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Originally Posted by StarScream  And just BTW, in Bangladesh the X-Trail is used by the highway police! Just shows how affordable cars can be when you have low/non-existant import duties. |
Thats one side of the argument.
Other side is that if imported cars are cheaper, then no manufacturer will build cars in india. We wouldnt have tatas, mahindras, marutis and hyundais in india and would be running just on cheap imports. so by making imported cars unaffordable, govt is pushing car manufacturers to build these cars in india. Else we would have seen innova and hondas getting imported from thailand.
That said, its the maturity of some manufacturers like maruti that they go ahead and build good cars in india, while some immature ones like nissan still prefer to import cars.
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Edit...that also makes me wonder....why are bongs using a nissan instead of a tata/mahindra or a maruti?