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I have this question in mind from past several days, Build Quality and Safety? Does that really matter for us?
In my own words and as i see the sales charts every month, i think build quality dosen't matter to us. Proof is failure of some world class cars with good engines and drive-ability struggle to lead the sales charts. few examples are:
Fiat
VW group
Tata
Opel
all these products failed although they presented us with best build and quality cars. They are struggling to set the sales chart on fire. Main issue is FE.
All these brands do have great brand value in international market where people blindly trust them to be the safest cars as well as love to drive them.
but here in India the weakest car of the lot is the best seller -- Alto
lets talk about alto 800 - Crash test safety ratings 0, no abs or ebd or even airbags until they are forced to be mandatory by Govt.
horrible crashes that shows how poorly these were built. same goes for maximum cars from suzuki stable. if we talk about Baleno or ciaz , swift or dezire, ertiga or ecco
all follows the same build quality.
my friend use to own a fiat punto. once the battery was dead and need to replace the battery. i tried to open the bonnet and it was so heavy that it feels like i am trying to lift a two wheeler.
same goes for Tata and VW. earlier i owned a opel for 4 years. once on a red light while waiting for signal to turn green a brand new baleno hit me from the back. i heard a loud thud and i though
back is gone. came out scared to evaluate the damage and saw a misaligned bumper. aligned it with hands and clips pop back in and voila everything ok. just a scratch and paint peeled off.
and when i saw the baleno, oh my god, seems like the guy hit a rock. Bonnet folded like a foil, radiator busted, bumper in 2 pieces, even the right side fender is gone and the driver door is stuck.
coolant is everywhere and also when we checked after opening the bonnet, the front guard is completely bent ac condenser is gone, even the lower front support is bent. oh boy a brand new car with ribbons and what a mess.
nowadays cars are getting lighter and lighter. we pay 11 lakhs for a car like ciaz but what we are getting, no offence to the owners but i cannot expect a car to be so flimsy after paying 11 lakhs whose body parts cannot hold their shape after it brushed with a cycle. where as if you talk about punto and VW or tata also, all these cars are so well built. i can see the triple sheet spports under the bonnet and inside the chasis also. On another forum an accident was reported where a fiat avventura hit a state transport bus head on and 4 out of 5 occupants came out harmless and the driver also recovered and discharged in a month from hospital. Can you imaging the same with a swift leave alone the alto. also a dumper loaded with stones turned over on a linea and the occupants were safe although the car was totalled, owner didnt even waited for the claim and bout a new linea again.
even polo met an accident where on mumbai pune expressway the car hit the divider and than fell into a ditch after it rolled over several times and the occupants were safe. these incidents actually shows why built quality matters. i dont know when people ill understand that rather than saving few bucks please save yourself and your family first. we might get new car or we can make for the money we lost but when someone dies the life cannot be compensated.
What if we get a fuel economy of 10-12 rather than 18, atleast we are safe, and god knows while on the road, when our such investment help us to save a precious life.
Everyone need to think about this.
Signing off with a positive note and waiting for your views.
Alto crash no one survived and punto and linea crash all of them survived. Still fiats are not as fuel efficent as marutis but they can save lives.
I have this question in mind from past several days, Build Quality and Safety? Does that really matter for us?
In my own words and as i see the sales charts every month, i think build quality dosen't matter to us. Proof is failure of some world class cars with good engines and drive-ability struggle to lead the sales charts. few examples are:
Fiat
VW group
Tata
Opel
all these products failed although they presented us with best build and quality cars. They are struggling to set the sales chart on fire. Main issue is FE.
All these brands do have great brand value in international market where people blindly trust them to be the safest cars as well as love to drive them.
but here in India the weakest car of the lot is the best seller -- Alto
lets talk about alto 800 - Crash test safety ratings 0, no abs or ebd or even airbags until they are forced to be mandatory by Govt.
horrible crashes that shows how poorly these were built. same goes for maximum cars from suzuki stable. if we talk about Baleno or ciaz , swift or dezire, ertiga or ecco
all follows the same build quality.
my friend use to own a fiat punto. once the battery was dead and need to replace the battery. i tried to open the bonnet and it was so heavy that it feels like i am trying to lift a two wheeler.
same goes for Tata and VW. earlier i owned a opel for 4 years. once on a red light while waiting for signal to turn green a brand new baleno hit me from the back. i heard a loud thud and i though
back is gone. came out scared to evaluate the damage and saw a misaligned bumper. aligned it with hands and clips pop back in and voila everything ok. just a scratch and paint peeled off.
and when i saw the baleno, oh my god, seems like the guy hit a rock. Bonnet folded like a foil, radiator busted, bumper in 2 pieces, even the right side fender is gone and the driver door is stuck.
coolant is everywhere and also when we checked after opening the bonnet, the front guard is completely bent ac condenser is gone, even the lower front support is bent. oh boy a brand new car with ribbons and what a mess.
nowadays cars are getting lighter and lighter. we pay 11 lakhs for a car like ciaz but what we are getting, no offence to the owners but i cannot expect a car to be so flimsy after paying 11 lakhs whose body parts cannot hold their shape after it brushed with a cycle. where as if you talk about punto and VW or tata also, all these cars are so well built. i can see the triple sheet spports under the bonnet and inside the chasis also. On another forum an accident was reported where a fiat avventura hit a state transport bus head on and 4 out of 5 occupants came out harmless and the driver also recovered and discharged in a month from hospital. Can you imaging the same with a swift leave alone the alto. also a dumper loaded with stones turned over on a linea and the occupants were safe although the car was totalled, owner didnt even waited for the claim and bout a new linea again.
even polo met an accident where on mumbai pune expressway the car hit the divider and than fell into a ditch after it rolled over several times and the occupants were safe. these incidents actually shows why built quality matters. i dont know when people ill understand that rather than saving few bucks please save yourself and your family first. we might get new car or we can make for the money we lost but when someone dies the life cannot be compensated.
What if we get a fuel economy of 10-12 rather than 18, atleast we are safe, and god knows while on the road, when our such investment help us to save a precious life.
Everyone need to think about this.
Signing off with a positive note and waiting for your views.
Alto crash no one survived and punto and linea crash all of them survived. Still fiats are not as fuel efficent as marutis but they can save lives.
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