Contents

Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................................... 3 Preface ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 Automotive Industry- .................................................................................................................................... 5 Brands in India - ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Maruti Suzuki ............................................................................................................................................ 7 Tata Motors............................................................................................................................................... 7 Mahindra and Mahindra ........................................................................................................................... 7 Hindustan Motors ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Hyundai Motors India Ltd. ........................................................................................................................ 7 General Motors India ................................................................................................................................ 7 Honda Siel Cars India Ltd. ......................................................................................................................... 8 Ford India Ltd. ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Volkswagen Ltd. ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd. ...................................................................................................................... 8 Fiat Motors Ltd.......................................................................................................................................... 8 B.M.W. Automobiles Ltd. .......................................................................................................................... 8 Premier Automobiles Ltd. ......................................................................................................................... 8 Top Automotive Industries Worldwide......................................................................................................... 9 Top TEN Automotive Industries Globally: ................................................................................................... 10 Logo of Branded Automotive Companies: .................................................................................................. 11 Car Segment Classification .......................................................................................................................... 12 Hatchback Cars........................................................................................................................................ 12 Sedan Cars............................................................................................................................................... 12 SUV .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Vans and MPVs ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Station wagon ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Other types of Cars ................................................................................................................................. 13 What is EURO IV : ................................................................................................................................ 13

Model of Branded Company Cars ............................................................................................................ 14 Questions: ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Scoring System: ................................................................................................................................... 18 Answers:.................................................................................................................................................. 18 Bibliography: ............................................................................................................................................... 19 Thank You! .................................................................................................................................................. 19

Acknowledgement

When a book like this comes into existence, it was very hard to name and thank all the people that helped me shape this book. It took me over six years to consolidate and format all the content in a manner that may benefit the readers.

However, I always thank my wife Suman Bansal for her continued patience and understanding. gratitude to my father Mr. I would like to express my sincere B. D. Bansal for their continued

encouragement and invaluable time to time support.

I would like to thank my both sons Anurag and Gaurav Bansal for the tremendous help I receive from them to design this book.

Preface

As I mentioned in the previous part that the idea of this book came to my mind after watching Kaun Banega Crorepati episodes and watching many people drop out without winning enough. I think most of the time the reason was either not enough preparation or lack of resources to enhance the knowledge required to win BIG such a game.

Thats why I started writing this book on various subjects so that it can offer the basic guidance to the people preparing for a game like this. Nonetheless everyone can get benefitted with this set of books because Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

The Key to Success has been written for the people trying to prepare for Kaun Banega Crorepati. Therefore the scope of this book is not to deep dive on any subject rather swim across various layers which is what one need to qualify for winning large sum on Hot Seat.

This book cannot be used to gain exhaustive knowledge on any given subject. But it provides enough information that you can easily remember and be better prepared for the game.

At the end of the book, a multi-choice Questionnaire is given that has only one correct answer. Try to attempt those questions on your own and then check the correct answers from the Answer Sheet.

Automotive IndustryAutomotive Industry is the largest and the fastest growing industries all around the world. United States of America, Europe, Germany, Japan, South Korea, India, Italy and France are among the major automobile manufacturing countries. Toyota of Japan was crowned No. 1 Automotive Industry globally1 during the year 2010 production-wise but in the year 2011, it was fallen down to 3rd position surpassed by General Motors and Volkeswagen as No. 1 and No. 2. General Motors has plant in Halol, Gujarat. Tata Motors has set up its plant in Sanand (Gujarat) for production of Tata Nano4 in Sanand (Gujarat) which is near Ahmedabad and production started there from August, 2011 onwards. Hindustan Motors is in Kolkata. Honda is in Noida and Toyota has its plant in Bengaluru. More than half a million 4-wheeled vehicles are manufactured in India which includes foreign collaboration companies. Since 2000 - 2012, total production of four-wheel vehicles has increased to approximately 3.5 times5. India exports approximately 30% vehicles to other countries like South America, Egypt, Mexico, France, Netherland, Italy, South Africa, U.A.E., Greece, U.K., Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Germany etc. Tata Motors has gained approx. 60% market share of Commercial vehicles in India whereas Maruti Suzuki has about 50% market of Passenger vehicles. Hyundai, Mahindra & Mahindra, Chevrolet and Ford are among the top selling brands in India. The first car ran on India's roads in 1897. Until the 1930s, cars were imported directly in a very minimum quantity. Mahindra & Mahindra was established by two brothers as a trading company in 1945 and first assembled Jeep under Foreign license of Willys. They later launched Light Vehicles and Tractors.

Top SIX Countries of Automotive Industry

Japan
North America Germany

India

South Korea

Italy

India is sixth largest producer of automobiles in the world2. Globally it is second fastest growing automotive market and is expected to rise to 5 million by 2015. Most of the automotive sector in India is based in Chennai, Pune, Haryana, Gurgaon and Gujarat. Chennai, being the biggest hub of it, is also called Detroit of India3. B.M.W. (Bayerische Motoren Werke), Nissan, Ford, Hyundai and Renault have their units here. Maruti Suzuki is based in Manesar (Gurgaon). General Motors, Volkswagen, Skoda, Mercedez Benz, Fiat etc. have their plant in Pune.

Brands in India Mahindra & Mahindra (originally founded as Mahindra and Mohammad) was the first company ever to set up manufacture automobiles in India. Slowly the following companies entered Indian market to meet the growing demands.

Tata Motors (1945) BMW (2006)

Maruti Suzuki (1981)

Fiat India (1997)

Mahindra's (1940)

Toyota (1997)

Hindustan Motors (1942)

Honda (1995)

Premier Autos PAL (1944)

Hyundai (1996) Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda (2001) Nissan (2005) General Motors (1994)

Ford India (1995)

Today, India plays a vital role in automobile industry in terms of Technology, Designs and Creativity. Hindustan Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Premier Automobiles, are Indian companies.

Toyota, Ford, Hyundai, Chevrolet, Fiat, Honda, Nissan, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, B.M.W., Mitsubishi and Volvo are Foreign based companies those have collaboration with Indian Market.

Maruti Suzuki
Suzuki Motor Corporation entered Indian market in 1981 to produce as Maruti Suzuki Brand Vehicles, with Maruti 800 being its first vehicle. It offers a complete range of cars like Maruti-800, Gypsy, Omni, Alto, WagonR, Grand Vitara, Swift, Zen, Estilo, Versa, SX4, and Swift DZire. These cars are very popular among the Indian public due to their affordability. Its market share in Indian market is 45%. The company sale is around 5 lacs cars annually.

Minister there. Then the companys name was changed to Mahindra and Mahindra. It introduced JEEP brand in India. Better known models are Bolero, Camper, Maxx, Scorpio and Mahindra-Renault Logan, a JV with Renault.

Hindustan Motors
Hindustan Motors Ltd. is a Birla Group company founded in 1942. The famous brand cars are Ambassador, Cedia, Lancer, Pajero etc. Ambassador is a car manufactured by Hindustan Motors of India. It had started its own production from 1958. It is also commonly called the King of Indian Roads and popularly as Amby. Generally it is an official vehicle for Government officials in India. It has its production plant at Uttar Para, near Kolkata in West Bengal.

Tata Motors
Tata Motors Ltd. was established in the year 1945 as a multinational car company with its headquarters in Mumbai. It is Indias largest Automotive Company. Tata Nano, is the world's cheapest passenger car, manufactured by Tata Motors. Oher premium TATA brands are Indica, Vista, Indigo, Safari, Sumo. Jaguar and Land Rover were recently acquired by TATA in 2008 from Ford.

Hyundai Motors India Ltd.

It was formed in 1996 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea. Hyundai Motor presently markets Santro, i10, i20, Accent, Verna and Sonata.

Mahindra and Mahindra

M&M is the largest Automobile producer in India. K.C. Mahindra and Malik Ghulam Mohammad jointly founded Mahindra and Mohammad in 1945 in Ludhiana. When India got Independence, Mr. Ghulam Mohammad migrated to Pakistan and became Finance

General Motors India

General Motors India Ltd. made its entry into the Indian car market with CK Birla Group in 1994. It became a fully owned subsidiary of GM in 1999.

 They have launched the branded cars like Aveo U-VA, Captiva, Optra Magnum, Optra SRV, Spark, Tavera etc.

Toyota Altis, Land Cruiser Prado etc. are brand cars of this group.

Fiat Motors Ltd.

Fiat India Automobiles Limited is a 50-50 Joint Venture between Fiat Group of Italy and Tata Motors of India. It came into existence in India in the year 1997. It has established its Industry in Pune, Maharashtra. The current brands are Fiat Linea, Grand Punto and Fiat Nuova 500. Fiat Siana, Fiat Uno and Fiat Palio have been discontinued.

Honda Siel Cars India Ltd.

Honda Siel Cars (I) Ltd. is a joint venture of Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and Siel Ltd. The company manufactures luxury and premium car brands like Accord, CR-V, City, Civic.

Ford India Ltd.

Ford launched in India in 1995 as Mahindra Ford India Ltd. which was renamed as Ford India Limited. The famous models are Endeavour, Fiesta, Fusion, Ikon etc.

B.M.W. Automobiles Ltd.

BMW, Bayerische Motoren Werke is a 100% subsidiary of BMW Groups which came in India in the year 2006. Its plant in Chennai produces BMW 3 Series, 5 Series, X1 and BMW 7 Series.

Volkswagen Ltd.
Volkswagen started its operation in India in the year 2001. Skoda Auto and Audi brand cars are subsidiary of Volkswagen. Fabia, Laura, Octavia, and Superb are branded models of this company.

Premier Automobiles Ltd.

Premier Automobiles Limited is an Automobile Company based at Mumbai. It was founded in 1944. In the year 2000, with the collaboration of Taiwan China Motor Corporation, two models Premier Sigma and Roadster were launched. In October 2009 Premier Auto Ltd. Launched Rio Model.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd.

Toyota Motors started its operation in India in 1997 with Indian Entrepreneur Kirloskar Group. Toyota Toyota Qualis, Corolla, Toyota Toyota Camry, Innova,

Top Automotive Industries Worldwide

Top Automotive Industries Worldwide

American General Motors Ford

German

Japanese

Korean

Indian Hindustan Motors Tata

Europe

Italian

Volkswagen

Toyota

Hyundai

PSA

Fiat

BMW

Honda

Kia

Lotus

Ferrari

Chrysler

Skoda

Nissan

Subaru

Maruti

SEAT

Audi

Suzuki

Mahindra

Porsche

Mitsubishi

Premier

Mazda

Top TEN Automotive Industries Globally:

1 Toyota 10 Fiat 2 GM

9 Nissan

3 Ford

8 Honda

4 Hyundai

7 Chrysler LLC 6 BMW

5 Volkswagen

Logo of Branded Automotive Companies:

Lincoln Company Brand Dodge Logo Mercury

Chrysler

Fiat

Chrysler

Jeep FIAT RAM GM

Alfa Romeo

Ferrari

Premier (PAL) Buick Hyundai Cadillac Honda General Motors Chevrolet Honda Acura GMC Daewoo Opel Kia Ford FORD Aston Martin Hindusta n Motors HM Mahindra & Mahindra M&M Logan (Renault) Optima Hyundai

Tata

TATA Suzuki 800 Nissan

BMW Subaru

BMW Subaru

Maruti Suzuki

Toyota

Nissan Infiniti Proton Lotus

Toyota

Lexus

Scion

Volkswagen Peugeot PSA Citroen Lamborghini Mazda Mazda2 Benz Mercedez Rolls Royce
Volkswagen

Bugatti

Skoda

Audi SEAT

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Volvo Volvo

Car Segment Classification

Hatchback Cars
A Hatchback Car is a style of Car body in which Passenger and Cargo space volume is more. Chevrolet Beat, Fiat Figo, Honda Jazz, Hyundai Santro, i10, i20, Maruti 800, Alto, Swift, Tata Nano, Indica etc. are Hatchback Cars.

Sedan Cars

A Sedan is a passenger car having separate compartments for engine, passenger and cargo space. It has two rows of seats and adequate passenger space in the rear compartment. The examples are Optra, Ford Icon, Ambassador, Honda City, Civic, Accord), Hyundai Accent, Mahindras Logan, Lancer, Octavia, Toyota Corolla, Tata Indigo and VWs Zetta.

Station wagon
This type of vehicles are similar to Sedan with its roof extended Rearward. Station wagons can flexibly reconfigure their interior volume via fold down rear seats.

Other types of Cars

Coupe type cars are a closed car body style, permanently attached hard topped Fixed Roof. The doors reduced to 2 doors generally. Convertible Car is a type of cars that can convert from an enclosed to an Open-air vehicle. The roofs are made of soft material like vinyl, canvas, Textile etc. Recreational vehicle, generally called RV, is atype of vehicle which is equipped with living space like a home, kitchen, bathroom, Bed Room and a Living Room. It has facilities of Waste Water storage, Fresh Water Hose, Electrical Device on 12V DC, Generator for Air Conditioner (120-240V), Fridge, and a Bathroom fitted with all amenities.

SUV
Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) type cars are built on a chassis. These type of vehicles are more durable and more safer. Audi, BMW, Honda CR-V, Gypsy, Pajero, Tata Safari, Toyota Land Cruiser and Fortuner are examples of this type of Cars.

Vans and MPVs

Van is a type of vehicle having maximum interior space. It is also named as Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV) or Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV). Few examples of these types of vehicles are Chevy Tavera, Maruti Omni, Versa, Tata Sumo, Innova, Bolero, Scorpio.

What is EURO IV :
Bharat stage emission standards are emission standards instituted by Government of India to regulate the output of air pollutants from internal combustion engine equipments, including motor vehicles. The standards and the timeline for implementation are set by the Central Pollution Control Board under the Ministry of Environment & Forests.

 The standards, based on European regulations were first introduced in 2000. All new vehicles manufactured after the implementation of the norms have to be compliant with the regulations. Since October 2010, Euro III norms have been enforced across the country.

In 13 major cities, now Euro IV emission norms are in place since April 2010. The first emission norms was introduced in India in 1991 for petrol and 1992 for diesel vehicles.

Model of Branded Company Cars

Company Brand Name Buick Chevrolet General Motors Cadillac Daewoo GMC Hindustan Motors Mahindra & Mahindra HM Acadia Terrain Ambassador Montero Bolero M&M Armada Logan Accent Hyundai Hyundai Genesis i20 Corolla Toyota Toyota Lexus Prius Etios IS GS LS RX Pajero Outlander Scorpio Voyager Aprio Sonata Equus Terracan Matrix Qualis Lancer Contessa Xylo Commander Reva Tucson Santro Verna Camry Innova Thar Classic Legend Santa FE i10 Fe Sienna Sion Cedia Subarban Yukon Typhoon Camero Suburban Vitara SRX M Somerset O Riviera Colarado Malibu Cruze Escalade D E L Opel Corsa Optra Impala Beat S

Honda Acura

Honda Acura Nissan Infiniti

Accord Pilot RL Versa GT-R Teana EX Indica Nano Nuovo 500 458 Italia Turismo MiTo Yeti Elegance Cabriolet Azure Polo Touareg Journey Caravan Ram 1500 Compass

Civic Jazz TSX Altima Sentra Sunny QX Indigo Venture Siena California Cabrio Giulietta Octavia Fabia Roadster Brooklands Jetta Beetle Avenger Challenger Ram 3500 Patriot Grand Cherokee 300 Abarth Focus Icon Gr.

CR-V RDX Maxima 370Z Micra Etherea Safari Vista Linea F12 Berlinetta Quattroporte Spider Laura Spyder Mulsanne Passat Routan Charger Durango Wrangler

Insight ZDX Murano Datson

Nissan

Tata

TATA Fiat

Sumo Manza Gr. Punto 500 (F F)

Fiat

Ferrari Maserati Alfa Romeo Skoda

Superb

Volkswagen

Audi Bentley Volkswagen Dodge RAM Jeep

Arnage Tiguan Vento Dart

Nitro

Chrysler

Liberty 200 Fiat 500 Viper Fiesta Taurus Milan

Chrysler Fiat SRT Ford Ford Mercury

Town & Country

Fusion Figo Mariner

Mustang

(Defunct) Aston Martin Lincoln BMW BMW Vantage MKZ X3 Mini Porsche Mitsubishi Porsche Mitsubishi Suzuki Suzuki Maruti Mazda Fiat Kia Subaru 911 Boxter Lancer Crossover Maruti 800 Gypsy Estilo Mazda Premier (PAL) Kia Subaru Miata Padmini Optima Imprezza

Marquis Rapide Navigator X6 X5 Cayenne Gallant Vitara Omni Baleno Wagon R Mazda 3 Rio Seadona Outback M3 Cayman Eclipse Equator Swift DZire Zen Mazda 2 118NE Ria Forester Uno Sorento Alto Esteem Versa Panamera Endeavour Rolls Royce Virage One77

Questions:
1G. Which of the following companies is Worlds Number One Car Maker? (a) Honda (b) Suzuki (c) Volvo (d) General Motors 2L. Which is No. Automotive Industry? (a) Germany (b) (c) Italy (d) 1 Country in

(c)

(d) has launched

4O. Which company cheapest car globally? (a) Maruti Suzuki (c) Hindustan Motor

(b) M&M (d) Tata Motors

North America Japan

5G. On which rank Indias Automotive Industry stands? (a) 1st (b) 6th (c) 18th (d) 25th 6D. In which part of India, Hindustan Motors has set up its Car Assembly/ Manufacturing plant? (a) Eastern (b) Western

3A. Which Logo is AUDI Brand of Cars? (a) (b)

(c)

Northern

(d)

Southern

7E. Which company had set up its first Automobile Industry in India in 1940s? (a) Hindustan (b) Tata Motors (c) Maruti Udyog (d) Mahindra & M 8D. Out of total production of automobiles in India, what percentage of 4-wheeler Passenger Cars manufactured including foreign collaborations? (a) approx.10% (b) approx. 15% (c) approx. 25% (d) approx. 40% 9N. Which organization in India regulates the output of Air Pollution of exhaustion of gas from automobiles? (a) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (b) Car Manufacturing Assn. of India (c) Central Pollution Control Board (d) Oil Refinaries Co. of India 10G. What percentage of Import Duty on foreign Cars is levied by Govt. of India on Passenger Cars? (a) 55% (b) 105% (c) 140% (d) 220% 11B. Which Product was initially marketed under the Brand name Hindustan Landmaster? (a) Maruti (b) Ambassador (c) Tata (d) Honda 12G. The MATIZ is a product of which Automobile Company? (a) Mitsubishi (b) Daewoo (c) Hyundai (d) Maruti 13G. In Truck Tyres segment, which is the largest producer in India? (a) Apollo (b) MRF (c) Modi (d) Ceat 14N. Which Car Brand by General Motors named after its Swiss Racing Car Partner?

(a) (c)

Mercedez Taurus

(b) (d)

Chevrolet Impala

15G. The famous Car Brand Rolls Royce is owned by? (a) Ford (b) General Motors (c) BMW (d) Volkswagen 16N. Production of which model Toyota Brand has been discontinued? (a) Camry (b) Qualis (c) Land Cruiser (d) Etios of

17N. Which Car Manufacturer in India has been coined as largest seller after Maruti and Tata Motors? (a) General Motors (b) M & M (c) Ford (d) Skoda Audi 18L. In which city of Gujarat (India), Tata Motors have set up its Plant for Tata Nano production? (a) Sanand (b) Vadodara (c) Dahej (Bharuch) (d) Halol 19L. Which Indian Company have Joint Venture with Ford Automotives to set up its assembling and selling of Ford Brand vehicles? (a) Hindustan Motors (b) Tata Motors (c) Mahindra & Mahindra (d) Hindujas Group 20D. In BMW Car segment, what does BMW stands for? 21N. What is the minimum age of getting Permanent Driving Licence of Light Motor Vehicles in India? (a) 14 Years (b) 16 years (c) 18 years (d) 20 years

Scoring System:
The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating which has a numeral value. These letters are A, B, D, E, G, H, L, N, O and S.

Answers:
1-d 2-d 3-b 4-d 5-b 6-a 7-d 8-b 9-c 10-b 11-b 12-b 13-a 14-b 15-c 16-b 17-c 18-d 19-c 20-Bayerische 21-c

Bibliography:
For getting a clear picture of this chapter, some websites related to Automobile Industry, have been visited.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Stage_emission_standards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_India_Automobiles_Limited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_India_Private_Limited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Siel_Cars_India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Motors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automobile_manufacturers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahindra_%26_Mahindra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruti_Suzuki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motor_Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Motors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen

Thank You!
Hope you got a chance to read the first part of this book The Key to Success Part I : The Universe.

Now in this second part which is based on Automobiles Industry, I tried to give you as much information as possible regarding cars. I know there is too much to write on this topic. But I tried my best to provide only the most relevant information.

Again I will request you all to share it with your friends too. You may buy the complete book with all the issues together at a discounted rate as well from various online services released separately.