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28th December 2007, 19:01
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This is one VERY well finished product that competes with the Prados and the Pajeros (amongst others, and with better shutlines and panel gaps!) elsewhere. Looks good too and its 3.8 V6 is smoooooth. It hasnt been around long enough to have off-road legends to be built around it, though. I hope it is launched here with the 2.5 or preferably the 2.9 CRDi. Dunno about others, but if I were shopping for a 20-25 lakh SUV I'd buy it. Last edited by Steeroid : 28th December 2007 at 19:12. | |
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28th December 2007, 20:01
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28th December 2007, 20:06
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28th December 2007, 21:30
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28th December 2007, 23:44
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28th December 2007, 23:46
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29th December 2007, 10:16
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29th December 2007, 10:51
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29th December 2007, 12:13
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29th December 2007, 12:26
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29th December 2007, 12:30
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yes , 1> first try to understand the fact that the D segment of india is equivalent to the C segment all over the world 2>india 'Value for money' equation is valid upto 14 lacs anything beyond that is money for value anything above 14 lacs goes with a brand ,size or if the owner is an enthusiast and can see VFM in it like youreself most os these cars are chauffer driven and the owners are proud of brands like toyota nissan and honda and mitsubishi endeavour and terracan(even though in low numbers) sold only becouse of its size and maculine monstrous looks what happened to the FORESTER???? it was a great car deserverd its price than why didnt it manage?or even vectra for that matter? these cars had their price reduced from 18 to 13.25 lacs during its last months but still nobody bouht these? so what does this mean? there are hardly any people who bother to take a look at the spec of the car,its sells for brand in india hyundai is still not very well set in the D segment secondly one should be at par with the spending capability of the d segment customers honad and ford did very well since the moment they entered because they realised at that moment most of the D segment buyers were spending 14 -116 lacs on suvs so they priced them accordingly today the whole level has increased to 16.5-20 so hundai should price it rightbelow 20 lacs otherwise its useless it doesnt have the size of endeavour nor the brand value of honda and nor the brut look of the terracan and cut the crap of camparing it with LC and montero its foolish you talk of mature car markets like dubai,US etc with india is totally your ignorance even in maganize long back there was a comparison of terracan and scorpio, skoda superb and mercedes benz E class and that still doesnt prove anything even in india if we take the c segment there are people who prefer vernas and fiestas aveos and optras over the honda city because inthat segment people see looks and features BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH THE D SEGMENT ITS STILL A SHOW OFF SEGMENT even oyota has many cars all over the world but that doesnt mean they launch every thing in india because it does well elsewhere hence they havent launched the fortuner of the RAV 4 in india yet even honda took a lot of time before launching the CIVIC it had launched the city accord and the CRV before the civic even if you see the first accord was actually a failure MY point is comparing the cars with the developed markets will get you know wher even GM has learned that lesson now corsa and astra were goods cars but the cars best suited for india were the koreans its its not about seeling good cars it has to be a combination of brand and features and size it doesnt matter how you would spend the 20-25 lacs most people in india would buy a camry ,Teana or a an X- trail nobody is going to put his money on hyundai but if its 16 to 18 range maybe sante can do well Last edited by AMATMO : 29th December 2007 at 12:34. | |
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