Major Automotive Manufactures
| Company | Description | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Ashok Leyland | Ashok Leyland is a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Chennai, India. In 1948, Ashok Motors was set up in what was then Madras, for the assembly of Austin Cars. The Company's name changed soon with equity participation by British Leyland and Ashok Leyland commenced manufacture of commercial vehicles in 1955. Ashok Leyland has six manufacturing plants: a plant at Ennore near Chennai, two plants at Hosur (called Hosur I and Hosur II, along with a press shop), and the assembly plants at Alwar and Bhandara. | 18 seater to 82 seater double-decker buses, 7.5 tonne to 49 tonne in haulage vehicles, special application vehicles, and diesel engines for industrial, marine and genset applications. |
| Ashok Leyland - Nissan JV | Nissan and Ashok Leyland formed a Joint Venture to set up a Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) plant at Pillaipakkam, 40 km from Chennai. | Have Launched 1.25-tonne diesel truck named DOST |
| BMW | A state-of-the-art assembly plant for BMW 3 and 5 Series started operation in early 2007 in Chennai. Construction of the plant started in January 2006 with an initial investment of more than one billion Indian Rupees. The plant started operation in the first quarter of 2007. | Produces the different variants of BMW 3 Series and BMW 5 Series. |
| Daimler | Daimler is establishing a plant in Oragadam, Chennai to produce trucks to cater to Indian Markets. The plant will have an initial production capacity of 36,000 vehicles a year. | |
| Ford | Ford entered India in collaboration with Mahindra & Mahindra in 1995 with a plant in Tamil Nadu. The first model was the Escort. In 2009, Ford invested $500 million to increase its capacity to 200,000 cars per annum. | Escort (discontinued) Ikon Fiesta Mondeo (discontinued) Fusion (discontinued) Endeavour Figo Ecosport |
| Hindustan Motors | Hindustan Motors has a plant in Tiruvallur, Chennai. | Trekker Landmaster Contessa Ambassador— |
| Hyundai | Hyundai entered India in 1996 and in 1998 launched Santro, back in 1998 the Santro's original arch rival was the Maruti Zen, the Hyundai brand was virtually unknown in the Indian market. But now Hyundai has good market share primarily because of its entry-level small cars Santro and i10. Along with its plant in Sriperumbudur, it set up a second plant thereby raising its total capacity to 600,000 cars per annum. | Santro - i10 - Getz (discontinued) i20 - Accent - Verna - Elantra (discontinued) - Sonata Tucson* Terracan* (discontinued) |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi entered India in 1998 as a part of its global expansion programme. It has a manufacturing facility in Chennai with technical collaboration with Hindustan Motors. Mitsubishi's plant in Chennai currently has a capacity of 6,000 cars per annum which will increase to 24,000 cars per annum in a few years. | Lancer - Lancer Cedia - Pajero* - Montero* - Outlander*. |
| Nissan | Nissan entered India in 2005. It is currently is setting up a full-scale manufacturing plant in Oragadam situated about 45 km from Chennai. The plant will have a capacity of 200,000 cars per annum. It plans to introduce 9 new models in India in the coming months including its small car Micra. | Teana* X-Trail* |
| Peugeot - Citroen | Peugeot-Citroen has firmed up plans to re-enter the Indian market. The company will invest around Rs 4,000 crore in an integrated manufacturing facility, which will make three lakh cars a year. The plant will come up in the Sriperumbudur region near Chennai. | |
| Renault | Renault entered India in 2007 in a Joint venture with Mahindra. It is currently is setting up a full-scale manufacturing plant in Oragadam situated about 45 km from Chennai. The plant will have a capacity of 200,000 cars per annum. It plans to introduce many new models in India, particularly to attract small car buyers. | Logan |
| Royal Enfield | Royal Enfield is a motorcycle manufacturer based in UK. It has a plant in Chennai. | * Classic (350 & 500 cc) - close to the original 1955 specification with some basic modifications, 5 speed gear box and left foot gear shift. * Bullet 500 ES - Classic with electric start and 4-speed gearbox * Bullet Continental - US model 350 or 500 with 4 speed gearbox with left foot gear change. * Bullet Sixty-5 - Bullet 500 ES with new 5 speed gearbox and left foot gear change. * Lightning 535cc - 4 speed cast iron engine. Cruiser model on which the Thunderbird is based. * Thunderbird (350 cc)- New 5 speed gearbox, left foot gear change, stylish look with dual colour/shade body, curved handle bars and electric start. It is also compliant with UK/EU emission standards. * Bullet Electra-X (500 cc) - Much modified/re-designed lean burn, alloy barreled engine with the new gearbox and many chassis modifications. The Electra-X looks like a modified and improved Bullet. * Bullet Machismo 350/500 * Mini-Bullet 200 * Fury * Explorer * Silver plus * Mofa a 22 cc shock-absorber-less mobike. |
| TAFE Tractors | TAFE Tractors has plant in Sembium, Chennai | |
| Yamaha | Yamaha’s plant will be its biggest in India and will manufacture scooters. |
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