The first automobile industry was established at the Premier Automobiles Ltd at Kurla (Mumbai) in 1947 and the Hindustan Motor Ltd at Uttarpara (Kolkata) in 1948. At present India is the 7th largest producer of automobile manufactures which includes two wheelers, commercial vehicles, passenger cars, Jeep, scooty, scooters, motor cycles mopeds and three wheelers.
Among the production of two wheelers, motorcycles are manufactured at Faridabad, Haryana and Mysore. While scooters are manufactured at Lucknow, Satara, Akudi (Pune), Panki (Kanpur) and Odhai (Ahmedabad). The cars produced at Haryana, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai are Maruti, Ambassador, Fiat, Ford and Hyndai etc. Presenceof foreign car companies such as Mercedes Benz, Fiat, General Motors, Toyota and the recent entry of passenger cars manufacturers BMW, Audi, Volks Wagen and Volvo makes the Indian automobile sector a special one.
Several new joint venture agreements for the manufacture of cars have recently been signed by the Indian companies and renowned car manufacturers of the world. The Indian auto industry is said to take a big leep in the near fixture. This expected to provide much more competitive environment to the industry and a wide choice of ultra modem cars to the consumers. This is the fast growing industry in India.
