Motor Vehicle Manufacturer

(AUTU MOBIL)

HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE

The history of the automobile begins as early as 1769, with the creation of steam engine automobiles capable of human transport. In 1806, the first cars powered by an internal combustion running on Fuel gas appeared, which led to the introduction in 1885 of the ubiquitous modern gasoline- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine.

ERAS OF INVENTION
Pioneer inventors Veteran era Brass or Edwardian era Vintage era Pre-WWII era Post-war era Modern era

PIONEER INVENTORS
1885-built Benz Patent Motorwagen, the first car to go into production with an Internal combustion engine

1870, Vienna, Austria: world's first gasoline-run vehicle, the 'first Marcus car

The second Marcus car of 1888 Technical Museum Vienna

VETERAN ERA

The French 1898 Renault Voiturette

The first automobile in Japan, a French Panhard-Levassor, in 1898

BRASS OR EDWARDIAN ERA

T-model Ford car parked outside Geelong Library at its launch in Australia in 1915

A Stanley Steamer racecar in 1903. In 1906, a similar Stanley Rocket set the world land speed

VINTAGE ERA
1926 Austin 7 Box saloon Lineup of Ford Model As

PRE-WWII ERA

Citron Traction Avant

POST-WAR ERA

1953 Morris Minor Series II

Jaguar E-type coupe

1985 Mini

MODERN ERA
The wedge profile of the 1967 NSU Ro 80 was often copied in subsequentdecades

Tata Nano Inexpensive car

THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS Raw Materials Design Components Chassis Body Paint Interior assembly Mate

COMPONENTS

Raw Materials Although the bulk of an automobile is virgin steel, petroleum-based products (plastics and vinyls) have come to represent an increasingly large percentage of automotive components.

DESIGN

Introducing a new model of automobile generally takes three to five years from inception to assembly

COMPONENTS

The automobile assembly plant represents only the final phase in the process of manufacturing an automobile

CHASSIS

The typical car or truck is constructed from the ground up (and out). The frame forms the base on which the body rests and from which all subsequent assembly components follow

BODY

Generally, the floor pan is the largest body component to which a multitude of panels and braces will subsequently be either welded or bolted

PAINT

Prior to painting, the body must pass through a rigorous inspection process, the body in white operation

INTERIOR ASSEMBLY

The painted shell proceeds through the interior assembly area where workers assemble all of the instrumentation and wiring systems, dash panels, interior lights, seats, door and trim panels, headliners, radios, speakers,

MATE

The chassis assembly conveyor and the body shell conveyor meet at this stage of production

VARIOUS AUTO MOBILE PRODUCERS IN INDIA

Ashok Leyland Asia MotorWorks Audi India BMW India Chevrolet Chinkara Motors Eicher Motors Fiat Automobiles Force Motors Ford India General Motors Hero Honda Hero Motors Hindustan Motors Honda Siel

Hyundai Motor Kerala Automobiles Kinetic Engineering Mahindra & Mahindra Mahindra Navistar Mahindra Renault Maruti Suzuki Mercedes-Benz India Nissan Motor Opel India Premier Automobiles

Rajah Motors Renault REVA San Storm Skoda Auto Standard Swaraj Mazda Tara Tiny Tata Motors Toyota Kirloskar TVS Motor Volkswagen India

COMPANY PROFILE

MARUTI UDYOG LIMITED

Maruti Suzuki is India and Nepal's number one leading automobile manufacturer and the mark Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) was established in February 1981, though the actual production commenced in 1983 with the Maruti 800et leader in the car segment Maruti Suzuki has been the leader of the Indian car market for over two decades.

MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
Maruti Suzuki has two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in India. Gurgaon Manufacturing Facility The Gurgaon Manufacturing Facility has three fully integrated manufacturing plants and is spread over 300 acres . Manesar Manufacturing Facility The Manesar Manufacturing Plant was inaugurated in February 2007 and is spread over 600 acres

MARUTI SUZUKI PLANT IN GURGAON

Tata Motors

TATA MOTORS
Tata Motors is Indias largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of USD 20 billion in 2009-10. It is the leader in commercia lvehiclesand among the top three in passenger vehicles. Established in 1945, when the company began manufacturing locomotives, the company manufactured its first commercial vehicle in 1954 in a collaboration with Daimler-Benz AG, which ended in 1969.

IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
Tata Nano In January 2008, Tata Motors launched Tata Nano, the least expensive production car in the world at about 120,000.The city car was unveiled during the Auto Expo 2008 exhibition in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Tata Ace Tata Ace was India's first mini truck Tata Ace, India's first indigenously developed sub-one ton mini-truck, was launched in May 2005.