Re: The Biggest Blunders in the Indian Automotive Scene By far the biggest blunder in automotive scene was the stupid 4 meter and weird restrictions in cc for petrol and diesel, 1200 and 1500 if I remember correctly. These resulted in some of the ugliest and super anemic petrol engines we could ever get.
A close second (another policing blunder): The 43% taxation for hybrids when the only EV in market was e2o and Verito, even many years down the lane, charging infrastructure is still in a nascent state.
Aria was not a blunder. It was a market dud alright, but it was one of earliest indication of Tata was capable of. I don't think dropping Indica moniker would have mattered.
Extreme cost cutting and polar interiors on the Etios twins at launch. What they did in 2014, is what they should have done at launch.
Honda's cost-cutting and QC blunders. This was not just in India.
S-Cross 1.6 wouldn't have sold at the lower cost forever. The localization for 1.6 was 67% vs 97% for 1.3. The number of actual takers for 1.6 were an exception than example. Plus the perception of spending 15L+ on a Maruti, Rakesh has mentioned above and you can see in Mi10's ownership (Crossbreed® | Mi10's Maruti S-Cross 1.6 DDiS 320 - Remapped! Update: Sold!) thread as well.
Mahindra's handling of Maini since acquisition. Basically did nothing in all these years, while Tata and MG have taken the goalpost to a distance. Some lame launches in ICE cars as well. |