Suzuki, Toyota, Honda is postpone India plans post the Japanese

   Thursday, 17 March 2011 10:16   

Japan is  witnessing the most troubled times since the second world war, all the Japanese auto makers forced to delay their plans in India, stride to minimize the calamity's impact on their India operations. Earlier Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) had passed on the sales figure of 1 crore units without any celebrations. “This is a big tragedy on mankind. That is why we are not doing anything on our one crore production mark. We have cancelled everything, this  time is not to celebrate,'' MSIL Chairman R. C. Bhargava said. Then came the news from Toyota about first delaying the launch of their first hatch here and then rises speculations of delay in the facility in Bangalore where Toyota invested Rs. 3200 crore in December last year. Now Honda announces latency in launching their latest budget hatch Brio here in India. “In light of the recent devastating earthquake that hit Japan, causing massive damage to life and property, Honda Siel Cars India has postponed the Honda Brio India preview event scheduled to be held on March 17,” the company said in a statement.