Following is the transcript of an email sent by me to Top Gear (A Pioneer Auto Show of BBC):
Dearest Top Gear,
It will be just wasting time to praise this trend setting, pioneer Auto Show as every TV show about automobiles around the world tries to copy the template set by BBC-Top Gear.
The reason for emailing you is to request a favour required from you for the sake of the citizens of third world countries of Asia like Pakistan.
Coming to the point, if possible I want you to produce an episode of BBC-Top Gear dissecting the most pathetic jobs done by automobile industry giants like Suzuki, Honda, and Toyota etc. in countries like Pakistan.
A Pakistani budget constrained buyer is forced to buy a tin can SUZUKI model named MEHRAN for like some 30 years now with a whopping price tag of 300000 – 400000 PKR (2,656 – 3,656£ approx. for variants) for such a miserable quality of standard and value for money that a brand new car rolling out of the plant may not start or may have a missing door handle making it almost mandatory for a customer buying a new car to take it straight to a mechanic and never complain as one gets this piece of crap delivered in 4-6 months time or on paying a premium of 50,000 – 100,000 PKR(442 – 884 £).
Being this crappy it’s still the largest selling brand/model in our country as people have no other choice since last year when a Pakistani company took an initiative to make a 100% made in the country car named REVO by ADAM MOTORS which you can also review with SUZUKI’s MEHRAN for a comparison.
Same is the case with quality of standard being delivered by flashy automobile manufacturers like Honda & Toyota in third world countries like Pakistan.
In the end I pray that you would try to do your best to make this happen on your show as it would at least help the citizens of third world countries like Pakistan to raise their voice for consumer rights in front of the world and may force the manufacturers to stop monopolizing on the helpless people’s hard earned money and may give them something worth it in return of such a huge price tag.
This would be a great public service if you can do it
God bless you.
Looking forward in anticipation.
For an Online Reference please visit the following.
Suzuki:
http://www.paksuzuki.com.pk/
Adam Motors:
www.adammotor.com