India

Jeep takes on luxury brands in India

After years of delay, Fiat Chrysler last week began offering Jeep Wranglers and Grand Cherokees in India, a market of 1.2 billion people that's key to the brand's goal of reaching 2 million sales annually by 2019.

Ford shelves compact car program for emerging markets, report says

Ford has shelved plans to produce a new compact vehicle family designed mainly for emerging markets such as India and China, industry sources told Reuters, reflecting disappointing sales of mainstream models in the world's fastest growing car markets.

Jaguar Land Rover extends the Jeep Wave via Twitter

When Jeep drivers greet each other on the road, they often do so with a silent, friendly gesture known as the Jeep Wave Last week, as Jeep entered India officially for the first time in its 75-year history, the brand received an equivalent gesture from rival Jaguar Land Rover, via Twitter.