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Old 28th January 2021, 13:08   #16
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Re: Surprising non-car stuff that auto brands make

From Nissan, couple of products related to aerospace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_4S
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-V
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Old 28th January 2021, 14:54   #17
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I actually had (maybe still have it somewhere) a hard drive by Porsche design.

It was supposed to be functional and all, but I think I just bought it because it was designed by Porsche -

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I do remember telling people that I owned a Porsche.
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Old 28th January 2021, 15:49   #18
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Re: Surprising non-car stuff that auto brands make

The Hyundai group also makes Hydraulic Excavators, along with Volvo. Just thought that this would be informative for people.
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Old 28th January 2021, 18:30   #19
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Re: Surprising non-car stuff that auto brands make

A couple more to the list.

1. Mahindra Housing(Mahindra Lifespaces)
2. Tata Agriculture Hand Tools.
Attaching a picture of TATA spade that I own. Yes, you read it right!

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Old 28th January 2021, 19:02   #20
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We are all very familiar with the Tata Group and we don't look at Tata Steel and Tata motors as the same company. But, if this discussion was on a non-Indian automobile forum, where most users may know Tata motors, but not the Tata Group, imagine how thunderstruck those readers would be if someone there was to say how TATA makes literally everything - tea, software, cars, refrigerators, runs hotels, airlines...etc.

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Old 29th January 2021, 09:49   #21
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Carroll Shelby, the legendary racing driver and designer was also a Chili connoisseur. In 1969 he transformed 2 lakh acres of mining land to host the world's first-ever Chili cook-off Championship. Shelby and CV Wood founded the International Chili Society.

His company still makes Chili Kits.


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Mercedes and Porsche (Porsche Design, actually) are into eyewear as well. I quite used to like PD sunglasses of yesteryears, they had quite a few unique deaigns. These days they are all generic stuff.
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And ofcourse Tesla makes Tesla Tequila. https://shop.tesla.com/product/tesla-tequila
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And many make perfumes as well. Bentley and Mercedes have some of the most elegant fragrances.
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Me: I would like to buy an air-conditioner
Mitsubishi: Ok

Me: I’d also like to buy a single engine multirole fourth generation jet fighter do u know where I can find a good one
Mitsubishi: You're not gonna believe this - https://www.mhi.com/products/defense..._aircraft_list




I know how conglomerates work but just keeping the jovial spirit!
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Old 29th January 2021, 11:56   #26
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SAAB would have qualified for this thread, before it spun off and then sold its automotive venture.

Besides cars, the Swedish company is also known for the armaments including the Gripen fighter, anti-tank missile, radar and more.
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And many make perfumes as well. Bentley and Mercedes have some of the most elegant fragrances.
This should be obvious, but in such cases, it's just that the car maker's logo is on a perfume that's made by somebody else (a perfumer). Of course, and especially in the case of big-name car brands, someone who works at the car company will have some input into the fragrance, but sometimes it's just a lame branding exercise.

Once in a blue moon though, it can be something special.

Many years ago, when I first visited Horacio Pagani in his office at the Pagani factory, the room smelt like a grassy lawn (in a good way). The windows were all closed and there was no grass outside, so I asked him what the smell was. He got quite animated and told me about this fragrance that he had created: it smells of freshly-cut grass and reminds him of his native Argentina. Apparently it helps him focus and be creative. I told him that I really liked it too and that it'd be awesome if he shared it with the world. When I was leaving, he gave me a bottle full of it. Some time later, it did become an official Pagani product (and I received more bottles of the final thing). It's called "The Andes Wind" and is made by a master perfumer in Italy.
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Skoda also makes Trams, locomotives. Skoda trams are a very common sight in Eastern Europe - especially in Prague. Had also seen few in Lithuania.
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You could be sitting in a Tata built house, driving a Tata Tiago, connecting to the internet via Tata Sky broadband, sipping Tata Coffee or Tea, while there is the smell of Tata Sampann Dal Tadka wafting from the kitchen, augmented by Tata Salt, and your kid may be working out the school lesson on Tata Class Edge. All this powered by Tata Power electricity. Come next morning, you could be taking your Tata Stryder bike for your exercise. And this is but a short list as most of us know. You just cant beat this group for the impact it has on everyday life in India.
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Old 29th January 2021, 14:31   #30
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I was pleasantly surprised when I was travelling in the Hyderabad metro and saw that the coach was manufactured by Hyundai.

My friend also has a 4k TV that Hyundai manufactures

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Me:
Me: I’d also like to buy a single engine multirole fourth generation jet fighter do u know where I can find a good one
Mitsubishi: You're not gonna believe this -
Do I get a lancer free with it??
Pleaseeeeeeee Mitsubishi!

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