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Originally Posted by Elito11  ROTF!!
Rustic people..prefer genuine, hunky, practical and VFM cars. No showbazi, only Go bazi u see!  |
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Originally Posted by appuchan Not sure about HP, but for Bihar and Jharkhand, GC must be a big factor considering the road (or lack of it) condition there ! And SX4 beats even a truck in this dept and NHC will be struggling to get its tyre touching the surface  . You can also see that Bihar almost tops when it comes to the sales of Bolero and Sumo. |
While I agree that Bihar and Jharkhand don't have stellar roads and that the 'rustic' people image have been instilled thanks to Shibu Soren, Laloo and Sui Mui Biscota from Chak De India, none of your assumptions of the SX4 outselling NHC can be attributed to these factors.
Jharkhand never had a Honda dealer till only last month. Bihar still does not have a Honda dealer. The closest dealers were in Bhubaneshwar and Calcutta. We got our OHC from Cal - At the time their were only 6 city's in Jamshedpur.
Prior to Jharkhand and Bihar's first Honda dealership opening in Jamshedpur in June, there were about 100 city's / 20 civics and 4 accords and 2 CRV's which were mostly bought in Cal or Bhubaneshwar. This number will ofourse rise now that there is a dealer in the state.
Honda does command a premium image in Jharkhand compared to Suzuki and though people always clamoured for the brand, everyone was shy to purchase due to the lack of delarship / service.
Maruti on the other hand has 5 dealerships throughout Bihar and Jharkhand, so there is greater accessibility to the SX-4. These dealerships have been around for many years so the service network is quite established lending to further buyer confidence.