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AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY OF INDIA
A Nations economy is well known from its transport system. For instant andrapid growth in economy, a well-developed and well-networkedtransportation system is essential. As India's transport network is developingat a fast pace, Indian Automobile Industry is growing too. Also, theAutomobile industry has strong backward and forward linkages and henceprovides employment to a large section of the population. Thus the role of Automobile Industry is very essential in Indian economy. Various types of vehicles are manufactured by the Automobile Industry. Indian AutomobileIndustry includes the manufacturing of trucks, buses, passenger cars,defense vehicles, two-wheelers, etc. The industry can be broadly segmentedinto into the Car manufacturing, two-wheeler manufacturing and heavyvehicle manufacturing units. The major Car manufacturer are HindustanMotors, Maruti Udyog, Fiat India Private Ltd., Ford India Ltd ., General MotorsIndia Pvt. Ltd., Honda Siel Cars India Ltd. Hyundai Motors India Ltd., SkodaIndia Private Ltd., Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd. The two-wheeler manufacturing is dominated by companies like TVS, HondaMotorcycle & Scooter India (Pvt.) Ltd., Hero Honda, Yamaha, Bajaj, etc. Theheavy motors like buses, trucks, defense vehicles, auto rickshaws and othermulti-utility vehicles are manufactured by Tata-Telco, Ashok Leyland, EicherMotors, Bajaj, Mahindra and Mahindra, etc. The Indian Automobile Market growth is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.5percent amounting to Rs. 13,008 million by 2010 which is a big in number. The Commercial Vehicle Segment has been contributing to the automobilemarket to a great extent. So as in passenger luxury cars now/Many foreign companies likeMercedes,Suzuki,chevorlet,Honda,mitsubushi,Toyota,Hyundai etc. have beeninvesting in the Indian Automobile Market in various ways such astechnology transfers, joint ventures, strategic alliances, exports, andfinancial collaborations.like maruti joined hands with Suzuki in passenger
 
cars,same as Mahindra with Renault,hero joint ventures Honda in twowheeler segment,ashkoa with Leyland in commercial vehicle segment.Theauto market in India can boast of attractive finance schemes, increasingpurchasing power, and launch of the latest products.investments in theautomobile industry by the foreign companies in india help in strengtheningthe india`s economy. India`s giant automotive manufacturer company TATA MOTORS has largestshare in commercial vehicle.and now they have acquired the jaquar andrange rover globally,capturing international market too,also they areexporting their key products in the international market. Total sales of major car manufacturers in India registered a figure of 0.674million units at the end of March, 2007. The number of car exports in Indiawas 39,295 units. General Motors, Maruti, and Honda accounted for 60percent of the market sales at the end of April, 2007. As the increase in percapita income is observed in india,There has been an increase in thepurchase of motorcycles and cars both in the rural as well as urbanareas.{figures from reliable sources}Some vital statistics regarding the automobile market in India has beenmentioned below:
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 Two wheelers - 2nd largest in the world
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Commercial Vehicle - 4th largest in the world
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Passenger car- 11th largest in the world The Indian automobile market consists of a wide variety of vehicles such aslight, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles, cars, scooters, mopeds,motor cycles, 3 wheelers, and multi-utility vehicles such as jeeps and smalltrucks. The modern automobile market in India has been considering key issues inthe process of growth:
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Customer care, and not just 'service'
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Domestic as well as multinational investments
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Searing through cut-throat competition
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Road safety
 
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Anti-pollution norms
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Coordination with the government to enable advancement
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Used vehicle trade The future of Indian Automobile market is bright as it looks forward tomanufacturing and implementing new innovations such as electric cars asprovided by Reva,CNG technology is used in new upcoming models of marutiand Honda has launched their new hybrid car in the Indian market. alternatefuels like CNG and LPG, and probably customized Internet automobile orders.
Segmentation of automobile industry
Among the two-wheeler segment, motorcycles have major share in themarket.Hero Hondacontributes 50% motorcycles to the market. In it Hondaholds 46% share in scooter and TVSmakes 82% of the mopeds in thecountry.40% of the three-wheelers are used as goods transport purpose. Piaggioholds 40% of the market share. Among the passenger transport,Bajajis theleader by making 68% of the three-wheelers.Cars dominate the passenger vehicle market by 79%.Maruti Suzukihas 52% share in passenger cars and is a complete monopoly in multipurposevehicles. In utility vehiclesMahindraholds 42% share.In commercial vehicle, Tata Motors dominates the market with more than60% share. Tata Motors is also the world's fifth largest medium & heavycommercial vehicle manufacturer.{figures from reliable sources}
E-BUSINESS OF AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY 
 The online vehicle market in India has been providing excellent services toonline vehicle sellers as well online vehicle buyers. The advantage of onlinevehicle buying is that one can get an exhaustive list of cars and bikes and
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