Why India lacks greater variety in car brands and models | Deep Drive Podcast Ep. 19 | Autocar India

India witnessed record car sales in FY24 but while sales are touching new highs, the number of carmakers and models is declining. Hormazd Sorabjee - Editor, Autocar India - and Sergius Barretto - Managing Editor, Autocar India - discuss the reasons in this episode of the Autocar Deep Drive Podcast powered by Kotak Mahindra Prime.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:55 - Choice in India vs markets abroad
5:14 - Sedans choice shrinking
7:05 - Budget hatchbacks
7:20 - Why don't we have more brands?
10:30 - Impact of new regulations
21:55 - Carmakers that left India
23:30 - EVs will increase choice
26:00 - Why buyers and carmakers love SUVs
27:00 - No estates in India
28:40 - Hot hatches
29:12 - Cross hatchbacks
30:00 - Chinese carmakers will bring choice
31:20 - The heyday of choice is gone
33:58 - MPV segment
35:11 - Carmakers don't have an appetite for risk
36:37 - The brands we'd love to see

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