About Vehicle Care
Vehicle Care covers the cleaning of cars, buses and other vehicles, and the businesses that do it. Water use is a recurring theme: Maruti Suzuki's dry wash system, Toyota's Eco Car Wash at its service outlets and a steam jet car wash and wax machine from Manmachine. Clean India Nissan makes the case for automatic car wash systems at fuel stations, and Globe Toyota explains the dealer's role in auto care.
For fleets, there is the shift from manual scrubbing to automated bus washing and how BEST cleans its buses in Mumbai at the end of each day. Other pieces track the auto care market and AutoCare Expo, car care and detailing innovations, eco-friendly auto care products and facility management inside automobile plants such as Bajaj Chetak in Pune.
The section is written for car wash and detailing businesses, dealership service managers, fleet and depot managers and equipment buyers.
Start here
- Bus cleaning: From manual scrubbing to automated washing Why buses need automated washing instead of low-pressure hoses and dirty cloths
- Maruti Suzuki Dry Wash System How Maruti Suzuki's dry wash system moves car cleaning away from the two-bucket method
- ECO Car Wash by Toyota How Toyota's Eco Car Wash cuts water use at its service outlets
- Auto car wash system: ideal for fuel stations Why automatic car wash systems suit fuel stations
- Maintaining The BEST Buses How BEST cleans its bus fleet at the end of each day
- More than just car care The auto care industry is diversifying How the auto care industry is diversifying into cleaning cars, buses and trains
- Case studies: Inside automobile facility management How FM teams meet the different needs of each sub plant in automobile factories
Questions readers ask
What is a dry car wash?
It is a waterless way of cleaning a car. Maruti Suzuki adopted it as an alternative to the conventional two-bucket soap wash at a time when water is fast becoming scarce. Read the article
How much water does Toyota's Eco Car Wash save?
Toyota Kirloskar Motor's Eco Car Wash plans to reduce the water used for every car cleaned at its service outlets by up to 95%. Read the article
How big is India's auto services market?
It was valued at $8 billion by 2020 and is projected to touch $25 billion by 2030. Read the article
How are buses usually washed in India?
Interstate buses are commonly sprayed with a hand-held hose at very low pressure, or wiped with a wet, old, dirty cloth. Read the article