Re: Maruti Baleno vs Toyota Glanza - Which would you buy? Quote:
Originally Posted by VPJ74 Today, I received a call from the dealer asking about any questions which I might have. I reminded them about the TD and he calmly said that the TD of Glanza is not possible because they don't have a TD car! I was speechless for a while and then asked again. The dealer replied that there is no Glanza TD car made available from Toyota itself, yet! I was too shocked and muttered something like "how do you expect me to buy a car without TD" and hung up on him.
BTW - I had visited the NEXA showroom a couple of days back and did TD the Baleno AMT. I liked the car but not the interiors, so wanted to take a longer TD from Toyota.
I know that there is a huge waitlist on Baleno so a few thoughts:
1. Toyota feels that car is so good that customers don't need a TD.
2. Toyota thinks that serious buyers will TD the car at Maruti so they don't need a TD car.
3. Toyota's attitude and service towards non-Toyota cars is of poor quality and internally they want to discourage its sales.
4. The dealer is lying or is not keen on selling non-Toyota cars or wants to minimise their expenses in selling Glanza/UC etc etc
Whatever may be the reason it has left a bad taste in my mouth and dented my trust in the massive Toyota brand. I haven't made a decision about my car but with the above experience and Jazz also dropping out - maybe we are left with only MIAL and Hyundai in the hatchback market. |
I think this may just be the case of the dealership near you, as far as dealerships near me (in Kerala), the dealers are very good and trying hard to sell their products.
I was and still am in the market for a good automatic car under 15 lakhs on-road, so just casually enquired via Cardekho and Carwale website, I got a call immediately from the dealer and had a very good experience with the Nippon Toyota dealership, with their sales executives being very friendly and offering me test drives of both the Glanza and the Urban Cruiser in the AMT and AT guise respectively.
But the AMT didn't feel great and the new Brezza was just about to launch, but now considering the prices of the Brezza AT, the Urban Cruiser certainly feels Value for Money.
Despite the same, I booked a Kia Sonet Diesel AT, considering it is a frugal Diesel AT within my budget, but since their waiting is long, I am looking out for other cars and if I don't find a better buy, I can happily go with the Sonet.
Last edited by itsmeparvathy9 : 30th July 2022 at 11:47.
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