Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it would roll out eight compact car models tailored for emerging markets by 2015 in an attempt to catch up to front-runners such as Volkswagen AG and General Motors

Mahindra & Mahindra is finding it tough to exorcise the ghosts of failed Chinese ownership at its South Korean car unit Ssangyong as it looks to push the brand into China's auto market, the

South Korean car maker Hyundai Motor expects to achieve this year's target of raising its global sales by 6 percent to 4.29 million vehicles, driven by overseas sales, its chief executive told Reuters

With petrol prices hiked again today and fears remaining about price volatility of the deregulated fuel, auto manufacturers in the country are expecting a jump in demand for diesel-driven passenger

* Q4 net profit 3.03 bln rupees vs 921.9 mln rupees yr ago

* Indexes closes at lowest since January

Since the beginning of this year, banks have been lowering interest rates for home loan borrowers. Union Bank of India (UBI) set the mood for a rate cut in January with a 10-basis-point (bp) reduction