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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Calcutta
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| ![]() From the point of view of dessimation of technical information, which manufacturer is best? And worst? Or does it depend more on the PR agency handling the do, rather than the manufacturer? Regards Sutripta |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() And.. how do they divulge more information, when asked for, which is not presented in the PPT? |
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Yes, all official reviews on our forum have been outstanding and can be used as reference even after many years. But there have been instances where we kept waiting for the official review to come but it never came - for example, latest model of Toyota Corolla Altis. But yes, fellow bhpian Severus came out with a very good review and his thread became the official review thread. Contribution from all bhpians is what makes the actual review truly meaningful. Hats off to all bhpians. | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() That was really an informative thread. I always used to wonder how the team-bhp reviews turn out to be so crisp and unbiased. This has enlightened me. On a lighter not, everytime there is a new official review on Team-bhp it's christmas for me! ![]() Merry Christmas! |
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BHPian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Vellore, TN
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| ![]() Thanks GTO for the wonderful article. ![]() |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Great informative thread. Thanks for sharing GTO. This type of information sharing makes this forum great to read. The logistic arrangement and investment from car manufacturers is surprising. Of course that is their part of investment and business strategy. The effort put in by reviewers especially from Team BHP who are driven only by their enthusiasm and love for cars is really great. From the pictures and beautiful locations in the review one would easily assume it is a pleasure trip. Your thread brings out the other side highlighting the effort and difficulty reviewers have to go through to present the facts. Hats off to all the Reviewers. ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Threads like these are why team-bhp is better than all other automotive journals (both offline and online) combined. Amazing review of the review process. Hats off to you for taking time to post this. |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Thank you so much GTO for explaining the review process in detail. Appreciate the GREAT effort that goes into each review!!! I haven't laid hands on an auto magazine for the past 5 years, why do so when all you need to know is right here in an absolutely unbiased perception. Thanks a ton and keep revving...... |
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| ![]() Thanks GTO! The way you captured the details of behind the scene's is just awesome! Just like the reports. Yes it's hard work but I like doing it, if I get the time to do it. Now I have grown a little more wiser, I look at the schedule before I commit these days. I don't like being pushed around and the guilt feeling that you haven't done justice to what you are passionate about, is not something I want to carry ![]() Best part about these drives for me are the interaction with the techies and the management lot, and most of them I met are truly passionate about what they do. |
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| ![]() Many thanks indeed for the whole lot of aspects that goes into each car review. Also I liked the honesty part of declining of valuable gifts which goes a long way in publishing an unbiased genuine review. Kudos to our own forum. |
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Categorization might not be possible, however from my observations, launches in India tend to involve lesser technical details than launches abroad. E.g. the India launches I covered did have lesser technical information shared by the manufacturers than the coverage I did in Japan. Not sure if this trend has changed now. Last edited by GTO : 25th December 2014 at 16:45. Reason: As per PM | |
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| ![]() All those who contribute their time on Team BHP doing these detailed well assessed reviews deserve our praise. Few forums on any subject are as disciplined and serious in content as Team BHP. GTO thank you for sharing the 'behind the scenes' story. - V.Narayan |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: BOMBAY
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| ![]() So finally "the Great TBHP Number plate" trick is revealed and I thought I was the only one with this itch to find out more about how every car reviewed carries this number plate and is there so much time during reviews to attach and remove these plates. But now that the issue has been clarified, I finally have one itch less to scratch. ![]() Finally to sum it up, the time and effort taken for these reviews does reflect in the output in terms of the quality of review and attention to detail, which is one of the things that sets apart a "TBHP Review" from others. Kudos to all the reviewers and GTO for this insightful post. |
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At the destination, I am in the manufacturers hands, some times, the wrong timings are given, other times, you get to go in style. At one time, poor me had to slum it in a chauffeured XJ-L as the others were being collected on a bus as they were arriving at a different terminal Normally, international flights are usually business class for two reasons, the schedule is hectic and brand image Quote:
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- We sleep well at night , actually, am lying, squeezing your brain out for the last detail keeps us awake. The toughest review was a cars with no features, it was agonising but luckily I had the car for 4 days (the manufacturer would not collect it) and I found more snippets. Last edited by ajmat : 25th December 2014 at 21:30. | ||||||||
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