[spawnofsatan]

Originally Posted by gotzuk

not necessarily.. the tata xenon is slated to come in under 10 lakhs, the
ford endeavor sells for around 14 lakhs, so i guess the pickup version
should be a bit cheaper, toyota can launch a hilux dual cab pickup for
around the same price..

indian car market has trounced a lot of notions about what all wouldn't
sell here.. i would love to see that happening in the sportsute/pickup truck
category..

cheers

I actually meant the nissan, mitsubishi and ford trucks at around 18L. I believe the The tata truck would do very well, plus we would be buying Indian and supporting our economy.

Its good to see how the tata truck has travelled from the tata mobile to the tata hilux.

[gotzuk]

Originally Posted by spawnofsatan

Its good to see how the tata truck has travelled from the tata mobile to the tata hilux.

haha.. i hope they move from strength to strength and travel from
tata hilux to tata cruiser or may be tata rover cheers:
now.. that will be something
cheers

[AMATMO]

Originally Posted by spawnofsatan

I actually meant the nissan, mitsubishi and ford trucks at around 18L. I believe the The tata truck would do very well, plus we would be buying Indian and supporting our economy.

Its good to see how the tata truck has travelled from the tata mobile to the tata hilux.

yes but i was talking of manufacturing these trucks in india,that way they will cost around 9 lacs..hilux is based on the innova so it should cost around the same price

[gotzuk]

Originally Posted by AMATMO

hilux is based on the innova so it should cost around the same price

hi amatmo,
i remember distinctly that when the innova was slated to replace
the qualis, it was reported that innova was actually 7% cheaper
to manufacture than the outgoing qualis.. probably due to
innova utilizing a multiple application platform and the associated
economies of scale. but, toyota launched the innova with a much
higher price tag than the qualis..

so, i am sure the hilux will be priced a lot higher than the innova,
becuase toyota would like to market it as a upmarket, lifestyle
product, irrespective of how much it costs to manufacture..

cheers