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Originally Posted by nvldvr
(Post 4423166)
Hope Isuzu salvages the very competent MUX with this update. The engine(s) on sale in ASEAN markets, along with the feature set matching those of its competition (6 airbags, navigation etc) must be made available. What Isuzu also needs to remember that while it may be an established player overseas, it's no Toyota as far as brand visibility and awareness in India is concerned. So, the updated MUX should be priced accordingly vis a vis the Fortuner. |
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Originally Posted by nvldvr
(Post 4423166)
So, the updated MUX should be priced accordingly vis a vis the Fortuner. |
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Originally Posted by LionX
(Post 4422913)
Isuzu to launch the MU-X facelift towards the end of this year during festive season as MY2019 version with minor price hike. |
| Anyway, the question here is, why do automakers bother with model years? Why don't they just say a car is a "1997" if it's built in 1997 and a "1998" if it's built in 1998? Well, Derek, it's all psychological. For example, today is March 3, 2017. You're going to the dealer to buy a brand-new car, and you bring it home, and you're telling all your friends that you just picked up a nice new 2017 Ford Explorer. What a wonderful moment, right? What a celebratory occasion! You're so excited, and you're happy, and you've even gone to your local grocery store, whatever they have down in Australia, and you've picked up some balloons. But then you tell your neighbor, Zeblot, about your new car, and Zeblot isn't impressed. This is because Zeblot just purchased his own new car: a 2018 Honda Pilot. Suddenly you and your 2017 Explorer aren't anywhere near as cool; some dude down the street (named Zeblot, of all things) already has a car that's a year newer than yours. And you just bought yours YESTERDAY! So the automakers look for any edge possible to try and convince people that their car is the newest, and latest, and greatest, and coolest thing they can possibly imagine. And some of that edge involves playing with the model year. I'll never forget, for example, when I first started working for Porsche Cars North America in 2010, and I had a 2011 Porsche 911 as a company car. For the first few months, until it actually became 2011, people thought I was driving around in a car from the future. Interestingly, there are rules about this whole model-year thing lest the carmakers go crazy and roll out the 2024 models next week. Here in the U.S., a car company can't say a car is from the "next" model year until January 1 of the preceding year. In other words, a car company looking to release a 2018 model would've had to wait until January 1, 2017. In Canada, the rule is even stricter: A car must be built after January 1, not merely sold after January 1, in order to qualify. So you can't build a car on December 15, 2016, and call it a 2018 model, even if you plan on selling it in 2017 |
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Originally Posted by GTO
(Post 4423205)
Agreed on the pricing. It boggles my mind how the V-Cross is so well-priced, but the MU-X isn't. Heck, it costs 30 - 32 lakhs on the road in Mumbai. Who is going to pay that kind of money for a relative unknown? Isuzu's sales are so poor that they don't even report them publicly. This facelift isn't going anywhere until corrections are made. The only people viewing the facelift will be the showroom staff. |
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Originally Posted by Turbanator
(Post 4461150)
It will be the same as they sell elsewhere apart from the engines which will continue from the existing models. |
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Originally Posted by Sheel
(Post 4461197)
Only if they do something about the lethargic AT gearbox. |
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