Waiting period for Swift Petrol in Bangalore

sivadas · 3rd July 2007, 08:37

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Originally Posted by abhibh

And Swift is a CRD (Common rail diesel) engine. DDiS, CRDi, CRDe, CDI all are same. And the engine is not FIAT engine for gods sake

, its FIAT/GM/SUZUKI engine.

You are right, DDiS is a common rail engine like CRDi, CRDe etc.
But 'for gods sake' multijet is developed by FIAT but licensed to General Motors as part of a settlement of the failed merger between the two auto conglomerates. And suzuki has obtained license from Fiat for using/manufacturing this engine part of their partnership with GM and FIAT.
Sorry for going offtopic.

seby_v · 3rd July 2007, 12:15

Sivadas,
The JTD technology is co-owned by both GM and FIAT. See the press release issued while revoking the termination of the partnership.

GM Media Online

rajshenoy · 3rd July 2007, 14:13

I thought after VDi swift there is no demand for petrol swift..

looks like its otherway around!!! strange...

atleast when i bought mine in april, it took hardly few days..stock was ready..

Dunno abt now

mclaren1885 · 3rd July 2007, 15:57

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Originally Posted by rajshenoy

I thought after VDi swift there is no demand for petrol swift..

looks like its otherway around!!! strange...

atleast when i bought mine in april, it took hardly few days..stock was ready..

Dunno abt now

Rajesh, most people who have ordered Swift Diesel and SX4 due to the longer waiting periods are shifting over to the purchase of the Swift Petrol. Hence the waiting period.

finneyp · 3rd July 2007, 16:00

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Originally Posted by mclaren1885

Rajesh, most people who have ordered Swift Diesel and SX4 due to the longer waiting periods are shifting over to the purchase of the Swift Petrol. Hence the waiting period.

And due to longer waiting periods for Swift petrol, other Car makers are surviving in India!

kuttapan · 3rd July 2007, 16:23

@Mclaren - While the customers may be switching, the waiting period has more to do with the fact that Swift Petrol, Diesel and the SX4 all share a platform and they can only make a fixed number of cars a month. I heard that there are plans to introduce an extra shift in the plant, but may not happen immediately.

Surprise · 3rd July 2007, 19:13

Waiting period here in Chennai is 2 months for Petrol variant and 3 months for Diesel varaint. News came from Reliable sources that nothing could be done on this waiting period. One option is to re-route the canceled order subjected to our approval of variant and color.

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Maruti built its Manesar engine factory at a cost of 2500 crores and they were giving a figure of 100,000 engines per year

Is this 100,000 numbers talks only about Swift?

I read somewhere in this forum that Swift overall monthly sales is 3500+. Then the annual sales accounts to only 42k cars per annum.

philjo · 3rd July 2007, 19:32

See this information from Maruti monthly Sales Report released in July 2:

The constraint in availablility of SX4 and Swift was compounded during the month in view of the week-long scheduled maintenance shutdown of the plants. The supply henceforth is likely to improve.

mclaren1885 · 3rd July 2007, 20:07

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Then the annual sales accounts to only 42k cars per annum.

As nitrous pointed out a good number of these are being exported.

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Originally Posted by finneyp

And due to longer waiting periods for Swift petrol, other Car makers are surviving in India!

You are right my friend

. I see you are putting in a lot of effort trying to post without mentioning Fabrica Italiano Automobili Torino these days. Keep it up, I am proud of you

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v1p3r · 4th July 2007, 01:24

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Originally Posted by finneyp

And due to longer waiting periods for Swift petrol, other Car makers are surviving in India!

Wow, no F word here. That's a first!!!

mclaren1885 · 4th July 2007, 03:20

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Originally Posted by v1p3r

Wow, no F word here. That's a first!!!

No, its actually the 3rd. No wait, 4th? I guess 5th. My god I am loosing count now.

Kuttapan, plans to make an extra shift are just that. Plans. Like philjo said, production MAY have shut down for a week, which will hopefully get better this month.

sivadas · 4th July 2007, 09:43

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Originally Posted by seby_v

Sivadas,
The JTD technology is co-owned by both GM and FIAT. See the press release issued while revoking the termination of the partnership.

GM Media Online

let's take it offline

sivadas · 4th July 2007, 09:49

Though he is worried about resale, my friend is actively considering U-VA now.
I had driven UV-A and found it generally good. Back seats are great, gear shift is not bad, GC is better than swift, boot space is better. What about mileage? Does U_VA really give better mileage than Swift? Not sure how much we can believe this, but as per ACI it is the other way.

Ajay_J · 4th July 2007, 10:43

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Originally Posted by mclaren1885

No, its actually the 3rd. No wait, 4th? I guess 5th. My god I am loosing count now.

Sorry...Your count is wrong. Its there in Finney's signature.

raghutk · 4th July 2007, 11:08

I am in a similar situation. I have booked the swift and its been almost 3 weeks. I am trying to get influence ( like all govt places ) to get my car. I will wait for this week and if there is no hope I will cancel the booking and go for Palio or U-VA.
People in sagar automobiles where I booked the car say minimum 60days for any delivery to happen. Thinking now if there is no sales why do I worry abt A.S.S

Guys please give me honest opinion abt U-VA mainly for FE.

3rd July 2007, 12:15	#32
seby_v Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 24 Thanked: 0 Times	Sivadas, The JTD technology is co-owned by both GM and FIAT. See the press release issued while revoking the termination of the partnership. GM Media Online
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3rd July 2007, 14:13	#33
rajshenoy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 2,927 Thanked: 2,296 Times View My Garage	I thought after VDi swift there is no demand for petrol swift.. looks like its otherway around!!! strange... atleast when i bought mine in april, it took hardly few days..stock was ready.. Dunno abt now
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3rd July 2007, 16:23	#36
kuttapan Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,155 Thanked: 27 Times View My Garage	@Mclaren - While the customers may be switching, the waiting period has more to do with the fact that Swift Petrol, Diesel and the SX4 all share a platform and they can only make a fixed number of cars a month. I heard that there are plans to introduce an extra shift in the plant, but may not happen immediately.
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3rd July 2007, 19:32	#38
philjo BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 36 Thanked: 3 Times	See this information from Maruti monthly Sales Report released in July 2: The constraint in availablility of SX4 and Swift was compounded during the month in view of the week-long scheduled maintenance shutdown of the plants. The supply henceforth is likely to improve.
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4th July 2007, 09:49	#43
sivadas BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 507 Thanked: 238 Times View My Garage	Though he is worried about resale, my friend is actively considering U-VA now. I had driven UV-A and found it generally good. Back seats are great, gear shift is not bad, GC is better than swift, boot space is better. What about mileage? Does U_VA really give better mileage than Swift? Not sure how much we can believe this, but as per ACI it is the other way.
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4th July 2007, 11:08	#45
raghutk BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 89 Thanked: 45 Times	I am in a similar situation. I have booked the swift and its been almost 3 weeks. I am trying to get influence ( like all govt places ) to get my car. I will wait for this week and if there is no hope I will cancel the booking and go for Palio or U-VA. People in sagar automobiles where I booked the car say minimum 60days for any delivery to happen. Thinking now if there is no sales why do I worry abt A.S.S Guys please give me honest opinion abt U-VA mainly for FE.
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