same reasons, most parts for older cars in production are localized now and very few of them are imported. for eg, Santro rubber Fuel pipe is still imported from korea.
We cannot expect manufacturers to increase/decrease their listed price based on the forex values on a monthly basis, that is why they do it once or twice an year provided it adds value in doing it.
Plus apart from input cost they also have to look at other costs like fuel price, steel prices, overheads etc.
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Originally Posted by theMAG  Even for India-built cars, theoretically the prices should reduce since the purchasing power of the rupee has gone up; resulting in lowered input costs for the mfr. But, car prices in India are like taxes: when was the last time we knew of a genuine reduction? EOL models being phased out/stock clearance cars are exempt from this train of thought. |