Indian market emerges as new concern for Japanese automakers

While the fallout from the U.S.-China trade dispute, uncertainties about the global auto market and rising costs to develop cleaner cars are common concerns for automakers, a slowdown of the Indian market has emerged as a new headache for some Japanese firms.The slowing Indian economy has taken a heavy toll on Suzuki Motor Corp., which has a strong footing in the world's fourth largest auto market through its subsidiary Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.Suzuki's group net profit in the six months to September tumbled 41.8 percent from a year earlier to 79.30 billion yen ($730 million), with sales in …READ FULL ARTICLE