Team BHP gets quoted in the UK Sunday Times

ajmat · 27th August 2006, 10:34

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...328655,00.html

karthik247 · 27th August 2006, 10:37

Great going!!!

BTW, whoz Rush Parekh??

johy · 27th August 2006, 10:50

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Originally Posted by karthik247

Great going!!!

BTW, whoz Rush Parekh??

Ain't he is our very own GTO?

Great! Team-bhp is really going places.

Iknowthisguy · 27th August 2006, 10:50

Great...TBHP going places

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Originally Posted by karthik247

Great going!!!

BTW, whoz Rush Parekh??

thats our GTO....

Ram · 27th August 2006, 13:31

Jeremy Hart's article in the British Sunday Times is nothing for Indian Team-BHPians to feel proud about.

On the contrary, it's still about British pride in Rolls-Royce as a statement of the ostentatious displays of the now dead British empire.

The British marque, Rolls-Royce when it was too sick to survive, got sold-off to the German BMW.

Today with the Indian IT-driven economy swelling, creating wealth in India, Jeremy Hart prays, albeit in vain, for a revival of Rolls-Royce's days in the once-upon-a-time, never setting Sun of the British Raj.

Yes, a miniscule minority of Indian wealth does profess affinity for a Rolls-Royce car. But to describe that, as India's 50-year dormant national love affair, is nothing short of misinformed British wishful thinking.

Jeremy Hart goes on, wishing that the new breed of self-made Indians — CEOs, entrepreneurs, sports-stars and celebs will prefer to buy Rolls-Royce cars rather than build and support an Indian luxury brand.

Quite on the contrary, as Indians, won't we prefer to envision an Indian luxury brand overrunning Europe and Britain?

Mr. Hart closes with more wishful misinformation. That Poonawalla's Phantom has attracted nothing but smiles and joy rather than envy to the faces of the poor of India. He clean misses the point that, the frenetic economy-building eastern cultures have no interest in the entirely western emotion of envy for a Rolls-Royce.

Finally he concludes, taking the liberty to mock the Hindu belief in reincarnation with, "Perhaps the largely Hindu population is hoping it might get its hands on a Rolls-Royce in the next life"!

For shame!

Ram

ajmat · 27th August 2006, 16:39

Ram

1: Your comments are your own intepretation and not the authors
2: I do not see any Rolls haters around and India has been fond of Roller's
3: So what if Mr Hart hopes that we buy Rolls Royces,will be a lot cheaper than us creating a brand
4: At least he protrays the janta as happy re: "the smiles and joy" aspect
5: Do you belief in reincarnation, if so would you go for a better deal in life?
6: This subject is off topic - main point is that we got exposure

gbpscars · 27th August 2006, 17:01

Kudos to Team-BHP,

and Rush Parekh.

Note from the Team-BHP Support Staff : Personal attacks on fellow BHPians are STRICTLY prohibited on Team-BHP. All members are part of the Team-BHP family and any discriminating or derogatory comment is uncalled for.

aniguchisan · 27th August 2006, 17:05

Besides the closing, rather derogatory and patronising sentence, I enjoyed the article. Good exposure. I like how Team-bhp.com is a luxury automobile club from Bombay

condor · 27th August 2006, 20:17

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Originally Posted by ajmat

...- main point is that we got exposure

Hardly. And he doesnt even seem to understand what TBHP is about.

I agree more with what Ram says here.

egangsta · 27th August 2006, 22:57

Guys,everybody has their right to comment so Please do not criticize others and keep names. Ajmat if possible could you add a poll to this subject, that whatever was written in this article was right or wrong so that we dont have people saying he sould not have said this and that and end up going off topic.No doubt TBHP was mentioned and the site is suerly gone get more visitors and new members too....

Cheers Ed...

Shan2nu · 27th August 2006, 23:25

I don't know what you guys are goin on about, nor do i care. All i know is, team-bhp was mentioned.

Like they say, any publicity is good publicity. So lets just be happy about it.

And what RAM said were his own views. This being a forum, everyone has the right to appreciate and criticise.

If anyone doesn't agree with his comments, ask him why he feels so. There are other ways of approaching this disagreement, personal attack is not one of them.

Shan2nu

ess_a · 27th August 2006, 23:46

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“Ten years ago India had only four kinds of car, including the Hindustan Ambassador (based on a 1950s Morris),” says Rush Parekh of Team-BHP.com, a new luxury car club based in Mumbai. “Now we have about 20 different manufacturers and upwards of 80 different models."

"a new luxury car club" !!!!!!!???????
So we are now members of a luxury car club??? How many of you own a Rolls Royce, or a maybach or an arnage or even a S class or 7 series??
Come on guys we are not what has been mentioned... That Hart guy just has taken advantage of our popularity to give more mileage to his article... It would have been better if he had reffered to us "a new auto freaks club".
Nonetheless, good going TBHP!!!!

speedzak · 28th August 2006, 00:07

Team-BHP is called as a new luxury car club. WOW!!

Now, somebody beat that!

BHPians! please dont nickpick on others nicks! GBPSCARS, that was something we hated to read!

CaliforniaKnight · 28th August 2006, 00:59

aint this the second time we are veing noted in the UK??

Steeroid · 28th August 2006, 01:43

1. I tend to agree with Ram's views.

2. I disagree that any exposure is good for Team BHP (this is my personal view, though), even if the information provided about the forum was off-target by a few miles. Quality of exposure is also important - how useful would this kind of exposure be if people logged on expecting discussions on luxury cars to find that we discuss a/c condensor problems in a 3-generation-old Suzuki Alto?

3. I dont see what we're argueing about - the article was about India's obsession with RR and how the Brits hope that we will start patronising "their" cars again, even though its German now. Its quite similar to the attitude of most Brit expats who land up in Dubai and want to buy a Land/Range Rover to show their loyalty to their crown and the Union Jack, even though it is American, is probably 2nd hand and has clearly seen better days - obviously we cannot expect them to write about how we're taking to Jap, Korean and Indian-made cars because that is not what THEIR readership wants to hear.

27th August 2006, 10:34	#1
ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 14,858 Thanked: 27,925 Times View My Garage	Team BHP gets quoted in the UK Sunday Times http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...328655,00.html
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27th August 2006, 10:37	#2
karthik247 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: BLR, HYD Posts: 2,710 Thanked: 30 Times	Great going!!! BTW, whoz Rush Parekh??
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27th August 2006, 13:31	#5
Ram Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Singapore, Mumbai, Nagpur Posts: 2,166 Thanked: 219 Times View My Garage	Nothing for Indian Team-BHPians to feel proud about! Jeremy Hart's article in the British Sunday Times is nothing for Indian Team-BHPians to feel proud about. On the contrary, it's still about British pride in Rolls-Royce as a statement of the ostentatious displays of the now dead British empire. The British marque, Rolls-Royce when it was too sick to survive, got sold-off to the German BMW. Today with the Indian IT-driven economy swelling, creating wealth in India, Jeremy Hart prays, albeit in vain, for a revival of Rolls-Royce's days in the once-upon-a-time, never setting Sun of the British Raj. Yes, a miniscule minority of Indian wealth does profess affinity for a Rolls-Royce car. But to describe that, as India's 50-year dormant national love affair, is nothing short of misinformed British wishful thinking. Jeremy Hart goes on, wishing that the new breed of self-made Indians — CEOs, entrepreneurs, sports-stars and celebs will prefer to buy Rolls-Royce cars rather than build and support an Indian luxury brand. Quite on the contrary, as Indians, won't we prefer to envision an Indian luxury brand overrunning Europe and Britain? Mr. Hart closes with more wishful misinformation. That Poonawalla's Phantom has attracted nothing but smiles and joy rather than envy to the faces of the poor of India. He clean misses the point that, the frenetic economy-building eastern cultures have no interest in the entirely western emotion of envy for a Rolls-Royce. Finally he concludes, taking the liberty to mock the Hindu belief in reincarnation with, "Perhaps the largely Hindu population is hoping it might get its hands on a Rolls-Royce in the next life"! For shame! Ram
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27th August 2006, 16:39	#6
ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 14,858 Thanked: 27,925 Times View My Garage	Ram 1: Your comments are your own intepretation and not the authors 2: I do not see any Rolls haters around and India has been fond of Roller's 3: So what if Mr Hart hopes that we buy Rolls Royces,will be a lot cheaper than us creating a brand 4: At least he protrays the janta as happy re: "the smiles and joy" aspect 5: Do you belief in reincarnation, if so would you go for a better deal in life? 6: This subject is off topic - main point is that we got exposure
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27th August 2006, 17:01	#7
gbpscars BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 402 Thanked: 5 Times	Kudos to Team-BHP, and Rush Parekh. Note from the Team-BHP Support Staff : Personal attacks on fellow BHPians are STRICTLY prohibited on Team-BHP. All members are part of the Team-BHP family and any discriminating or derogatory comment is uncalled for. Last edited by Samurai : 28th August 2006 at 08:54.
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27th August 2006, 17:05	#8
aniguchisan Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,022 Thanked: 123 Times View My Garage	Besides the closing, rather derogatory and patronising sentence, I enjoyed the article. Good exposure. I like how Team-bhp.com is a luxury automobile club from Bombay
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27th August 2006, 22:57	#10
egangsta BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: thane Posts: 365 Thanked: 26 Times View My Garage	Guys,everybody has their right to comment so Please do not criticize others and keep names. Ajmat if possible could you add a poll to this subject, that whatever was written in this article was right or wrong so that we dont have people saying he sould not have said this and that and end up going off topic.No doubt TBHP was mentioned and the site is suerly gone get more visitors and new members too.... Cheers Ed... Last edited by egangsta : 27th August 2006 at 22:59.
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27th August 2006, 23:25	#11
Shan2nu Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hubli - Karnata Posts: 5,533 Thanked: 125 Times View My Garage	I don't know what you guys are goin on about, nor do i care. All i know is, team-bhp was mentioned. Like they say, any publicity is good publicity. So lets just be happy about it. And what RAM said were his own views. This being a forum, everyone has the right to appreciate and criticise. If anyone doesn't agree with his comments, ask him why he feels so. There are other ways of approaching this disagreement, personal attack is not one of them. Shan2nu Last edited by Shan2nu : 27th August 2006 at 23:32.
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28th August 2006, 00:07	#13
speedzak BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,347 Thanked: 27 Times	Team-BHP is called as a new luxury car club. WOW!! Now, somebody beat that! BHPians! please dont nickpick on others nicks! GBPSCARS, that was something we hated to read!
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28th August 2006, 00:59	#14
CaliforniaKnight BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: IND + DXB Posts: 980 Thanked: 141 Times View My Garage	aint this the second time we are veing noted in the UK??
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28th August 2006, 01:43	#15
Steeroid Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: N.A Posts: 7,046 Thanked: 2,751 Times	1. I tend to agree with Ram's views. 2. I disagree that any exposure is good for Team BHP (this is my personal view, though), even if the information provided about the forum was off-target by a few miles. Quality of exposure is also important - how useful would this kind of exposure be if people logged on expecting discussions on luxury cars to find that we discuss a/c condensor problems in a 3-generation-old Suzuki Alto? 3. I dont see what we're argueing about - the article was about India's obsession with RR and how the Brits hope that we will start patronising "their" cars again, even though its German now. Its quite similar to the attitude of most Brit expats who land up in Dubai and want to buy a Land/Range Rover to show their loyalty to their crown and the Union Jack, even though it is American, is probably 2nd hand and has clearly seen better days - obviously we cannot expect them to write about how we're taking to Jap, Korean and Indian-made cars because that is not what THEIR readership wants to hear. Last edited by Steeroid : 28th August 2006 at 02:00.
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