[joshdrive]

Originally Posted by gaddiwale

What may be the reason?

1. People become more aware about the modern refined diesel engines?

2. They are not much bother to bear the initial higher cost of diesel cars but more keen to take the advantage of low running costs?

3. But then why i20 diesel is not selling well? May be i20 diesel is exorbitantly higher in cost as far as hatch back is concern? In that price they can by a diesel sedan (Maruti Dzire)?

4. I think this should be an eye opener for Honda - they should reduce the price of the Jazz and simultaneously launch a diesel variant too. IMO in India very few people are willing to pay more than 6.0 lakhs for a hatchback car. Instead they'll love to buy a sedan. Honda should understand nothing is premium today - to see an upward moving sales graph they should make their cars more affordable.

5. Looking at this trend Chevy also launch a diesel Beat ASAP. Hyundai can also give a tough competition to others with addtion of an i10 diesel.

Another reason could be those SEZs being built at city outskirts and people having to travel more distance.

[mkh]

Originally Posted by gaddiwale

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What may be the reason?

1. People become more aware about the modern refined diesel engines?

2. They are not much bother to bear the initial higher cost of diesel cars but more keen to take the advantage of low running costs?

3. But then why i20 diesel is not selling well? May be i20 diesel is exorbitantly higher in cost as far as hatch back is concern? In that price they can by a diesel sedan (Maruti Dzire)?

4. I think this should be an eye opener for Honda - they should reduce the price of the Jazz and simultaneously launch a diesel variant too. IMO in India very few people are willing to pay more than 6.0 lakhs for a hatchback car. Instead they'll love to buy a sedan. Honda should understand nothing is premium today - to see an upward moving sales graph they should make their cars more affordable.

5. Looking at this trend Chevy also launch a diesel Beat ASAP. Hyundai can also give a tough competition to others with addtion of an i10 diesel.

I may sound a tad negative but this is just my perspective. In india as far as i have seen, there is a major tendency for herd type thinking, instead of looking at the real value of diesel vs petrol, people look more at what they end up paying per fill and with the rise in petrol prices, the gap has increased between diesel and petrol
Added to that surely is the fact that diesel engines are refined and much better. If you look at the gap between the initial price when it comes to EMI, its not much and gets offset by the monthly fuel bill.( did a detailed analysis and also asked people around hence my inference is also data based)
So buying a diesel is not always the wisest choice, but it happens a lot now
Clearly the gap in i20's case is too large to get offset by the monthly bill hence the low i20 CRDI sales.
Diesel cars resell better also if they are less run especially with the private cabs etc that run now a lot in cities.
As for honda- i can see repeated posts asking them to cut prices, even i felt the same till i took a very detailed TD and looked at the jazz offering. Maybe they should just cut a few corners in the quality of material used(like the spark plugs, interiors, magic seat offering, wiper blades) and bring the cost down with a stripped down version ( with maybe only driver air bag) and offer at 1-1.5 lac less. That way most people will just look at the price cut and not look at how that has happened and lap it up.
I do not say honda cars come cheap, but then a manufacturer that has had a clear majority in its segment for over 12 years, has something to offer(in the city i mean)
Maybe they are paying the penalty of being complacent, but i do not think they are offering unreasonably high priced cars.( even i will LOVE a 10% cut in all their cars!!!)

[srishiva]

I had two of my friends buying the Jazz. They too thought the price is a little higher, but didn't care. Once you TD the car and have a look inside it looks unique.

[opendro]

It has become a joke among Honda fans. ANHC sells well in spite of high price because people know the value of the car. Honda Jazz does not sell well because people don't know the value of the car (such as spark plugs, wiper blades). Honda in India has become an oxymoron.

[mobike008]

Anybody has the data how many Cruze ( Variant-wise ( LT/LTZ) sold in May'10?

[Gansan]

I like the Jazz very much and would love to buy it, even at current prices.

[longhorn]

For every Figo put on the road by Ford, Maruti has put 2 Swifts. That should lay to rest all doubts regarding the Figo soon overtaking Swift sales. The Logan outseling the Ikon is a surprise.

[mxx]

Originally Posted by karpusv

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IMO, Beat and i10 should be with ritz polo etc since both sport 1.2L engines.

[arvi86]

@ mxx - I guess, the current classification of the cars (i10 & Beat) is correct, as per the passenger space offered. They are strictly a segment below cars like GP, Polo & i20.

[oxyzen]

To be precise I10 and beat are in a different segment altogether. (in between estillo segment and swift segment)
Space isnt a consideration. If so a-star and wagonR would be in different segments.

[xingamazon]

Originally Posted by longhorn

For every Figo put on the road by Ford, Maruti has put 2 Swifts. That should lay to rest all doubts regarding the Figo soon overtaking Swift sales.

Actually you know what, Ford will be more than happy with the show that they have put up.
Imagine this it would have been their dream anyday that ardent supporters of suzuki like yourself, are even comparing the Swift sales figures along with them and keeping track of its sales.

I would say in that sense Ford has won more than half the battle in first few months.
But mind you dont think Ford or for that matter any new entrant would be bothered about Suzuki vehicles sales, for they have such a huge footprint. It has always been question of who is next better than Maruti Suzuki.

[longhorn]

Originally Posted by xingamazon

Actually you know what, Ford will be more than happy with the show that they have put up.

You bet they will and they have every reason to. With a take it or leave it dealer attitude (what does the dealer think he is selling, a Merc?), and after being in slumber for the better part of a decade, they finally seem to have got their act together.

Originally Posted by xingamazon

Imagine this it would have been their dream anyday that ardent supporters of suzuki like yourself, are even comparing the Swift sales figures along with them and keeping track of its sales.

I guess this thread is meant to track May 2010 sales figures of passenger vehicles. I don't think my support or lack of it for Maruti/Suzuki has anything to do with the numbers they or any of the other manufacturers have put on the board.

Originally Posted by xingamazon

I would say in that sense Ford has won more than half the battle in first few months.

Don't be so sure. We had lots of people going gaga over the Punto when it was launched. Where do Punto sales stand now? It can be termed as a niche player at most. I'm not saying that the Figo will go the Punto way, but we need to analyse the sales of atleast 6 months before coming to a conclusion of what the monthly average would be.

Originally Posted by xingamazon

But mind you dont think Ford or for that matter any new entrant would be bothered about Suzuki vehicles sales, for they have such a huge footprint.

I don't think so. Every new product coming onto the market in this segment be it the Polo, Micra, Etios - all have Swift as their benchmark. This has been admitted by the manufacturers themselves. The Swift's success could not be replicated even by Maruti's own Ritz which does less than half of what the Swift does.

Originally Posted by xingamazon

It has always been question of who is next better than Maruti Suzuki.

You have said it yourself are you are saying that I'm a Suzuki fanboy.
The only reason I mentioned that the Figo sales is currently at around 50% of the Swift is because I saw the same enthusiasm for the Figo as I did for the Punto(when it was launched) with people stating Figo will overtake Swift in no time etc. What better way to enlighten folks than with the sales numbers in hand.

[xingamazon]

Originally Posted by longhorn

I guess this thread is meant to track May 2010 sales figures of passenger vehicles. I don't think my support or lack of it for Maruti/Suzuki has anything to do with the numbers they or any of the other manufacturers have put on the board.

My quote was to explain that thier numbers were good enough and a measure of the perception on people. I do agree this thread is supposed to discuss only about May sales figures.

Originally Posted by longhorn

We need to analyse the sales of atleast 6 months before coming to a conclusion of what the monthly average would be.

Dont think I am the only person doing that. Anyway the same thing is what I have been trying to tell you for the comment that you made below.

For every Figo put on the road by Ford, Maruti has put 2 Swifts. That should lay to rest all doubts regarding the Figo soon overtaking Swift sales.

Originally Posted by longhorn

I don't think so. Every new product coming onto the market in this segment be it the Polo, Micra, Etios - all have Swift as their benchmark. This has been admitted by the manufacturers themselves. The Swift's success could not be replicated even by Maruti's own Ritz which does less than half of what the Swift does.

Well there is a lot of difference between having one figure as your benchmark and thinking practically of what can be achieved. Even I agree people when asked would say Swift is their benchmark, but practically thinking no sales head would be thinking he can possibly do that.
Come on, think of this what do you expect Nissan's head to say about Micra. He cant come out into press and say openly that we cant beat the Swift volume blah blah.. When confronted one would surely say things like "Ya that is our benchmark etc".

Originally Posted by longhorn

You have said it yourself are you are saying that I'm a Suzuki fanboy.

For anybody to say the statement that I have said he need not be a Suzuki fanboy, all he needs to have is some knowledge about Indian car market and some practical thinking. I can assume anyone who has both will agree to my points.

[carZest]

Originally Posted by longhorn

For every Figo put on the road by Ford, Maruti has put 2 Swifts. That should lay to rest all doubts regarding the Figo soon overtaking Swift sales. The Logan outseling the Ikon is a surprise.

IMHO, what will have Maruti worried for now is the Figo+i20 combined sales figures. And a few months down the line (when the Polo production stabilizes) is the combined sales figures of the trio.

[specialist1968]

Originally Posted by carZest

IMHO, what will have Maruti worried for now is the Figo+i20 combined sales figures. And a few months down the line (when the Polo production stabilizes) is the combined sales figures of the trio.

Agree to that. Maruti should concentrate on streamlining the production so that cars in demand are produced and not cars that stockpile.

In the yester years, Maruti has relegated the Indian consumer by not offering the KB series engine when Swift was released. Now when the KB series engine was finally adopted, swift’s body shell is poised for upgrade. When several people (read me) were about to make a decision about buying, the launch took place. I am ready to wait for a reasonable time for my dream car. Now if Maruti delays the launch of the new swift model and the dezire based on it, definitely the combined sales of the trio (figo+i20+polo) may overtake swift numbers. Remember, dezire was launched 2 years back. It is interesting to see what Maruti is going to do in this respect. Several people are going to postpone decision in anticipation of the new dezire model. It shall also be remembered that several potential customers of dezire are hatch back customers who look for the easy upgrade to swift and are not truly sedan customers.