A-star or Spark? EDIT - Finalized Spark

gatsri007 · 18th December 2008, 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by ritz830

A-star is not easy to drive in city.
- 1600mm wide. That means 110mm bigger than our most preferred city cars like wagonR/estillo/spark/santro
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About GM service. Tts 3 year parts and service warranty. That means you will also gets replacement of any part if it goes faulty. So 0 maintenance is true.

Good analysis ritz ! I totally agree! For city car ... A star can never copmpete with wagonR/estillo/santro /sparks

vinit.merchant · 18th December 2008, 16:40

Congrats on freezing on the Spark. Do keep us updated with the buying experience and the photos!

csentil · 18th December 2008, 17:42

Excellent decision. Have fun with her. She's a cutie. :-)

manojks_12 · 4th June 2009, 17:21

Its been more than one and half year now to my spark-LS.I have Santro-XO(eRLX) also.I find spark to be better than Santro in:
1.)Cabin Noise
2.)Mileage (getting 14-15/l, always what ever conditions)
3.)Passenger comfy, suspensions are much better than Santro, Alto etc
4.)comfy rides(due to its low CG)
5.)good servicing by GM, Bangalore (GM trying to benchmark them at par with Maruti)
6.)Better power steering
7.)similar efficient AC
8.)malfunctioning lamp as add-on
Long live spark.
I completed more than 12000km in one year.Driving from bangalore to Medikere(coorg), Kotagiri(Near Ooty), Belur-sravanabelgola and so many long drives.Be it flat, bumpy or hilly, spark proven to be excellent.with good amount of offers festive season+GM employee I got this car little more cheaper. Its a good car friends.

Takumi-san · 4th June 2009, 21:11

Does GM India produce all the parts in India for the spark? Basically, is the bankruptcy filing of the mother company affecting anything ? I know GM India has not been included in it , but the bad publicity usually means new customers shy away from these cars and this spells doom for the company.

I love this car too, so for its sake I am going to hope that all stays well with GM India.

loving_alaap · 5th June 2009, 00:46

Spark is definitely a better choice than A star.

Congrats.

mjothi · 5th June 2009, 05:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takumi-san

Does GM India produce all the parts in India for the spark? Basically, is the bankruptcy filing of the mother company affecting anything ? I know GM India has not been included in it , but the bad publicity usually means new customers shy away from these cars and this spells doom for the company.

I love this car too, so for its sake I am going to hope that all stays well with GM India.

There are so many threads discussing about this. Anyway, the spares are all manufactured here. None are from US. These are all from Daewoo. So, originally from Korea.

Regarding the fate of GM India. Yes, it is very critical. Eventhough they may or may not have direct impact from US, they will certainly have drop down in sales due to people mind set. It needs to regain the brand. Also, GM has to rigorously market to keep selling. I know this is tough, but they need to if they wanna survive.

vikrantj · 18th July 2009, 09:17

I think GM is doing great in rebuilding its image in India. Yes there was a initial paranoia about bankruptcy but I think GM did a great job in being honest. I have a Spark so I am a GM customer and after the 1st june 2009 filing I got a call from our local GM showroom that all things are in order and there is no change in warranty/deals/commitments what-so-ever.
And being in Pune I have many relatives-of-friends working in GM at Talegaon who have confirmed this situation. Infact they were all gung-ho over the launch of Chevy Cruze.

18th December 2008, 16:40	#62
vinit.merchant Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pune Posts: 1,230 Thanked: 1,234 Times View My Garage	Congrats on freezing on the Spark. Do keep us updated with the buying experience and the photos!
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18th December 2008, 17:42	#63
csentil Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,349 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	Excellent decision. Have fun with her. She's a cutie. :-)
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4th June 2009, 17:21	#64
manojks_12 Newbie Join Date: May 2009 Location: BANGALORE Posts: 3 Thanked: 0 Times	Its been more than one and half year now to my spark-LS.I have Santro-XO(eRLX) also.I find spark to be better than Santro in: 1.)Cabin Noise 2.)Mileage (getting 14-15/l, always what ever conditions) 3.)Passenger comfy, suspensions are much better than Santro, Alto etc 4.)comfy rides(due to its low CG) 5.)good servicing by GM, Bangalore (GM trying to benchmark them at par with Maruti) 6.)Better power steering 7.)similar efficient AC 8.)malfunctioning lamp as add-on Long live spark. I completed more than 12000km in one year.Driving from bangalore to Medikere(coorg), Kotagiri(Near Ooty), Belur-sravanabelgola and so many long drives.Be it flat, bumpy or hilly, spark proven to be excellent.with good amount of offers festive season+GM employee I got this car little more cheaper. Its a good car friends.
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4th June 2009, 21:11	#65
Takumi-san BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 368 Thanked: 121 Times View My Garage	Does GM India produce all the parts in India for the spark? Basically, is the bankruptcy filing of the mother company affecting anything ? I know GM India has not been included in it , but the bad publicity usually means new customers shy away from these cars and this spells doom for the company. I love this car too, so for its sake I am going to hope that all stays well with GM India.
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5th June 2009, 00:46	#66
loving_alaap BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ahmedabad Posts: 808 Thanked: 9 Times	Spark is definitely a better choice than A star. Congrats.
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18th July 2009, 09:17	#68
vikrantj BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 628 Thanked: 568 Times	I think GM is doing great in rebuilding its image in India. Yes there was a initial paranoia about bankruptcy but I think GM did a great job in being honest. I have a Spark so I am a GM customer and after the 1st june 2009 filing I got a call from our local GM showroom that all things are in order and there is no change in warranty/deals/commitments what-so-ever. And being in Pune I have many relatives-of-friends working in GM at Talegaon who have confirmed this situation. Infact they were all gung-ho over the launch of Chevy Cruze.
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