced by HMSI.

Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India Limited, a 100% subsidiary of the Japanese auto major, Honda Motor Company is struggling to meet the rising demand for its products.

It has been just three days that the Commonwealth Games organizers have opened the tickets for the CWG for public sales and the committee has been able to rack up close to Rs. one crore from the tickets sales.

With 9,366 tickets were sold, the total revenue for the committee has already crossed Rs. one Crore including the tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies.

Gone are the days when a passenger car was a hit as soon as it hits the Indian market. Notably, the average volume of a product for a company has come down from the levels where they were around three years from now.

Automakers are now being forced to spend more out of their pockets on the R&D activities to keep the consumer interest ongoing in its brand which is denting the margins as the expenses are coupled with the marketing and sales expanses that the company already incurs.

Running hard with an aim to expand its global footprint, the home-grown Apollo Tyres is in talks with Volkswagen to supply tyres to the European unit of the auto major.

Apollo Tyres Managing Director Neeraj Kanwar said that the company has recently inked a deal with the auto major in the Indian market to be a supplier for its products and it is in talks with the company for a similar tie-up in the European markets as well.

Microsoft has announced that it has decided to withdraw its security updates for Windows XP and paid support. The research firm Gartner has issued a warning to the business organizations worldwide to exchange their OS, Windows XP.

As per Gartner, the users should refresh their operating system with some new updates. Gartner is an information technology research and advisory firm. It provides advice to the firms on technology related insights.