Passenger Cars

The demand of passenger cars has increased tremendously during the last two decades (Fig. 11.12). There are a number of companies producing passenger cars. Some of the important car manufacturers are: (i) Maruti Udyog Limited, Gurgaon (Haryana); (ii) Hindustan Motors (Chennai and Kolkata); (iii) Premier Automobiles, (Mumbai); (iv) Standard Motor Products, Chennai; (v) Hyundai Motors India: Surajpur (NOIDA-LTttar Pradesh); (vi) Daewoo Motors India Ltd. near Pune; (vii) Honda City (Uttar Pradesh); (viii) The collaboration between Mahindra and Ford has introduced the Ford Escort; (ix) Mercedes Benz of Germany in collaboration with Telco is producing expensive E220 and 250D; and (x) the Premier Automobiles in collaboration with Fiat-Ind-Auto Limited has introduced Fiat Uno car.