India's largest auto expo starts today

February 05, 2014 04:27

The 12th edition of the Auto Expo is set to start on Wednesday at Greater Noida, against the background of a prolonged slowdown in the domestic automobile sector and with top global auto chiefs deciding to skip the show.

As many as 55 vehicle manufacturers are set to take covers off 69 new passenger cars, utility vehicles, two-wheelers and commercial vehicles, making it the largest exhibition in the countrys automotive history.

Open to the media and industry representatives from Wednesday, the expo will be open for the public from Friday.

The focus for passenger car makers is compact cars and utility vehicles, the only segments that saw an increase in sales in the past 12 months.

Top car makers such as Maruti Suzuki will introduce automatic manual transmission in small car Celerio.

The technology, a first in the segment, would enable the driver to change gears without engaging the clutch. AMT, unlike automatic transmission variants, would not hit fuel efficiency.

While Nissan would showcase its small car Datsun GO, Renault has scheduled the global premiere of a compact car.

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