The Indian automobile industry is one of the leading industries of its kind on a global scale – it also occupies a similar status when it comes to growth rate. On an average the industry produces at least 17.5 million vehicles, including four wheelers and two wheelers, per year. Its annual exports amount to approximately 2.33 million.
India is also one of the top two producers of motorcycles on a global basis and every year sells around 8.5 million vehicles. The sector for commercial vehicles and passenger cars in India is among the top 7 in the world. This industry produces at least 3.7 million cars per year.
Indian and Brazilian Automobile Industries
Recently published reports state that India is all set to dethrone Brazil and become the sixth biggest manufacturer of passenger cars in the world. It is expected that in the 2011-12 financial year this industry will be producing almost 3 million units, which would indicate a growth of 16 – 18 percent. India is also among the top exporters of passenger cars along with Japan, Thailand and South Korea.
Indian Automobile Industry in 2010
In 2010 India produced at least 3.7 million automotive vehicles and almost 40 million passenger cars, which implies an increase of almost 33.39 percent. This also makes India the second in terms of growth on a global basis.
Indian Automobile Industry Growth Prospects
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers estimates that by 2015 India shall be producing 5 million vehicles and in the next 5 years this would increase by a further 4 million. It is expected that by 2050 India would be sitting atop the global automobile market with 611 million cars in its streets.
Indian Automobile Industry Manufacturing Hubs
Chennai is the hub for the automobile manufacturing industry of India. Leading names from the global automobile industry like Ford, Renault, Hyundai and Nissan have made it the headquarters of their Indian operations leading to the sobriquet “Detroit of India”.
BMW also has an assembly plant in the areas surrounding Chennai. The city also accounts for almost 60 percent of India’s automotive exports. The cars marketed by Maruti Suzuki are made in Manesar and Gurgaon in Haryana.
Top companies such as General Motors, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Land Rover, Skoda, Fiat, Mahindra and Mahindra, Force Motors and Tata Motors are based at Chakan near Pune. Some of the other important Indian cities may be mentioned in this regard:
Ahmedabad – Tata Nano
Kolkata – Hindustan Motors
Halol – General Motors
Noida – Honda
Aurangabad – Audi, Volkswagen and Skoda
Bangalore - Toyota
Indian Automobile Industry Job Domains
The automobile companies based in India are presently recruiting in several profiles:
Design engineers
Quality engineers
Marketing managers
Production supervisors
General managers
Software development engineers
Junior executives
Staff engineers
Senior executives
Accounts executives
Quality supervisors
Assistant engineers
Production engineers
Lead test engineers
Assistant managers
Last Updated on 9/12/2011
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