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Car manufacturing: Large ambitions for smaller vehicles

By Joe Leahy

Published: January 28 2010 19:04 | Last updated: January 28 2010 19:04

At the Delhi Auto Expo 2010 in India’s capital in January, the excitement of an emerging nation of new consumers was palpable.

The crowds – mostly men and boys of all ages – jostled from the stand for Tata to those of Japan’s Toyota and South Korea’s Hyundai, admiring the gleaming creations of modern consumerism that barely more than a decade ago would not have been seen in this country.

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