Honda hikes car prices, Ford,GM likely to follow
Leading car-makers, worried over rising input costs are expected to take a call on whether to hike their product prices by end-this month, even as Honda Siel Cars India today said that it would up its prices by 2-3 per cent from April 1. The Company has also postponed the launch of Brio in India, Originally Scheduled for March 17, due to devastating earthquake and Tsunami that hit Japan last week.
The Japanese multi-national said it would hike the prices of all its products, except the luxury sedan Accord, by 2-3 per cent beginning April 1 on account of rising input costs. Other car-makers, also impacted by the continuous rise in raw material prices, said they are mulling a price hike but would take a call on the matter by end-this month.
Ford India said that increasing input costs in recent months is worrying the company. The company has invested USD 500-million at its Chennai facility, doubling car production to 2-lakh units annually and to build
a new engine with a capacity of 2.5-lakh units per year.
[Source:economictimes.indiatimes]
The Japanese multi-national said it would hike the prices of all its products, except the luxury sedan Accord, by 2-3 per cent beginning April 1 on account of rising input costs. Other car-makers, also impacted by the continuous rise in raw material prices, said they are mulling a price hike but would take a call on the matter by end-this month.
Ford India said that increasing input costs in recent months is worrying the company. The company has invested USD 500-million at its Chennai facility, doubling car production to 2-lakh units annually and to build
a new engine with a capacity of 2.5-lakh units per year.
[Source:economictimes.indiatimes]
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