From Tata to Maruti, these are India’s top auto newsmakers of 2019 – mostly for the wrong reasons

• In 2019, auto manufacturers were a part of the front page headlines every other day, but mostly for the bad news.
  
• The Indian auto industry has been in the middle of a massive slowdown for over a year now.
  
• Tata Motors, Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Honda were the top newsmakers of 2019 according to a report by Wizikey.
  

It has been a terrible, terrible 2019 for the Indian auto industry as it suffered through one of the biggest slowdowns in decades. The biggest of auto manufacturers had to shut down production for days due to low demand. Though the festive season brought in a bit of a cheer, the automakers are now looking to wrap up 2019 and gear up for 2020 with new launches and hopefully, better sales.

Due to the many events, in 2019, auto manufacturers were in the news but it was mostly bad news.

Here’s a look at the top newsmakers from the auto industry in India in 2019, according to a report by the technology-led PR platform Wizikey.