Tata Motors bets big on SUV Harrier for ‘sustainable’ growth: Official
10/12/2018
new delhi: Tata Motors, which is on a comeback trail, is betting big on its upcoming SUV Harrier to place itself among the top three passenger vehicle manufacturers on a sustainable basis, a top company executive said.
The company, which has been working on a strategy to revive its fortunes in the passenger vehicle (PV) segment for the last couple of years, now believes it has the products and scale to be among the leaders in the segment. In an interview with PTI, Tata Motors CEO and MD Guenter Butschek said the company had decided in 2016 to aim for the number three spot in the PV segment by the end of 2018-19 financial year. "We were number seven at that point in time. When we became number three for the first time in October last year on a monthly basis, we surprised ourselves. At no given point of time the organisation really had a belief that this is going to be possible," Butschek said. In the past one year, the company has broken into top three positions thrice on monthly sales basis behind leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor India.
"At least in three of the (last) 12 months we made it even with limited scope of new products," Butschek said.
In April-October period this fiscal, Tata Motors is at fourth position with sales of 1,38,732 units, a growth of 25.65 per cent over the same period of 2017-18.
Maruti Suzuki is at the top with sales of 10,44,749 units followed by Hyundai at second position with 3,26,178 units.
Mahindra & Mahindra is at the third position with 1,45,462 units, marginal growth over same period of last fiscal.
Having made its presence felt with products like Nexon, Tiago and Hexa, Tata Motors now expects its new offering Harrier to further cement its position in the domestic market.
"We feel very comfortable as far as onward journey is concerned. Harrier plays a fundamental role as it is expected to get us one step forward to a sustainable number three position," Butschek said.
Bullish on the prospects of the premium SUV, he said: "The kind of response we have seen so far for the vehicle, we are pretty positive that this car is really going to turn the needle of our destiny in multiple respects."
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