re: Review: 1st-gen Honda Amaze (2013) Quote:
Originally Posted by vasanthn21 See Maruti, the "tag" of "good service" has stuck in the minds of people. Fact is, service costs of Maruti is quite high, and service is not that great either (speaking from personal experience), neither is the vehicle built great, and these days Maruti is no-way the king of mileage. But most people still associate Maruti with all these qulities. Pick 100 middle class people blindly, and 60% of these will say Maruti is the best. It will take some time and a lot of good work from other brands to shake this image. |
Don't think service cost in Maruti is very high. The service is quite good, if you stick to reputed MASS. But yes, a few MASS are bad, that's from my personal experience. But Maruti does some gradation and star ratings for their service centers.
All said and done, Maruti cars can be serviced by roadside mechanics. That's where Maruti scores. And certain non-critical parts (e.g. a tail lamp assembly) can be procured at half the cost from local market. That's not possible with most other cars. That's where Maruti scores. Quote:
Originally Posted by delix
Well to be very frank, Dzire did not have a true competition till so far. If Honda prices the Amaze rightly, I can see Dzire starting to offer discounts or start giving free buys. The i-dtec looks quite good on papers with the torque and power figures and of course the economy figures but we need to wait and see how it adapts to the Indian road/environment. By now Dzire is a house hold name and does not need to prove anything, but Honda has to as the name is quite synonymous to petrol heads..
I am myself a proud owner of Dzire, but the Honda Amaze looks pretty luring. Would love to try my hands on one. |
Yes, Amaze "looks" pretty luring. Still, I would play the Devil's Advocate for quite some time. At least for two more years. I know Honda has made diesel engines before, but frankly, their diesel engines are not quite well known. Like Toyota's, or Fiat's, VW's and Renault's.
Your Dzire has the time-tested Fiat 1.3 multijet engine which is known to last for years without any trouble. Till the time Amaze proves its longevity, I would stick to Dzire. Just being pragmatic. Quote:
Originally Posted by junaid12345678 The only thing that used to stop people from going for Honda was fuel economy and price. Both have been resolved and in addition to that they have got the Earth dreams!!. I am sure that the Honda's new breed is going to get fantastic numbers and would break the Dzire sales. And after all being a Honda, the name is enough.  |
Well, no name is good enough, unless it's proved. Remember the craze when Indica was launched? Tata was (and still is) a great brand. And they make good trucks, watches, cement and so many other things. Still they can't make good cars. (My opinion, I know some people love their Tata cars and I don't want to offend them)
Honda makes good petrol cars, bikes, even generators but they never concentrated on making diesel engines. Of course they had some sporadic efforts with diesel engines, but that was never their strength. Now that they are doing it, fine -- I just hope they don't go the way Tata did with Indica.
Suzuki was pragmatic when they decided to go with people who know diesel -- first Renault, now Fiat. And it's too early to rubbish them.
As for "Earth dreams" -- all these are marketing gimmicks and aren't we mature enough to understand that?
Last edited by subratasenn : 4th April 2013 at 00:23.
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