The blessing in disguise for the Indian truckers has been the burgeoning cargo offering from wheat and rice exports.
Ameya Walavalkar and Saurav Bandyopadhay will start third (clocked 2.027 seconds behind the leader) and fourth respectively.
Tata Motors' commercial vehicles in November 2012 in the domestic market were 44,323 units, compared to 44,732 vehicles, sold in November last year.
Indo-Vietnam bilateral trade to touch $ 7 billion by 2015.
Renault India Private Limited, the Chennai-based subsidiary of French car major Renault SAS continued to be on a steady growth, recording a sales of 6,607 units in November 2012 as against the sales of 6,790 units in the year ago period.
Indian automotive firm, VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) today said reported a 9.76 percent increase in its total sales at 3,565 units in November 2012.
India's largest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, yesterday reported 12.45 percent rise in its total sales at 1,03,200 units in November this year as against the sales of 91,772 vehicles in the year ago period.
India Yamaha Motor, the subsidiary of the Japanese two wheeler major Yamaha Motor Co posts positive sales numbers on the back of new prodcut launch and enhanced customer connect initiatives.
Total two-wheeler sales of the Chennai-based TVS Motor Company decline by 3.5 percent, while the sales of three-wheeler increase by 87 percent.
Poor consumer sentiments, coupled with humungous interest rates and rising fuel prices have marred the festive gains made by Indian automobile manufacturers.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, India’s leading SUV manufacturer, today announced a 18 percent rise in its auto sales numbers, which stood at 48,143 units during November 2012 as against 40,722 units during November 2011.
Adverse market conditions continues to affect demand of the Korean car market as well.
The Chennai-based Ford India today reported a marginal increase in its total sales in November 2012 at 10,155 units as against 10,091 units in the year ago period.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) sold 10,352 units in November 2012 as compared to 13,956 units in the corresponding month last year, showing a sales decline of 26 percent.
The Chennai-based Indian arm of the US car manufacturer, Ford said humungous interest rates, along with economic slowdown have hurt the market sentiments, further impacting car sales in the short run.