Automotive industry in India is one of the largest in the world and one of the fastest growing in the world. India's passenger and commercial vehicle production is the sixth largest in the world.
Since the 90s of the last century, cars in India have firmly entered the life of the large population of the entire Indochina. And if the inhabitants of our Far East have already closely acquainted with the results automotive industry Celestial, then India remains for us the homeland of elephants and malaria.
Meanwhile, in India it is the car, not the elephant, that is the vehicle. True, Indian cars so far cannot boast of either a radical design, or an unearthly set of functions, or outstanding quality. However, the leading Indian auto manufacturer Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO) does not despair and is making every effort to promote its products in the global market.
So, at international shows, the Tata line of cars regularly appears, which, according to the assurances of the developers, should become folk cars first in India, and then throughout the region.
The Tata range is a collection of Indica hatchbacks, Indigo sedans and Indigo SW station wagons. Specifications are as follows: gas engine volume of 1.4 liters and a capacity of 85 horsepower. Likewise for diesel engines.
Indian cars are not limited to the concept of "passenger car". All the same Tata produces light and heavy trucks. In a word, the whole range of services, the assortment is wide, the target audience is not limited.
Although the world community does not share such optimistic views. This is largely due to the notorious price-quality ratio. So, after a systematic decrease in prices due to low demand for products in the UK, an Indian car costs around 20,000 pounds.
Indian cars cannot be called cheap for russian market... Provided that the line of SUVs will be assembled in Russia, estimated price the average jeep will be in the region of $ 16,000.
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So big the cost of an Indian car due to the original design. Unlike its neighbors, India did not follow the path of unceremonious copying of other people's ideas and decided to honestly pay for them. As a result, the five-seat Tata Mint hatchback alone became an Indian car only by country of origin, because both the French (the engine was developed by La Moteur Moderne) and the Italians (the design was made by I.De.A) had a hand in its creation.
And so with almost every model, which is why the idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a folk Indian car seems feasible, if not in this century.
As a result, although India does not stand still in the global automotive industry, it can be called widespread cars from India also impossible. However, the wealth of the region (like that of China) is doing its job: Indian auto concerns are more and more significantly represented in the world car market with each one - even if not in the form of their cars. They just buy famous American, European and Asian brands, thus becoming in the shadow of the glory of their wards.
Naked numbers: back in 1999, the whole auto industry in India produced less than 1 million cars (more precisely - 818 thousand), and already in 2011 the number of cars produced reached almost 4 million (3.9, to be precise).
Indian car companies
As is the case with, or, the auto industry in India has experienced both ups and downs. Like Icarus, not all who took off were able to land successfully, and not all who landed were able to continue moving.
There are not many “native” automakers in India, but due to the very, very large potential of the market, quite famous models are produced or assembled there. For example, the Germans (BMW India, Volkswagen Group Sales India, Mercedes-Benz India), Italians (Fiat India), Americans (Ford India, GM India), the Japanese (Honda India, Nissan India, Toyota Kirloskar) and many others (not all of the countries already named, not listed some European and Asian manufacturers).
So what kind of Indian automakers are there? How to recognize a car from India by the emblem?
Located in Mumbai, Maharashtra province, the Indian brand's interests include both automotive and marine with the aviation industry. Among Chingara's "famous" creations is a 2-seater sports car called the Chinkara Roadster 1.8S and the Jeepster (a replica of a classic 1940s Jeep). The vehicles are developed by Alibag near Mumbai, India.
The Marine Division specializes in the production of fiber-reinforced plastic multi-hulls (catamarans and trimarans) jet skis.
The aviation division makes GFP gliders and motor gliders, Gyrocopters and ultralight flying vehicles.
Force Motors Ltd. (formerly Firodia Tempo Ltd. and Bajaj Tempo Ltd.) - Indian manufacturer trucks, buses and agricultural machinery. For some time, the company was part of the Bajaj Auto structure.
Small and medium-sized buses are manufactured on the basis of the T1 truck.
Tempo Excel Commuter - depending on the version, city or intercity small buses, 6.7 meters long, with the number of seats from 18 to 32. Engine, turbo diesel 4-cylinder (2.6 liters) 76 hp.
Citiline School Bus - school bus with 24 seats.
ABOUT this manufacturer we can say with absolute certainty: this is a "theater of one actor".
Hindustan Ambassador "Ambassador" Is the only car produced by the Hindustan Motors car plant. Its production began in 1957 and continued with minor changes and improvements until 2014. The model is based on the English Morris Oxford III, produced by Morris Motors Limited from 1956 to 1959. Despite its British origins, the Ambassador is considered an entirely Indian car, and is fondly called the “King of the Roads of India”. Over the years, it was upgraded, acquired different prefixes (Mark-I, Mark-II, Mark-III, Mark-IV, Ambassador Nova, etc.), but remained practically unchanged externally and internally.
International Cars and Motors LLC (ICML) is a subsidiary of the Sonalika Group. Since 2012, it has been India's fourth largest manufacturer in terms of sales. Its current offering is Extreme MUV, an updated and technically enhanced version of its Rhino MUV.
*MUV - Minivan Universal Vehicle
ICML is known for making MUVs well suited to meet the needs of Indians as well as global clients. "Extreme" is an SUV with a capacity of 6 to 9 seats, "Oyster" has a double cab, and "Windy" is a 1.2 ton cab single-seater commercial vehicle, which was presented during the 11th Auto Expo in 2012 in New Delhi.
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited - The Indian division of the Mahindra Group, dealing with automotive, agricultural equipment, financial services, trade, logistics, automotive components and parts.
The company was organized in 1945 as Mahindra & Mohammed, later, after the division of India, Ghulam Muhammad returned to Pakistan and became his first finance minister, from that moment the company was renamed Mahindra & Mahindra in 1948.
Táta Mótors Ltd. (Hindi टाटा मोटर्स, ṭāṭā moṭars, NYSE: TTM) is the largest Indian automotive company, part of the Tata Group, formerly known as TELCO (TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company). The company is headquartered in Mumbai. Today, Tata Motors is one of the world's largest auto giants. Tata Group in India is one of the largest monopolists, which is represented in all important areas of the country's economy. Income for the 2005-2006 financial year was about $ 22 billion, which is equal to 2.9% of the country's GDP. The TATA Group consists of 93 operating companies in 7 business sectors, such as: mechanical engineering, new materials, chemical industry, energy, consumer goods and services, information systems and telecommunications. All TATA Group companies employ approximately 220,000 people.
I know it was very courageous for me to come up with such a title for the article, but I really think so. Let me make a reservation right away that “interesting” does not mean “best”. Cars in India are not the fastest, not the most advanced, not the most comfortable, in general, you can put any other word except, perhaps, "cheap". India actually has some of the cheapest cars. However, some of the cars that local people build in India are examples of curious automotive solutions to problems that are unique to India.
If you invest enough money in a car, then, of course, it will be very fast, and beautiful, and comfortable. Automotive companies do it every day. However, it takes talent to create a car that can cope with terrible roads, will consume little fuel, withstand the members of the whole family plus additional load and will cost no more than $ 5,000. In fact, today analogs of post-war legendary cars such as the Citroën 2CV, Volkswagen Beetle and (formerly) Ford Model T are made in India.
I went to the Los Angeles Auto Show last week and saw a ton of sleek, fast, incredibly comfortable advanced cars and wondered if I was taking too much for granted. I can't even imagine new car without a color LCD screen and interior material that will be pleasant to the touch.
The more I thought about this topic, the more madness it seemed to me. Who am I to take advantage of all these delights? The boss of the father's mentor of the Lord God himself? No, I'm an idiot who can not shower for days. Like many others, I like powerful, fast, chic cars. But honestly, two cars recently caught my attention and interested me more than anything else. These are Tata Magic Iris and Mahindra Maxximo.
Both cars are available in a van (and a pickup) version, and I have already openly confessed my love for these two types of bodies many times. These machines are very cheap by American standards and have problems with power. Many Americans don't even consider them machines. And the manufacturers themselves do not know what to call this "car", often calling it a "four-wheeled vehicle". So they try to oppose the car to the dangerous three-wheeled autorickshaws, which it replaced.
I would not be so humble, because this is really a car in the full sense of the word.
Let's first talk about the car with the unusual name Tata Magic Iris. This tiny van was introduced last year. It is based on the Tata Nano with a rear-mounted engine and a rear-wheel drive platform. If the Nano can roughly be called an analogue of the original, then this car is an analogue of the VW Type 2 microbus.
As I said, the car was designed to replace the open, dangerous and awkward three-wheeled auto rickshaws. This is why marketers are drawing so much attention to things like "closed box", "steel roof" and "four wheels". Without all this, for us a car is not a machine. Yes, I forgot to mention the "foot brake, gas pedal and clutch". Compared to the autorickshaw, it's just some kind of Maybach! But compared to everything else, things are not so rosy.
The car makes great use of space. on a short chassis. The layout is almost like an old microbus with the driver's seat just above the front wheel and the engine in the back. To make the car comfortable but inexpensive, the side windows are made of tarpaulin and transparent film and are closed with a zipper. In general, the design of the car is quite modern and attractive, but without pretensions.
The 661cc single-cylinder and four-stroke engine give the car an astonishing 11 horsepower and 23 lb-ft of torque. That's not much, but enough to get the 680kg van up to 35mph or so. And that's actually a pretty good speed when you need to wade on rural roads or drive in city traffic. By the car independent suspension, fuel consumption is 2-3 liters per 100 kilometers.
I was interested in this car from the point of view of its practicality in real situations that we encounter on the road and in life. It embodies the absolute minimum that a machine needs to be usable. It reminds me very much of the very first Citroën2CV - an umbrella on four wheels. If you think about it, the situation in post-war France and modern, developing India is not so different already in terms of what kind of car is needed in this situation. Very cheap, durable, easy to repair, low fuel consumption, able to drive on bad roads. These characteristics are common to both machines.
Most people believe that this miracle of technology will never appear on the roads of the United States. They are probably right. Probably, on such a car you will not be able to enter the track. But let's put it this way: the Magic Iris cost about $ 4,024, and the new Vespa scooter costs about $ 5,999. Now this idea doesn't seem so crazy, does it? If you are looking for a super basic vehicle, the Tata small van will be much more practical than the Vespa. And I'm sure it’s no less safe. I’m unlikely to persuade you to buy such a car, but you can at least look inside it.
The Mahindra Maxximo (I think the extra x is left here from the Xtreme that we sent to India in the late 90's) is very similar to the Tata, but bigger and more powerful. This car can no longer be called a purely Indian project, some elements of the car can attract motorists in different countries.
This is also a minivan with tarpaulin windows. By the way, this element can take root in the USA on old crossovers and SUVs. Imagine tarpaulin windows on a Subaru station wagon, I think it will look cool.
Maxximo also has a slightly different layout: the engine is in the middle, like the Toyota Previa, and the driver's seat is on the engine. Maxximo boasts a 909cc twin-cylinder diesel engine with 25 horsepower. FROM technical point of view, the engine can be called quite advanced with two overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, direct injection and "pedal fuel cut-off system". , but much of this was first applied precisely on the two-cylinder diesel engine... Plus, all of these features are pretty impressive considering that the car costs less than $ 6,500. A version with an CNG engine is also available and in the future - an electric car.
A well thought-out layout inside the car: three rows of seats, rear seats turned towards each other. This is a comfortable and surprisingly new use of the space inside the car.
I would like to test both machines. There is something clean and honest about their designs. I cannot describe them as beautiful or elegant or attractive, but the solution itself is so good, so adapted to the situation in India, that I cannot help but admire this product.
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We know this manufacturer primarily due to the fact that they own the Jaguar asset Land rover... Someone else will remember the most cheap car in the world - Tata Nano. In addition to him, this Indian manufacturer has a very wide range of its own and ambitions to sell all this stuff on the European market. But the financial position of the company has recently been greatly shaken. In May, sales decreased by 24% compared to last year, while competitors (mainly foreign ones) are only strengthening their positions. Some of their notable models are:
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The first generation of this model was released in 1998 and is considered a landmark in the Indian car industry, as it became the first ever fully local model. No third-party units or platforms were used when creating Indica - only their own developments. However, the Italians from the design and engineering institute I.DE.A. helped to create the car. In 2008, the second generation of Indica was released. They abandoned their own units in favor of subcompact Fiat motors. At the end of 2014, the model on the assembly line will be replaced by a pair of new subcompact hatchbacks Zest and Bolt, which were shown at the Geneva Motor Show and plan to sell around the world.
Tata nano
And again a record-breaking car. This time - for the price. A car without a trunk lid and radio, but with a 2-cylinder motor and 4-speed mechanics, costs from 147,000 rupees, that is, from about 85,000 rubles. For that kind of money, you can buy only a simple Yamaha YBR125 motorcycle. At these prices, Nano was expected to break through in the Indian market, but sales were more than three times lower than planned - about 70,000 per year instead of 250,000 in 2008-2009. Nowadays, monthly sales do not exceed thousands of pieces. All in all, Tata has failed to replicate the success of the VW Beetle and Fiat 500, largely because they underestimated the requests of Indian drivers. They were not ready for such spartan conditions and, more importantly, a complete lack of funds. passive safety... In the crash test according to the NCAP standard, the Tata Nano received zero out of five stars, which is "cool" even by the standards of the Russian VAZ "classics".
Tata aria
Having acquired Jaguar Land Rover in 2008, the Indians decided to try their luck in the production of luxury crossovers and released the Aria model, close in size to Porsche cayenne... The equipment, by the standards of the Indian market, is gorgeous: climate control, seats with leather upholstery, 6 airbags, ABS, ESP and even a GPS navigator. True, the power unit is boring: 151-horsepower turbodiesel plus 5-speed mechanics.
Russian trace
Tata cars are not supplied to Russia, and find on the secondary indian cars unrealistic. But we do have an official dealership selling angular Tata 613 trucks with different bodies. Sales are not going well, and the quality is poor. Soon, however, it is planned to launch an assembly of Korean commercial vehicles Tata Daewoo in Kaliningrad.Mahindra
Mahindra is one of the largest local producers, and one of only three who can seriously compete with foreigners. The history of the production of simple Mahindra SUVs goes back to 1947, and now the company offers a very wide range of models, including not only own cars, but also converted foreign cars. Let's describe several key models.Mahindra-SsangYong
Since 2011, the Indian concern owns 70% of the shares of the Korean by SsangYong... Therefore, the entire range of the brand is sold in India under the Mahindra brand, including the Chairman executive sedan. For some reason, Indians are not afraid of internal competition with their own SUVs.Mahindra Verito
Verito is the Indian Renault Logan. IN 2007 year Renault formed a joint venture with Mahindra specifically to release budget sedan, and initially under a French brand. I must say that, unlike Russia, in India Logan did not "shoot", and sales were much lower than planned. In 2011, the joint venture broke up, but Mahindra retained the right to sell Logan under his own brand - this is how Verito was born. The B0 platform remained unshakable, but the Indians worked with the exterior, and also made their own Mahindra Verito Vibe liftback on it. It is positioned as a more youthful and "sporty" version of the "indie Logan".
Mahindra Bolero
The Bolero is the best-selling SUV in India and is ranked sixth in overall sales. The conservative frame structure with a 72-horsepower turbodiesel and mechanics has not fundamentally changed since 2001, but the model has gone through a lot of restyling since then. There's even a deluxe version of the Special Edition c leather interior, ABS and USB radio.
Mahindra XUV500
With this car, Mahindra hopes to conquer, if not the whole world, then at least a few more markets besides home. Certain prerequisites for that: the car that went on sale two years ago has a design with monocoque body, 140-horsepower diesel, 6-speed manual, McPherson front and rear multi-link. The design also does not cause rejection. Based on the XUV500, the Indians hope to make a whole line of modern, by world standards, crossovers.
Mahindra e2o
A serious company counting on global expansion should have an electric car. But creating it yourself from scratch is expensive and time-consuming. Therefore, Mahindra acquired REVA, a major Indian electric vehicle manufacturer in 2010. The joint model e2o outwardly turned out to be even prettier than the same Mitsubishi iMiEV, and specifications do not stand out from other lithium-ion machines. At the end of 2014, the car goes on sale in the UK and Norway. It remains only to wait for the results of crash tests according to the EuroNCAP standard ...
Premier
Once a fairly well-known, but now very modest automaker from Mumbai. In the 40s of the last century, he started with the release of trucks under license from Chrysler, then collaborated with Peugeot and Fiat ... Their Premier 118NE model may be of interest to us, in the guise of which the resemblance to the VAZ "five" is unmistakably guessed. This is an Indian clone of the Fiat 124, only with a Nissan power unit. Premier now sells the only RiO model - a compact crossover, which is a facelifted first-generation Japanese Daihatsu Terios. The car kits for him, however, do not come from Japan, but from China, where the old Therios is known as the Zotye 5008.
Force Motors
Without going into details of mergers and acquisitions, this company traces its history since 1958, and for a long time it worked with Daimler-Benz, including producing the legendary licensed OM-616 diesel engines. Now Force Motors is not so much an automobile manufacturer as a tractor, bus, truck and agricultural manufacturer. By the way, this company has nothing to do with the Formula 1 Force India team, except for the similarity of the name. And you can tell about some of their operating models:Force trax
Force gurkha
Present frame SUV with a Mercedes turbodiesel, permanent all-wheel drive and locks for the Indian army. Available in three-door and five-door bodies. It is named, which is typical, in honor of the Gurkha - Nepalese mercenary soldiers who originally served the British crown, and now work for several states, including India. The car is still based on the Gelenevagen base, although the Indians have worked hard on the original design. Perhaps they shouldn't have done it.
Force one
Indian crossover. Awkward, with an eerie pseudo-wooden plastic in the cabin, but unlike its archaic off-road "relatives", it can normally move on asphalt roads. In any case, the front and rear suspensions are independent here, and in addition to the OM-616, they offer a more modern (also Stuttgart) diesel 2.2 liter about 141 hp.
ICML
ICML stands for International Cars and Motors Limited. This manufacturer, however, is far from the international level. Their only model is an Isuzu-powered Extreme SUV with a diesel engine, typically Indian featureless design and very modest equipment (even without ABS).
Chinkara Motors
Chinkara is a relatively small, by local standards, manufacturing company that assembles not only cars, but also ATVs, trikes, motorhomes, light helicopters, gliders and small yachts. Production is low, prices are high, and the clientele is rich. Main car model the company is a lightweight Chinkara Roadster, modeled after the Lotus 7. Thanks to its light weight and 1.8-liter engine from Isuzu, the roadster accelerates to 100 km / h in less than 8 seconds, and maximum speed is 190 km / h. Not Lotus, of course, but very good by local standards.There was a fear in the minds of many people that deregulation in India would lead to a drop in the Indian market for foreign goods with which Indian companies could not compete. 25 years later, not only has this fear been unfounded, but some Indian companies present foreign companies with a serious problem in their own markets. While most of these business ideas may have already been implemented elsewhere, some of these emerging Indian companies have managed to give existing players a tough fight, and in some cases even outshine them.
India has also been able to create its own set of unicorns (startups worth over USD 1 billion). The list of top Indian unicorns is topped by e-commerce poster boys Flipkart and Snapdeal, followed by mobile ad firms InMobi, cockpit aggregator OlaCabs (known as Ola), restaurant finder website Zomato, Data Analytics company Mu Sigma, and mobile payments company Paytm.
Oren Hydrocarbons
Oren Hydrocarbons is one of the few oil and gas exploration fluids in the world. Founded in 1990 by geologist Rizwan Ahmad and headquartered in Chennai, the company has manufacturing enterprises in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat; and worldwide in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Iraq. Its operations are global in nature and it is estimated that 5% of all wells drilled worldwide use their products.
Flipkart
Flipkart e-commerce site has grown to become the largest e-commerce player in India, revolutionizing the way of Indian stores. Flipkart was launched in 2007 by two former Amazon employees, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, and has already received funding from many large private equity firms. As of May 2015, Flipkart's value was $ 15.5 billion. USA. The e-commerce market in India is expected to grow in the coming years as more and more Indians get used to online shopping and also add more online subscribers. Currently, Flipkart's closest competitor in India is Amazon.
Ola Cabs
The largest cab aggregator service provider in the country was one of the last to enter the market. Ola was started in 2010 by Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, but he jumped ahead of everyone else in less than five years. It has received consistent funding from a number of private equity investors over the past six years and is currently valued at approximately $ 5 billion.
Metropolis
In 1981 in Mumbai, India, in Sunil Shah as one pathological laboratory, he works in more than 125 laboratories in 7 countries. Shah's daughter, Ameera Shah joined the organization in 2000 and has led to the growth of the company. The strategy revolved around having local laboratories link up with a larger organization like Metropolis and provide the labs with sufficient resources and training. It also has franchise collection centers that act as feeders to the main laboratories.
Snapdeal
Starting in 2010 with Rohit Bansal and Kunal Bahl as its daily discount site, it has changed its model to become an online marketplace similar to Alibaba and eBay. Snapdeal's business model change, funding from eBay and a $ 627 million investment from Softbank have helped the company compete with Flipkart and Amazon. It is currently valued at approximately US $ 5 billion.
Balaji Vafs
A regional snacks producer from Gujarat, Balaji Wafs was founded by Bhikubhai, Chandubhai and Kanubha Virani. He is the market leader in the western state of Gujarat and has successfully overtaken Pepsico's Lays in the Maharashtra region. Balaji spends very little on marketing and focuses on expanding his distribution network, thus keeping costs low. The company is currently limited to these two. states, but plans to expand distribution throughout the country Balaji Wafers is valued at $ 150 million.
Swati menthol
Founded by renowned entrepreneur SK Gupta in 1977 in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, Swati Menthol is one of the largest Indian manufacturers and exporters of natural menthol and related products. Most of his income comes from exports and he is considered one of the leaders of the leading fragrance companies among his clients. It has recently expanded into pine and aromatic products to suit other industries.
VLCC Healthcare
VLCC Healthcare is a beauty and wellness company founded by Vandana Loutra in Delhi, India in 1989. She currently works in three areas: wellness, training and skin and body care products. Wellness and training make up the majority of a business's income. A significant number of stores are currently owned by the company, although VLCC plans to expand the use of the franchise model in the future. It has already expanded to 16 countries and aims to quadruple its revenues over the next three years.
Zomato
Zomato is an online restaurant search site that was launched by Deepinder Goyal in 2008. It operates in all major cities in India and is one of the most visited sites in India. It integrates restaurants on its website and app, and generates revenue from advertising, consulting, and restaurant orders from special numbers listed on its website. It is present in over 20 countries and has information on over a million restaurants. It will soon be offering a new food delivery service that will allow customers to place orders on the Zomato website. As part of this new service, Zomato will take responsibility for collecting the order from the restaurant and delivering it to the customer. In the United States, S. Zomato acquired Urbanspoon from IAC in January 2015. The company raised $ 60 million in its latest round of funding and is currently valued at approximately $ 1 billion.
InMobi
In 2013, InMobi was named one of the 50 Most Disruptive Tech Companies by MIT Technology Review ... The mobile ad company, launched by Naveen Tiwari in 2007, competes with Google and Apple to enable publishers to analyze their data and deliver targeted ads. It connects content creators and advertisers and takes a transaction cut. It has received over $ 200 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins and Soft Bank. Most recently, mobile advertising platform InMobi raised about $ 100 million in new debt from a consortium of lenders led by US-based Tennenbaum Capital Partners.
Quickr
Launched in 2008 by Pranay Chulet, it is India's largest online classifieds portal. It allows the user to post ads for buying and selling a wide range of products from mobile phones to real estate. He makes money by advertising on his website and charges fees for bonuses. This is a big capital business compared to Flipkart and can expand quite quickly.
Outcome
While India has been successful in creating a relatively better ecosystem for tech companies, the manufacturing sector is still lagging behind. The new government has made manufacturing a top priority to encourage more domestic entrepreneurs to set up factories.
