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hrsraghav · 26th July 2007, 11:48

I was like hypnotised by this beast, when i saw it, at Dhingra motors in Gurgaon.
Then started my struggle with myself as to why should i buy this car, and no wonders FIAT-India gave me N no. of reasons as to why i shouldn't buy it.
My each interaction with TATA-FIAT left me more frustrated and furious.
Basically i wanted one in black colour, but the dealer told me its available only in Silver frost, but i was a bit rigid that i want it in black, so i keep on contacting guys from TATA and FIAT, and I was a bit suspicious as why it cant be deleivered in black when catalogue shows black, red, white nad silver as available options.
(Neways no delaer or website has catalogue of adventure, one TATA-FIAT guy scanned one copy and send it to me, when i shouted too much for a catalogue)
And finally one guy from TATA told me that its no long manufactured in india.
Whatever is available, is the old stock.
I think it was predecided 3-4 months back, they just wanted to shell out whatever raw material and left over pieces. So still there no official news from TATA-FIAT.
Adventure owners knows that it looked best in Formula Red, second choice was Thunder Black and last choice was Silver Frost. White never picked up in terms of sale.
At some places its available in Formula Red, but the most available colour was Silver Frost.
When i contacted a senior TATA-FIAT sales guy, he told me; as the sales figure are low, so they manufacture it in lots of 30-35 in one colour. So only if a particular colour option has demand for 30-35 pieces, then only they will manufacture it in that colour.
However that gentleman couldn't explain as to why FIAT considered Silver-Frost(the least popular colour), and ignored the RED and BLACk colours.
So why on earth FIAT is selling only Silver Frost, and not Red or Black, just because they were the left over pieces.

Although the local dealer here in gurgaon is still saying that its still manufactured at KURLA plant.
whereas so many peoples who have visited KURAL plant, clearly told me that KURLA plant is completely shut down.

Same process was followed for Petra, there must have been some left over pieces, some raw material for Petra, so first they wanted to shell out the available stock, then they told the world that its manufactring is toped.

Also at dhingra motors the car chassis no. showed it was manufactured in 2007, but there were few cables near battery which has a tag on them which indicated its manufactured in 2001. So i think it was the raw material for Adventure which was still lying since 2001. Obviously the engines, gear boxes and chassis must have been manufactured recntly, but a considerable amount of production material was too old.

Till now FIAT was only bad in ***, but now they are also learning cheap tricks from TATA, to sell the leftover pieces.

Maybe i have been too furious in my mail, butt looking at past 40 days, from when i decided to buy Adventure to when i got to know its phased out, i get nothing else but furious.

GOD save FIAT India

Just read it how i struggled to buy this car.
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/new-in...report-10.html (FIAT Adventure, a prospective buyer's research report!)

26th July 2007, 11:48	#37 (permalink)
hrsraghav BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 180	I was like hypnotised by this beast, when i saw it, at Dhingra motors in Gurgaon. Then started my struggle with myself as to why should i buy this car, and no wonders FIAT-India gave me N no. of reasons as to why i shouldn't buy it. My each interaction with TATA-FIAT left me more frustrated and furious. Basically i wanted one in black colour, but the dealer told me its available only in Silver frost, but i was a bit rigid that i want it in black, so i keep on contacting guys from TATA and FIAT, and I was a bit suspicious as why it cant be deleivered in black when catalogue shows black, red, white nad silver as available options. (Neways no delaer or website has catalogue of adventure, one TATA-FIAT guy scanned one copy and send it to me, when i shouted too much for a catalogue) And finally one guy from TATA told me that its no long manufactured in india. Whatever is available, is the old stock. I think it was predecided 3-4 months back, they just wanted to shell out whatever raw material and left over pieces. So still there no official news from TATA-FIAT. Adventure owners knows that it looked best in Formula Red, second choice was Thunder Black and last choice was Silver Frost. White never picked up in terms of sale. At some places its available in Formula Red, but the most available colour was Silver Frost. When i contacted a senior TATA-FIAT sales guy, he told me; as the sales figure are low, so they manufacture it in lots of 30-35 in one colour. So only if a particular colour option has demand for 30-35 pieces, then only they will manufacture it in that colour. However that gentleman couldn't explain as to why FIAT considered Silver-Frost(the least popular colour), and ignored the RED and BLACk colours. So why on earth FIAT is selling only Silver Frost, and not Red or Black, just because they were the left over pieces. Although the local dealer here in gurgaon is still saying that its still manufactured at KURLA plant. whereas so many peoples who have visited KURAL plant, clearly told me that KURLA plant is completely shut down. Same process was followed for Petra, there must have been some left over pieces, some raw material for Petra, so first they wanted to shell out the available stock, then they told the world that its manufactring is toped. Also at dhingra motors the car chassis no. showed it was manufactured in 2007, but there were few cables near battery which has a tag on them which indicated its manufactured in 2001. So i think it was the raw material for Adventure which was still lying since 2001. Obviously the engines, gear boxes and chassis must have been manufactured recntly, but a considerable amount of production material was too old. Till now FIAT was only bad in ***, but now they are also learning cheap tricks from TATA, to sell the leftover pieces. Maybe i have been too furious in my mail, butt looking at past 40 days, from when i decided to buy Adventure to when i got to know its phased out, i get nothing else but furious. GOD save FIAT India Just read it how i struggled to buy this car. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/new-in...report-10.html (FIAT Adventure, a prospective buyer's research report!)