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I guess we'll have to call the Indigo / Verna / Fiesta as the Logan's competitors, unless of course, we actually consider the C-Class as M&M would want us to. (though I really feel its just the Indigo. The Verna and Fiesta are considerably more expensive and are built much better too, I would believe) Its fair enough chance that the Logan might offer decent battle to the Indigo and even come out on top, but I would put a lot of money on it not being better than the Fiesta or the Verna. Scenario - I : the Logan is just about marginally better than the Indigo. Result : Consumer might not want to pay the premium and would prefer to go for the Indigo which cheaper by ~ 40 grand, but has the advantage of being a tried and tested product (known devil factor), and TATA's familiar service network. They might not be too sure that M&M warrants the extra premium. But the DICOR Indigo is more expensive, which is a important factor in M&M's favor. Scenario - II : the Logan is not as good as the Indigo or just about the same. Result : Same as above, but result more disastrous for M&M in terms of Logan sales. Scenario - III : the Logan is comprehensively better than the Indigo Then it should sell better than the Indigo logically, but it needs to be that much better and offer that much more VFM for the consumer to disregard a tried and tested product with an established service network to cater to the kind of volumes we are talking about. so whether that comprehensively better quality translates into the kind of sales M&M is hoping for is anybody's guess. Of course, it all boils down to Scenario - III. Is the Logan comprehensively better than the Indigo ??? I definitely hope so for the following reasons: 1. consumer wins in terms of better choices for his money. 2. TATA's hand is forced and will need to drastically improve its offering w.r.t. the Indigo. Again consumer wins. 3. Diesel hatches like the Swift will be forced to cut prices. Again consumer wins. 4. TATA will then be forced to DICORise its Indica too, sooner than later. So I guess yeah, I'm hoping for scenario three. The Logan doing well could well be a good thing for all of us. Note: All of the above is based purely on the Diesel offering. I am not talking about the petrol at all. Last edited by hell_rider : 10th April 2007 at 00:11. | |
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10th April 2007, 08:21
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| I'm sorry for repeating this point again and again,  , but it never fails to flabagast me.... The 155mm ground clearance! Yesterday it was drizzling a bit in Hyderabad, and I began to wonder how will the Logan run in the monsoons? if the GC is the among the lowest of the cars on the road, logically it means that it will be among the first to get stuck on the waterlogged streets of India.Then my second brillient idea was that Mahindra should give free Logans to all the politicians.... this way, they will have to improve the roads and drainage systems in order to run the car!!!  |
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10th April 2007, 10:07
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I checked the Tata website and saw TWO variants of the Indigo. An Indigo and an Indigo 'V Series'. I dont know what the V Series means, but here are the prices: Indigo V Series GV-BS III Rs. 3,93,873/- GVE-BS III Rs. 4,10,006/- GVS-BS III Rs. 4,42,669/- V-BS III Rs. 4,41,214/- VE-BS III Rs. 4,57,227/- VS-BS III Rs. 4,78,938/- Last edited by Steeroid : 10th April 2007 at 11:45. | |
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10th April 2007, 11:53
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But I would expect better driveability and NVH levels at least at par with the Indigo, if not better. That ABS, Airbag and Driver Seat Height Adjust alone does it for me. I don't care for the rest of it. Quote:
So over to TATA. do we see 90 bhp Indigo's with ABS and airbags at around 5.75~6.25L ?? This is going to fun to follow. Last edited by hell_rider : 10th April 2007 at 14:06. | ||
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