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The major car manufacturers in India are Hindustan Motors, Maruti Udyog, Fiat India
Private Ltd., Ford India Ltd., General Motors India Pvt. Ltd., Honda Siel Cars India Ltd.,
Hyundai Motors India Ltd., Skoda India Private Ltd., Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd., to name just
a few. The two-wheeler manufacturing is dominated by companies like TVS, Honda Motorcycle
& Scooter India (Pvt.) Ltd., Hero Honda, Yamaha, Bajaj, etc. The heavy motors like buses,
trucks, defense vehicles, auto rickshaws and other multi-utility vehicles are manufactured by
Tata-Telco, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors, Bajaj, Mahindra and Mahindra, etc.
The Indian automobile industry is now striding inroads into the rural middle class after its
inroads into the urban markets and rural rich. It is trying to bring in varying products to suit
requirements of different class segments of customers.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE’S
Automobile manufacturers are among the largest companies in the world. These
corporations are often multinational, meaning they are partially owned by several
foreign companies. These companies often share parts, use parts made in foreign
factories, or assemble entire cars in foreign countries. The three major automobile
manufacturers in the United States—General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor
Company, and Daimler Chrysler AG—provide much of the industry's total direct
employment in the United States, but increasingly foreign automakers, such as Toyota
Motor Corporation and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.—are building automobile assembly
plants in the United States.
Foreign automakers are taking advantage of tax incentives and laws that discourage union
organization in the Southern United States, in particular. Eleven foreign-owned auto plants
operated in the United States in 1993. By 2006 that number had grown to 28. Many of these
plants were located in such states as Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and
Texas.
Automotive parts manufacturers are another large section of the U.S. auto industry, comprising
about 5,000 firms, including Japanese, European, and Canadian companies. These firms supply
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