Your have said it , and these were your words.
secondly , atleast 2 airbags and prestitioners condition is also being fullfilled , and yes i m still talking about CRUZE competetion , that is corolla and Civic , not about COURE or ALTO , which makes no relevance at the moment.
Exterior Body and the body parts technically DO NOT absorb major shocks , the safety V-shaped frame of rods , that lines the engine bay and the doors/pillars do the job.
Yes , they do have an option to get curropt , while installing exterior body , but the chassis frame is beyond their control of curroption. as technically it has to be moulded in the same dye that HONDA provides them from JAPAN. So they cannot do anything about it even if they get curropt. if i m unclear , pay a visit to an assembly line , and you will know what i m talking about.
Yes i have been keeping an eye on airbags DONT deploy issues , but if you do a little more search about it , most of these cases have ocured , by USER fault , they get the car serviced with water , without seperating the spark plugs , or driving in waterways , resulting in malfunction of electronic components , if even not satisfied , quality issues exist in rolls royce aswell ,( the recent recall) nothing like 100% quality exists to be realistic.
again i must say , please refrain from dragging PAK-SUZUKI here , or any other car that does not makes relevance at this particular place. i myself am the biggest critic of Locally assembled cars especially paksuzuki. but this makes no relevance , at this debate, as suzuki doesnt have one car in competetion to cruze. to stick to ALTIS cruisetronic , and CIVIC VTI oriel.
please refrain from generalizing our auto-market , again i say , suzuki or daihatsu are no relevance here as we are just comparing CRUZE to its local competetors , in terms of quality , features , and value for money.
Suzuki and daihatsu are irrelevant in this regard.even if they had 90% market share , mentioning them is irrelevant, at this moment.
plus one simple calculation , the starting price of an XLI was 849,000
now it sits at 14,00000.
at that time , the YEN was , 0.50 Rs , and dollar was 58 Rs ,
Now yen Costs , 1 rupee , and dollar costs, 87.
YEN appreciated , 100% , DOLLAR appreciated 50%
now leave alone the YEN , only if u increase the prices in term of DOLLAR even ( which is less determinant) , the prices reaches , 425,000 +850,000
1275,000 .
yes they can put it in an XLI , but would you buy an XLI for 16 lac something ?
Now leave alone the increasing GST , production costs , electricity bills , and operating costs. THESE HAVENT BEEN ACCUMULATED YET
yes now you get it , that is why i have always compared CRUZE to the CIVIC, as in our market , CIVIC is the MAIN competetor , while second is altis.
Yes i agree with you , but this is one side of the story ,
now lets take a look at the other side of story.
LOCALIZATION. what does it actually mean?
INVEST hundreds of millions of dollars, to develop a facility locally , hire more vendors , an extremely expensive R&D unit , and produce electronic and mechanical components locally , utilize it in our own cars.
and as a surplus , export it.
You have already mentioned yourself , that even if LOCALIZED , we have a ZERO EXPORT MARKET. so the income from EXPORTS is almost NILL.
NOW secondly , The devalued rupee , the inflated YEN, and DOLLAR , everyday increasing electricity COSTs , INSANE DUTIES. make the PRODUCTION COST, far more.
so what would you do as a business man ? like if you owned honda..
the same part that you import and it costs you , lets say 50k , it would cost you , a 100k , if you produce it here , plus never neglect the extra royalty you would have to pay to the JAPANESE , in return of their patents.
So ANY sane business ban Would not want to invest in this sector , where there is apparently NO RETURN against his investments.
i have read the whole report of competetion comission , and i agree to them , NO DOUBT , but sometimes , before accusing , we shall listen to other people too, our local market is really in deep deep sh*t.
Bottom line is everyone has their own criteria in selecting cars. So lets all give it a rest..Good luck to you all and safe motoring !
and no problem yaar , this is a healty debate , widening up my own views , others , and yours , ground levels are very important before accusation.
if you want to end this debate , its alright , its not offending me at all.
thnx again for your valuable contribution.
DRIVE SAFE.
