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Introduction:
Indian automotive industry is one of fastest growing industries of the country. It comprises 22
per cent of the country's manufacturing gross domestic product (GDP). The industry is
mainly divided in four major categories: two wheelers, passenger cars, three wheelers and
commercial vehicles. Category wise market share of each of the ones mentioned above is
illustrated in Figure A below. There are four segments in passenger car basis on body type,
which is shown in Figure B below. With the annual production of 17.5 million vehicles,
Indian automobile industry is the seventh largest in the world. Currently about 100 million
vehicles are playing on Indian roads. It has the potential to be a global leader in the upcoming
years.
With improved affordability and rising income of the countrys population and emerging
Indian market, we can expect solid growth in automobile industry in the near future.
According to the Automotive Mission Plan (AMP) 2006-2016, the automotive sector's
contribution to the GDP is expected to double, reaching a turnover of US$ 145 billion in
2016, with governments support and focus on exports of small cars, multi-utility vehicles
(MUVs), two and three-wheelers and auto components.
Market Share by
Category
Two wheelers
4% 4%
15%
Passenger
Vehicles
77%
Commercial
Vehicles
Hatch
Back
52%
MUV
20%
Three
Wheelers
Figure A
Figure B
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TITLE
Industry Profile
PAGE NUMBER
Overview
Market
Performance
Challenges
Trends
Outlook
Players' Profile
Macroeconomic Profile
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Government Regulation
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References
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Performance of Industry
FY2014 was a dismal year for the automobile sector, with all vehicles i.e. passengers,
commercial and three wheelers posting declining growth sales. The two wheelers industry
segment was an exception to this trend.
Production: FY 2013-14
A total of 21,481,526 were produced, being about 4.04% less than the production in previous
FY. The passenger cars segment saw a slide of 4.90% as against the previous year (Figure
1.1).
Sales: FY 2013-14
The total sales grew by 3.53% at 18,421,538 vehicles against 17,793,701 vehicles during the
previous financial year. However the passenger car category recorded a drop in sales by
6.05% (Figure 1.2).
Exports: FY 2013-14
The industry witnessed a growth of 7.21% in exports for the FY 2014 at 3,107,893 vehicles
as compared to 2,898,907 vehicles in the previous FY. Passenger vehicles segment exports
grew at 6.09%. The new financial year saw a 12.98% growth in exports at 272,122 vehicles
in a month (in contrast to 240,865 in the previous FY) (Figure 1.3).
FDI in Automobile Sector
The industry attracted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) at Rs. 9,027 Crores, a growth of
7.67%. The cumulative FDI into the auto sector between FY 2010-14 was recorded at Rs.
48,197 Crores, being 5% of the total FDI as per Ministry of Commerce (Figure 1.4).
Challenges in Automobile Sector
Higher Fuel Cost: Rising fuel prices is a matter of concern for the industry, negatively
influencing consumers purchasing power. Fuel prices have raised since the government in
January 2013 decided to raise rate by 50 paise per month until entire losses on the fuel are
wiped out. Diesel car sales too have slumped by 14%, influenced by narrowing gap between
diesel and petrol price.
However the sale of Diesel vehicle could be further affected in case PM Narendra Modi ledgovernment accepts a pending proposal to increase diesel prices by Rs. 3-4 per litre before
deregulating it completely.
The BJP government carrying forward reforms initiated during the previous Congress regime,
hiked diesel prices by 50 paisa a litre, excluding state levies, marking the two increases in
rates in three weeks.
Infrastructure Challenge: Road infrastructure affects the automobile industry. Indias road
infrastructure is not properly developed. The condition of the roads would only worsen with
increasing number of vehicles hitting the road. Investment of up to $30 billion is required to
repair roads in the country.
Inventory Pile-up: With current slowdown in sales, estimates suggest that inventory level is
at least 6 weeks and in some cases to over 10 weeks.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions in the automobile industry happen as a business strategy to increase
market share and reach, along with to attain economies of scale and augment product ranges.
Some of the major deals were struck between 1990 and 2000; creating six major alliances GM Alliance, Ford-Mazda, DCX Alliance, Toyota, VW Group and Renault-Nissan. Few of
the major Merger and Acquisition activity that happened in the recent past are:
Ford sold both Land Rover and Jaguar Cars to the Indian Tata Motors in 2008. This sale
Chrysler and Fiat merger in 2009: Fiat would take a 35% stake in Chrysler and gain
access to a North American dealer network in exchange for providing Chrysler with the
platform to build smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles.
shares in Porsche Zwischen holding GmbH, effectively becoming its parent company as of 1
August 2012.
In January 2013, Hindustan Motors Ltd announced the de-merger of its Chennai car
plant, transferring it to its fully-owned subsidiary Hindustan Motor Finance Corporation Ltd.
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Outlook
The broad outlook for the industry is cautiously positive, with small cars, utility vehicles
and Light Commercial vehicles expected to grow at a moderate rate.
The industry is hopeful that the new government will affect the sector positively. Reforms in
taxation, clearance of major infrastructure projects and production incentives to the sector
will help revive the automobile industry.
EMERGING TRENDS
(1) Green Vehicles:
Considering an Indian consumers high sensitivity towards fuel cost, vehicle price and
rising fuel cost, it is expected to have greater emphasis on high fuel efficiency in
coming decade by OEMs. Auto manufacturers are taking several initiatives in green
automobiles, including investment in R&D for developing greener alternative fuel and
greener manufacturing process.
(2) Focus on differentiated costumer experience:
Companies are now slowly shifting from just selling a car to providing a complete
basket of services for an enhanced experience. Other than the competitive pricing and
quality of product and services, companies are focusing on easy availability of spares,
proximity and familiarity with service centre, loyalty program and promotions for
retaining their customer throughout the vehicle life cycle in an increasingly
competitive environment.
(3) Multi Plant operation:
Economic development in the country has led to an increase in the demand in tier II
and tier III cities. To fulfil this increasing demand, manufacturers are expanding their
assembly/production facilities to different locations of the country so as to minimize
the transportation costs.
(4) Focus on developing Captive financing business:
Vehicle manufacturer with captive financing units are dominating market in
developed countries. Auto financing is emerging as an important driver for demand in
the auto industry.
PLAYERS PROFILES:
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Product Mix :- Scorpio, Bolero, Reva, Verito, Vibe
The flagship company of Mahindra group Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd is mainly involved
in selling vehicles and vehicle related parts. Passenger vehicles constitute about
41.37(Insight) of the product mix. The company sold about 254344 passenger vehicles
which is an 18.1% de-growth compared to previous year. The de-growth is attributed to
slow economic growth in the country according to companys annual report.
M&M manufactures all its multi-purpose vehicles, sports utility vehicles (SUV) and some
commercial vehicles at its Chakan plant which has a production capacity of 3.2
million vehicles per year. The company also manufactures UVs and its passenger
car Verito at its Nashik plant. Also 10% of sales come from the export market which they
are trying to expand. Company is expected to launch new version of Scorpio in October
2014.
Share-Holding:
Indian Promoters
25.2%
Foreign collaborators
0.1%
15.9%
FIIs
36.9%
ADR/GDR
5.0%
Free float
16.9%
Maruti Suzuki
Product Mix:- Swift, Celerio, Alto, WagonR ,Ritz, SX4
Maruti Suzuki is a subsidiary of Japanese auto giant Suzuki. Despite slowdown in the
sector Maruti continued to grow but at lower rate of 3 %. Its sales volume for the year
was 890455. This is because of its high penetration in rural market and robust network of
delivery. Also the company attributed the continual growth to production of more diesel
vehicles. Launch of Celerio also developed a surge of sale Maruti. Also owing to tax
issues abroad Marutis export shrunk by 16%. Maruti has a combined production capacity
of 1.75 million vehicles per annum at its Gurgaon and Manesar plants. It was also in the
news for the Manesar tragedy where an HR manager was killed owing to labor unrest.
Also Maruti stopped production of Maruti 800 which was perceived as Indias first
common mans car
Share-Holding:
Indian Promoters
0.0%
Foreign collaborators
56.2%
14.0%
FIIs
22.0%
ADR/GDR
0.0%
Free float
7.8%
Product Mix: Camry, Corolla, Prado, Innova, Fortuner, Etios, Etios Liva
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited is a subsidiary of world's largest automobile
manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan. It started production in 1999 in India. The
company sold about 13,847 units in July 2014. In domestic market it registered a 4% growth
in the July when compared to last year. The company has two manufacturing facilities at
Bidadi, in Bangalore, Karnataka. This automaker is expected to launch Toyota Vios, a midsized sedan an diesel variant of Fortuner by the end of 2014.
Description
Percentage of share(%)
Promoters
64.28
Individuals
13.68
Institutions
5.34
FII
15.33
Government
0.00
Others
1.37
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for the quarter registering a decline of 28.3% when compared to last year. Tata Motors have
six manufacturing plants. Indica, Indigo and UVs are manufactured at Pune, Ace and Magic
are manufactured at Pantnagar, Nano is manufactured at Sanand and Ace Zip at Dharwad.
The company's dealership, sales, services and spare parts network comprises over 6,600
touch points, across the product range. This automaker is expected to launch Zest a compact
sedan and Bolt a hatchback by the end of this year. It is also expected to launch SUV in 2015.
It has nine manufacturing plants overseas. It is looking to set up plant in Venezuela.
Description
Percentage of share(%)
Promoters
34.81
Individuals
7.21
Institutions
12.93
FII
27.62
Government
0.08
Others
17.35
Nissan
Product Mix: Nissan X trail, Nissan Teana, Nissan 370z, Nissan Micra, Nissan Sunny
Nissan Motor Corporation (Nissan) is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer
head quartered in Yokohama, japan. Since 1999, Nissan has been part of the RenaultNissan
Alliance, a partnership between Nissan and French automaker Renault. Nissan was the sixth
largest automaker in the world behind Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai
Motor Group, and Ford in 2012.Taken together, the RenaultNissan Alliance would be the
worlds fourth largest automaker.
Nissan sold 5.2 million vehicles around the world in the fiscal year ended March, controlling
about 6.2 percent of global auto market. Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd. recorded 48% growth
as compared to last year. This June, the company sold 4,362 units which are around two
times of its last years sales, 2,949 units. In the year 2014 January-March profit was 114.9
billion yen ($1.1 billion), up from 109.7 billion yen the year before. Quarterly sales rose more
than 20 percent to 3.2 trillion yen ($31 billion).
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Volkswagen
Product Mix:- Beetle, Polo, Punto, SUVs, 1 motorcycle brand- Ducati
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer whose head quarter is in Wolfsburg,
Germany. It is the top selling and the biggest automaker in Germany and the 2nd largest
maker in the world. The company develops vehicles and components and also produces and
sells vehicle, in particular Volkswagen brand passenger cars and commercial vehicles. VW
sales its cars worldwide with operations in Europe, North America, South America , Africa
and Asia. It holds a global market share of more than 11%. Acquisition with other companies
has helped VW to spread its international operations rapidly. In the year 2013 the sales of
vehicle have increased at a rate of + 4.1 % compared to 2012.
The revenue generated through sales reached a staggering figure of 197,007 million Euros.
It generated profit of 9145 million Euros accounting after tax.
Chevrolet
Product mix: Chevrolet Spark, Chevrolet Beat, Chevrolet Sail , Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet
Tavera , Chevrolet Captiva, Chevrolet Enjoy
Chevrolet Division of General Motors LLC, is an American automobile division of the
American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Its head quarter is in Detroit, US. In India its
head quarter is in Gurgaon and its technical centre is in Bangalore. It is the 5th largest car
manufacturer in India. Annually 385,000 vehicles are produced by this group in India. It has
vehicle manufacturing plants in Halol, Gujarat and Talegaon Dabhade, Maharastra.
Company Financials:
Maruti Suzuki
Hyundai Motors
EPS
94
2454.8
79.1
BPS
711.6
12626.5
394.8
P/E
16.9
4.7
11.4
P/CF
9.7
3.7
7.8
6.4
10.1
6.3
Sales/Assets
1.4
0.7
0.8
Return On Assets
9.7
8.6
7.6
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The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 was enacted to provide for the welfare of motor
transport workers and to regulate the conditions of their work. It applies to every motor
transport undertaking employing five or more motor transport workers.
Automotive Mission Plan 2006-16 (AMP 2016): The Government of India has drawn up an
Automotive Mission Plan 2016 (AMP 2016) that aims to make India a global automotive hub
as mid-term goal. This Automotive Mission Plan (AMP) 2016 aims at 10% contribution of
automotive sector in gross domestic product (GDP)
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989
This law governs emission norms and consolidates the law relating to motor vehicles. It lays
down law relating to driving license, registration of motor vehicles, control of traffic,
construction & maintenance of motor vehicle
Tax Laws Affecting the Automobile Industry
Income Tax Act, 1961
If the tax payable by any company, including a foreign company taxable in India, is less than
18.5% of its book profits, it will be required to pay Minimum Alternate Tax
When conveyance charges for official purposes are paid, user details in the form of log
books, odometer readings etc. should be maintained. Where such details are not available or
not properly maintained, the amount paid for or reimbursed for non-official purposes less
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Rs.1200 per month for small car or Rs.1,600 per month for large car would be valued as a
perquisite.
Custom Duty
The 2012 Budget had introduced concessions for the import of specified parts of hybrid
vehicles like lithium ion batteries the custom duty on such specified parts has been lowered
from 10% to 6%.15
Sales Tax / Value Added Tax (VAT)
Sales tax/VAT is levied by states on sale of goods within its territory. Central Sales Tax is
currently higher on diesel vehicles than on petrol vehicles.
Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT)
Duty imposed by Central Government on manufacture of goods. The government revises the
rates of CENVAT from time to time.
REGULATORY AGENCIES
The Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways (MoSRT&H) acts as the central
agency for formulation and implementation of various provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act,
1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 (CMVR). Additionally, the Ministry of
Environment & Forest (MoEF), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) and
Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources also govern various aspects of the automotive
industry. The MoSRT&H has constituted certain standing committees of eminent individuals
to advise the MoSRT&H which include:
Central Motors Vehicles Rules (CMVR)- Technical Standing Committee
Advises the MoSRT&H on technical aspects related to CMVR and any amendments that may
be required in light of advancement in technology.
Comprises of a wide range of stakeholders, from organizations such as the Ministry of Heavy
Industries & Public Enterprises, Bureau of Indian Standards, Automobile Research
Association of India, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers etc.
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Recommends the Government regarding international standards which can be used in lieu of
standard notified under the CMVR to permit use of components complying with such
standards.
Assisted by another committee called the Automobile Industry Standards Committee which
advises in drafting the technical standards related to safety.
Standing Committee on Implementation of Emission Legislation (SCOE)
The main functions of this committee are to discuss future emission norms, to recommend
final norms for current vehicles to MoSRT&H and to finalize test procedures and
implementation strategy for emission norms
Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)
The objectives of the Association are R&D in automotive engineering for industry, testing,
certification and homologation of automobiles, automotive equipment and ancillaries and
framing of vehicle regulations.
Impact of Union Budget 2014-2015:
There were no major policy changes for the automotive sector in the Union Budget
2014.Focus on improvement of infrastructure especially in the rural areas (and North east)
would tend to increase vehicle ownership in those areas. So this is a positive sign for the
automotive sector.
Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) president Mohan
Himatsingka said a number of proposals in the budget will promote the growth of economy,
including auto sector.
"Renewed thrust on infrastructure sector, particularly significant outlay for road
infrastructure development, divestment of banks, and definite timeline for GST rollout are
some of the positive highlights of the Budget," he said in a statement.
Finance minister Mr. Arun Jaitley has extended the excise tax cuts for next six
months, and now the benefits are valid till December 31st 2014.He has also announced the
implementation of the Goods and Service Tax(GST)
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demanding for a quite long time. Reduction in steel prices and elimination of custom duty on
auto components would favor the automotive sector.
Sugato Sen.
GRAPHS
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Production Trend
350
300
250
200
150
No of Vehicles
100
50
0
Sales Trend
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
No of Vehicles
Export Trend
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
No. of Vehicles
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