No data is provided regarding satisfaction index scores. They have just picked up cars from various segments and added them to the article. There is no way a Polo which is still to complete 1 year in Indian market can be compared with cars which have completed more than 2 years on the road. It is a known fact that cars tend to have more problems as they age.
Re: interior
by tamil on Mar 11, 2011 08:56 PM
reality is maruthi cars r expensive...no value for money..jus a junk with no safety...suzuki sells cars only in india..its their test track
are cheating innocent indian customers with Cheap build quality and dated technology only selling because of early entry and so called better resale value which is total gimmick...Estilo, alto, dezire , sx4 some of the worst car on planet...beleive me i am an auto enthusiast and have driven majority of cars in Dubai...wake up
Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by jaggu on Mar 11, 2011 06:18 PM
I agree that Fiat or a Ford is a better product on technical grounds but ownership experiences & Asian sensitiviy in design is lacking! Dealers are extremely shoddy in case of accidents and repairs - its best to avoid headaches.
But generally Maruti quuality is great for "first car buyers" -but not for those who mature with trying other cars.
Fiats and Fords are mass market cars need to kick their dealers alot and rewrite spares prices.
Skoda and Honda are small rats that pretend to be rare lions.
Toyota at least in India is a sleeping giant - A Kumbhakarna that did not wake up till VW stole teh initiative...
Re: Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by virat agarwal on Mar 11, 2011 06:57 PM
i do agree Fiat and fords are technically much superior to koreans & japnese...but then after sales and resale value are notch below...but suggest me whn u start some business do u start with the intention of closing it??
Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by asad hgjkf on Mar 11, 2011 09:22 PM
An "auto enthusiast" may be not bothered about things which a normal user might be. Hyundai/ Maruti provide the best after sales service in India, with good resale value. It is the normal people who drive sales, not the "enthusiasts"
Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by southwatch on Mar 11, 2011 06:38 PM
Your opinion on Maruti cars are 100% true. But I do not agree the same for Hyundai cars. Their cars are of very good quality. I am a Hyundai user for last 4 years. No issues and really satified.
Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by sk ms on Mar 12, 2011 09:18 AM
Dubai cabbies get to drive most good cars :-) .. I don't own maruti but a hyundai.. yes not a great car but serves all the purpose.. but fail to understand if maruti is so bad why it has 50% market consistently.. one in a while is ok.. ..yes nissan micra seems good.. anyways deisel engine in a punto, swift and indica are all fiat
Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by Ketan Khapre on Mar 11, 2011 03:50 PM
Well Virat I agree with your views but then read the heading boss they are telling the brands Indians are satisfied with, and here in India more than anything else we look at affordability isnt it, if we had enough money to spend on luxury Maruti 800 wouldnt have existed and pple like you and me would have got class of BMW and Mercedes
Re: Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by virat agarwal on Mar 11, 2011 04:13 PM
well i had leased BMW M3 in dubai for 1.5 yrs..trust me it's a hoot to drive back to india still i drive gorgeous Fiat Punto Multijet it's a solid hatcback nw i plan to buy Linea t- jet which is also much ahead of mundane honda cities in almost everything and solidly built car... u will have to agree that atleast these cars are affordable by indian masses still they buy crap i20/ dezires, jazz..pity
Re: Re: Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by asad hgjkf on Mar 11, 2011 09:26 PM
Are u comparing T-jet with i20/ dezires? And if u are comparing Punto MJ with i20, rest assured that i20 is faster than Punto MJ.
Re: Re: Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by CBRCODER on Mar 11, 2011 04:49 PM
I was expecting a FIAT fan to chime in. You must be a FIAT salesman or having a FIAT car and just make sure that FIAT doesn't exit from India by campaigning for it! I agree FIAT cars are good, but their after sales service is pathetic (handled by TATA). They work like government employees.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by virat agarwal on Mar 11, 2011 05:05 PM
No neither i am a salesman nor i am biased just to change the perception of common ppl like u that life exists beyond Maruti's and Hyundai's also and that is much better...ordinary ppl like u have been kept ignored..choose urself
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hyundai/ Maruti
by CBRCODER on Mar 11, 2011 06:05 PM
I like how you consider yourself extra-ordinary having visited Dubai and ran cab service?
makes some of the worst cars on planet e.g. Swift dezire/ bhaiyaaz class Scaarpio...Fiat Punto, Linea and Skoda fabia, superb are best no true rival to these european tanks...
After trying 3 OEMs in C segment I am best satisfied with Hyundai.
The I10 / I 20 are fabulous cars across all segments. Hyundai Accent which was killed by company itself ( on global strategy decisions) had to be revived by popular support in local market.
The reports of D & E segment German cars from honest sources are quite terrible. Long history of looting by Skoda dealers is only tip of the iceberg.
Re: FORD FIESTA????????????????????????? PAID ARTICLE
by tamil on Mar 11, 2011 08:54 PM
fiesta is out dated technology but still it is best car in indian auto industry..just drive a diesel fiesta..better than most petrols cars in india...
Re: FORD FIESTA????????????????????????? PAID ARTICLE
by veryharsh on Mar 11, 2011 02:01 PM
Then what you want Mr. Anil, SX4?...the drivability, control, precision in steering, road grip and fuel economy (Diesel Version), driving comfort, no other car can beat fiesta on these fronts. For your kind information, fiesta diesel has good sales figures and it has improved a lot day by day. I own it, travelled 85000 kms, no spares changed, 5 years, no major costs towards maintainance, fuel economy in city like pune 17-18, on highways 21-22, on pune mumbai expressway speed between 70 to 100, it give 28 km/liter. All figures are with AC 100% on.
Re: Re: FORD FIESTA????????????????????????? PAID ARTICLE
by Manish Verma on Mar 11, 2011 03:49 PM
veryharsh, are u from Ford company. Ford Fiesta wers out so fast that after 3 years u don't feel like driving this car even 1 km. Also mileage figures are vastly exaggerated.
Re: Re: FORD FIESTA????????????????????????? PAID ARTICLE
by Manish Verma on Mar 11, 2011 03:46 PM
veryharsh, are u from Ford company. Ford Fiesta wers out so fast that after 3 years u don't feel like driving this car even 1 km. Also mileage figures are vastly exaggerated.
Re: Re: Re: FORD FIESTA????????????????????????? PAID ARTICLE
by veryharsh on Mar 14, 2011 11:32 AM
Mr. Manish, I am driving it for 5 years at the same comfort level and same quality experience. I guess you havent seen the world apart from maruti. Milage figures, the milage figures which I have written are as per today's status, not what company has claimed. I guess you recently met some maruti sales man who has put all this scrap in your brain.
Its definitely a paid news by Maruti to fool few more thousand prospective customers. Otherwise, quality wise Maruti is nowhere on the horizon compared to other brands. It has remained number one for many years just becasue government didnot allow much companies to enter in indian market, whoever entered had paide huge taxes, where Maruti had government stake with special tax benefits. Thats why maruti was cheaper compared to other brands. But now its tough time for moaruti as no more Government umbrella, honeymoon days are over. Sales figures are dropping, unable to keep the costs low, heavy competition from other indian non-indian brands, so they need to do this paid survey to get little help in sales.
Re: Paid News by Maruti
by veryharsh on Mar 11, 2011 01:55 PM
Cntd...and better sales does not mean good products. Most of the indians believe in cheaper the better. So maruti has grown to this size. Maruti's USP is biggest service network, I say its more negative than positive. It means Maruti knows, their vehicles will fail anywhere anytime. So they have huge network.
