Re: Maruti to finally bring Jimny to India? Quote:
Originally Posted by arjab This is an awesome quote! ![Rolling Laughter](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Rolling laughter.gif)
Reminds me of what my daughter said the other day, when i brought up the Jimny topic at the dinner table: "Baba, I graduated three classes in school, but still your car has not arrived. Please don't bore us any more"
Well, e'nuff said! ![Crying](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/crying.png) | Quote:
Originally Posted by astrodex Maybe we should have a poll on how many people got tired of waiting for Jimny and went for Thar. I'm one of those who have been holding out for Jimny, and my friends who had gone ahead with Thar is now talking about their next vehicles. If Thar 5-door comes before Jimny, I might bite the bullet! |
Well now since the Japanese media has put it on the front page we can only hope that the launch is near.
Just like the OG Grand Vitara and Kizashi MSIL India is screwing up again, except with those 2 vehicles the market was not ready for a do it all 5 seat SUV or a powerful 185hp sedan (let alone one with a Maruti Suzuki badge) at 20 odd lakh but the market is fiery hot right now with the Thar selling anywhere between 3500-5000 units a month.
Drop in the 127hp mild hybrid engine from the International S-Cross, swap the Jimny badges for ones that say Gypsy and watch Mahindra freak out. And yet they delay.
A 5 door lifestyle SUV that can carry 4-5 passengers, provide off road thrills, match a Mercedes G63 AMG V8 and a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon off road, with Maruti's legendary reliability and dealer/ASS network, a weight advantage over 500kg compared to it's only rival and to top off the sundae a legendary name like Gypsy who's legendary status in it's segment is only matched by the likes of the Bullet 350.
WHAT IS MSIL EVEN WAITING FOR
Perhaps we can learn a thing or two from the BMW Car Club of America. The E30 M3 was a sales flop in the US so when BMW made the E36 and subsequently the E36 M3 in the early 90's the US division of BMW wanted nothing to do with the new M3. So an editor at the BMW Car Club of America by the name of Bob Roemer encouraged his fellow club members and BMW enthusiasts to write a letter to the BMW USA M Brand manager who at the time was man by the name of Erik Wensberg. They littered his office with over 150 letters essentially pleading with BMW USA to bring the E36 M3 to American shores. These letters were nothing like a YouTube comment where it's just angry words on a screen, these were heartfelt letters from people like me and you, people who enjoyed cars asking BMW USA to bring the E36 M3 to the US and promising they'd buy one if they did. BMW obliged, and saying that the E36 M3 sold like hot cakes in the US is a MAJOR understatement. |