March 2002


Car production in India, ranking of makes:

Brand/marque/Marke Production
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Passenger cars/VP/PKW:
1 Maruti  122,876  152,030  183,916  262,327  326,120  349,780  343,348  393,837  348,665
2 Tata-Telco 4,045 5,648 11,887 10,548 8,632 6,302 2,200 40,205 83,208
3 Hyundai - - - - - - 8,676 47,066 77,069
4 Mahindra 31,982 39,657 41,083 55,586 66,718 69,277 66,500 69,265 60,670
5 Hindustan 19,759 25,536 25,164 28,080 26,263 24,059  20,672  23,306 29,420
6 Toyota  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  19,406
7 Fiat India Auto                19,165  
8 Premier 13,407 20,998 35,994 24,389 9,918 14,169  11,584    
9 General Motors - - - - 4,191 10,257  3,248  2,388 7,311
10 Bajaj Tempo               5,560 5,645
11 Mercedes-Benz - - - 669 1,821 2,326  1,355    
12 PAL-Peugeot - - - 7,453 8,560 6,798  613    
13 DCM-Daewoo - - - 4,443 20,259 3,146      
14 Honda-Siel                  
15 Others               588 752
Light Commercial Vehicles/VU Légers/Leichtnutzfahrzeuge (2-6T GVW):
1 Tata Telco              39,326  36,486  
2 Eicher              5,379  6,399  
3 Mahindra              3,118  5,275  
4 Bajaj Tempo              3,454  4,577  
5 Ashok Leyland              482  522  
Trucks/Véhicules utilitaires/Nutzfahrzeuge (> 6T GVW):
1 Tata Telco     52,596 73,927 89,726 63,972  32,022  61,016  
2 Ashok Leyland     17,170 22,353 28,773 20,258  14,601  25,151  
Buses/autobus/Busse:
1 Tata Telco     17,335 16,066 17,011 17,602  13,389  13,635  
2 Ashok Leyland     10,152 11,392 9,063 14,817  11,505  11,006  



Adapted from:
Auto Katalog No. 45 (2001/2002), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 2001;
Auto Katalog No. 44 (2000/2001), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 2000;
Auto Katalog No. 43 (1999/2000), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1999;
Auto Katalog No. 42 (1998/99), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1998;
Auto Katalog No. 41 (1997/98), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1997;
Auto Katalog No. 38 (1994/95), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1994;
Lastauto Omnibus Katalog 2001, No. 30, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 2000;
Lastauto Omnibus Katalog '99, No. 28, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1998;
Lastauto Omnibus Katalog '97, No. 26, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1996;


Indian car links:

DC DesignDilip Chhabria designed cars
Mahindra
Mahindra-Ford
Tata-Telco
General links:
Indian cars at Cybersteering.com


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