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Auto companies effected with supply chain disruptions
Mar 15th
Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Suzuki who were planning aggressive strategies for India’s top growth market were hit hard by Japan’s quake and face serious supply chain disruptions.
The only silver lining is India’s relatively small dependence on Japan. Auto experts said higher levels of localization levels and cost concerns prompting most Japanese car makers to import from Thailand would help the Indian subsidiaries.
Maruti Suzuki’s Hamamatsu plant has not been affected and the parent is using the Nagoya airport for air freight. Still, Maruti imports a number of components from Japan, and the problem gets worse as a number of its Indian vendors, too, source from the tsunami-battered country.
The Japanese auto industry has been severely impacted by the national tragedy. Honda has suspended production at all the Japanese plants till March 20 and is in touch with its vendors for exact damage assessment.
Toyota’s Indian unit, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, postponed the opening ceremony of its second plant scheduled for this week.
NISSAN MICRA
Feb 6th
The world will have its eyes on the 2010, when Nissan launches its Micra in March. Nissan hopes, this small car will twist its fortune around in India. The new Micra is not just an update version of older one, in fact it is going to be all new car,right down to its platform. The Micra will usher in what the Japanese manufacturer has chrisened the ‘V’ platform on which a wide array of models will be based.
Laden with compact dimensions to the light weight body, the new Micra will also be fitted with a brand new 3 cylinder engine that will not only be peppy and powerful, but extremely fuel efficient as well. They have spent a whole lot of effort to make this car suited to Indian conditions and judged by the commitment we have seen from the wonderful people at Nissan, we think it will py off just the way they want it to.
