MUMBAI, April 24 (Reuters) - India’s biggest car maker,
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MRTI.BO: Quote, Profile, Research), on Thursday reported a
surprising 34 percent fall in quarterly net profit, as a large
depreciation charge weighed on higher sales.
Maruti, 54.2 percent owned by Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp
(7269.T: Quote, Profile, Research), said net profit [...]

HANOI, April 7 (Reuters) - Auto sales in Vietnam nearly
tripled in the first three months of 2008 from the same period
last year, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association said
on Monday, even though the country’s economy has slowed.
Sales by 16 car makers jumped 180 percent to 34,095 cars in
the January to [...]

The $15,399 M109R has flown under the radar of many enthusiasts because it tends to defy categorization.How else to consider the cruiser-meets-sports-bike look and attitude of the motorcycle?But there’s more than attitude at work here, and it is the connection to Suzuki’s race-bred GSX-R series that really makes the difference.The M109R’s 1,783-cubic-centimetre V-twin features twin [...]

In the Buell camp, all the noise has been about the liquid-cooled 1125R production racer, but Harley-Davidson’s sporting arm has also rejigged its popular 1,203-cubic-centimetre Ulysses into a more touring-friendly roadster. Thanks to a lowered seat, a 30-millimetres-taller windscreen and some hard saddlebags, the already comfortable Ulysses is ready for the open road. While the [...]

By Nobuhiro Kubo and Nathan Layne
TOKYO (Reuters) - The seemingly unstoppable profit machine that is the Japanese auto industry is about to come to a grinding halt.
The sector, led by Toyota Motor Co (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research), Nissan Motor Corp (7201.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Honda Motor Co (7267.T: Quote, Profile, [...]

(Updates with 2007/08 figures, table)
TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - Automobile sales in Japan,
excluding 660cc minivehicles, fell 3.3 percent in March from a
year earlier to 471,755 vehicles, the Japan Automobile Dealers
Association said on Tuesday.
For the 2007/08 business year ended March 31, sales totalled
3,426,577 vehicles, down 4.5 percent.
Sales at [...]

The seemingly unstoppable profit machine that is the Japanese auto industry is about to come to a grinding halt.
The sector, led by Toyota Motor Co (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research), Nissan Motor Corp (7201.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Honda Motor Co (7267.T: Quote, Profile, Research), has managed to grow profits for seven straight years by expanding [...]

By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia auto correspondent
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp booked a better-than-expected 23 percent jump in quarterly profit as its Swift, SX4 and other compact cars powered a robust global sales growth amid record-high fuel prices.
Suzuki, valued at $13.6 billion — just shy of Ford Motor Co’s market [...]

By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia auto correspondent
TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp (7269.T: Quote, Profile, Research)
booked a better-than-expected 23 percent jump in quarterly profit
as its Swift, SX4 and other compact cars powered a robust global
sales growth amid record-high fuel prices.
Suzuki, valued at $13.6 billion — just [...]

(Adds detail, comments)
MUMBAI, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Shares in Indian vehicle makers
rose on Friday after the government proposed to cut excise
duties in the fiscal year 2008/09, which analysts say will
encourage demand, particularly for small cars.
The finance minister proposed to cut excise duties on buses
and chassis, as well as [...]