ANHC E-MT Production Stopped?

Spitfire · 24th July 2009, 14:36

Contemplating on picking up a Honda City E-MT. No no i am not selling the Bolero. This is for the better half. She dosent like the hatchbacks and prefers saloon cars.

Anyways thats not the issue.

Issue is Dakshin Honda, Bangalore tells me "Sir, E-MT version stopped production. No longer available..."

What? It shows on your website.

Not available sir. Only S-MT and the S-AT.

You sure.

Yes Sir. I will confirm with Whitefield Honda too and let you know.

He hasnt called since. This is today 24th July 2009.

Is this true or is the salesperson pulling a fast one?

Vid6639 · 24th July 2009, 14:48

They stopped the production of the E-variant to make room for the Jazz. Now you only get the S variant and they may introduce a V variant soon.

oss · 24th July 2009, 14:49

Expect V-MT to hit the showroom in Oct.

Spitfire · 24th July 2009, 15:02

Oh... so its true. Thanks guys.

There goes my plans for picking up one. The S-MT is almost 60k more then the E-MT. And dosent even come with alloys.

My dad picked a S-MT for a good price. Now its nudging 10 lakhs wth alloys. Insane price and not worth it.

Whats wrong with Honda.

chaostheory · 24th July 2009, 16:11

Am also in the process of buying an S MT Honda City.

Acc. to my dealer (Olympia Honda) sales exec, S MT variant deliveries are getting delayed, as the new variant (likely with illuminated ORVMs, ACC, leather seats, etc as per his info; and no alloys) will be introduced next month (August onwards)

Spitfire, just curious: why are you ditching your plan to buy one?

Live To Jive · 24th July 2009, 16:59

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

There goes my plans for picking up one. The S-MT is almost 60k more then the E-MT. And dosent even come with alloys.

The base versions of the City & Civic have been discontinued. I confirmed this today during the Jazz TD. The Jazz will now occupy the space of the base City and the top end city will occupy the space of the base Civic. The Civic will be pushed up. Alloys are available for the Jazz & City at Rs11,000 only per wheel.

aaggoswami · 24th July 2009, 17:53

I am not able to get what exactly Honda is trying to achieve. Already City is quite steeply priced. And now the entire scenario gets tilted against G3HC. Its only India where many manufacturers can act like this.
And where will 1.5 Jazz i.e. reported to be coming will end up ? Above City ?

Honda wants City to take place of Civic and Jazz to take place of City. This is not possible with the current products they have at hand. I think they will sell City as a Civic and the Civic will be in range of Rs. 13-15 lakh. Below it will be City and less than that will be jazz.

The City brand is strong, but I doubt the sustainability over long term if pricing continues to be messed up like this.

GTO · 24th July 2009, 19:30

Spitfire, why buy a new City E variant when you can get a fully loaded pre-owned Civic for the same price? Your better half could also fall in love with an automatic tranny!

CBlazer · 24th July 2009, 21:17

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

My dad picked a S-MT for a good price. Now its nudging 10 lakhs wth alloys. Insane price and not worth it. Whats wrong with Honda.

What's wrong is that there is no Toyota to challenge them in this territory. They know anything Honda will sell.

agbenny · 26th July 2009, 12:34

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

Issue is Dakshin Honda, Bangalore tells me "Sir, E-MT version stopped production. No longer available..."

Couple of weeks back I got the same answer from TVS coimbatore. I think Honda does not want Jazz-City price overlapping.

Spitfire · 27th July 2009, 11:21

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Originally Posted by chaostheory

Spitfire, just curious: why are you ditching your plan to buy one?

Somehow the 10 lakh+ price just dosent seem right.

With some discounts and alloys i could have landed a E-MT for 9.1 OTR in Bangalore.

For the S-MT with alloys it would still not get below 10 lakhs.

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Originally Posted by Live To Jive

The base versions of the City & Civic have been discontinued.

Yes, now we will get City V-MT (again no alloys). And facelifted(??) Civic for more.

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The Civic will be pushed up. Alloys are available for the Jazz & City at Rs11,000 only per wheel.

Thats true. And that is the deal breaker for me. I am in love with those alloys and cant think of owning a City without them.

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Originally Posted by GTO

fully loaded pre-owned Civic for the same price?

Good suggestion and i was thinking about that too. But my wife thinks the Civic is too much of a Look At Me Car.

And she dosent prefer a preused one.

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Originally Posted by CBlazer

They know anything Honda will sell.

I dont like Honda for this. But hey they make much much better products then the competition, no cutting corners and i believe they deserve what they demand. Only problem its way too much for me.

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Originally Posted by agbenny

I think Honda does not want Jazz-City price overlapping.

Exactly. The price difference between the E-MT and the Jazz was about 60 k.

Thanks everyone for all the answers. Now to wait for the Golf.

sgiitk · 27th July 2009, 11:25

I have a feeling that Honda are running near full production capacity. The Rajasthan plant is delayed. So why not drop the cheaper variants!

karanraheja · 27th July 2009, 15:10

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

Now to wait for the Golf.

Err, I hope you mean the VW Polo.

Spitfire · 27th July 2009, 15:17

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Originally Posted by karanraheja

Err, I hope you mean the VW Polo.

Oh yes, thanks the Polo.

oss · 27th July 2009, 16:22

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Originally Posted by sgiitk

I have a feeling that Honda are running near full production capacity. The Rajasthan plant is delayed. So why not drop the cheaper variants!

I doubt that. They produced a total of about 52k cars in the last fiscal, and about 32.5k in the first 6 months of this calender year. Against a total capacity of 100000 cars, even if you consider the festive season boost, they will still be left with some spare capacity.

I think they are trying to bump up the prices of each models, so slowly moving to higher versions. I have no issues with that, but what annoys is that only the price goes up and not the features offered

24th July 2009, 14:36	#1
Spitfire BANNED Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Panaji - Goa/Bangalore - Karnataka Posts: 3,313 Thanked: 778 Times	ANHC E-MT Production Stopped? Contemplating on picking up a Honda City E-MT. No no i am not selling the Bolero. This is for the better half. She dosent like the hatchbacks and prefers saloon cars. Anyways thats not the issue. Issue is Dakshin Honda, Bangalore tells me "Sir, E-MT version stopped production. No longer available..." What? It shows on your website. Not available sir. Only S-MT and the S-AT. You sure. Yes Sir. I will confirm with Whitefield Honda too and let you know. He hasnt called since. This is today 24th July 2009. Is this true or is the salesperson pulling a fast one? Last edited by Spitfire : 24th July 2009 at 14:38.
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24th July 2009, 14:48	#2
Vid6639 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,690 Thanked: 44,155 Times View My Garage	They stopped the production of the E-variant to make room for the Jazz. Now you only get the S variant and they may introduce a V variant soon.
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24th July 2009, 14:49	#3
oss BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 685 Thanked: 7 Times	Expect V-MT to hit the showroom in Oct.
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24th July 2009, 15:02	#4
Spitfire BANNED Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Panaji - Goa/Bangalore - Karnataka Posts: 3,313 Thanked: 778 Times	Oh... so its true. Thanks guys. There goes my plans for picking up one. The S-MT is almost 60k more then the E-MT. And dosent even come with alloys. My dad picked a S-MT for a good price. Now its nudging 10 lakhs wth alloys. Insane price and not worth it. Whats wrong with Honda.
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24th July 2009, 16:11	#5
chaostheory BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 34 Thanked: Once	Am also in the process of buying an S MT Honda City. Acc. to my dealer (Olympia Honda) sales exec, S MT variant deliveries are getting delayed, as the new variant (likely with illuminated ORVMs, ACC, leather seats, etc as per his info; and no alloys) will be introduced next month (August onwards) Spitfire, just curious: why are you ditching your plan to buy one?
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24th July 2009, 17:53	#7
aaggoswami Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vadodara Posts: 4,997 Thanked: 3,006 Times	I am not able to get what exactly Honda is trying to achieve. Already City is quite steeply priced. And now the entire scenario gets tilted against G3HC. Its only India where many manufacturers can act like this. And where will 1.5 Jazz i.e. reported to be coming will end up ? Above City ? Honda wants City to take place of Civic and Jazz to take place of City. This is not possible with the current products they have at hand. I think they will sell City as a Civic and the Civic will be in range of Rs. 13-15 lakh. Below it will be City and less than that will be jazz. The City brand is strong, but I doubt the sustainability over long term if pricing continues to be messed up like this.
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24th July 2009, 19:30	#8
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 71,830 Thanked: 322,766 Times View My Garage	Spitfire, why buy a new City E variant when you can get a fully loaded pre-owned Civic for the same price? Your better half could also fall in love with an automatic tranny!
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27th July 2009, 11:25	#12
sgiitk Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gurugram Posts: 7,971 Thanked: 4,809 Times	I have a feeling that Honda are running near full production capacity. The Rajasthan plant is delayed. So why not drop the cheaper variants!
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