Budget 2026: Luxury car makers seek excise tax reforms to boost demand for premium cars

Ahead of Budget 2026, Santosh Iyer, Managing Director and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India, has called for rationalization of customs duties on imported luxury cars. He said this could boost demand in the premium segment and ultimately increase government tax revenues.Speaking to PTI, Iyer highlighted the challenges faced by luxury car makers due to rising input […]

Flat, festive and then furious: how 2025 gave an exciting plot twist to India’s automotive story

Domestic sales of passenger cars remained virtually unchanged compared to a year earlier.Two-wheeler sales shrank, breaking a four-year growth streak. Passenger car sales fell to an 18-month low. That was the confrontation with the macro mood The Indian automotive industry in 2025, during the first half of the year.After several years of steady expansion, the […]