Fiat India - Management Resigning!

psp62in · 6th April 2005, 20:52

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Originally Posted by ajmat

fiat performing better than GM - Could you provide the data and reference for this please...

Refer Murad Ali Begs Cars sales Bulletin of Jan 2005 in Cyber steering, the comparison of Palio vs. Sail sales was as below.

Palio (Jan 05) 204
(Apr-04-Jan05) 3,716

Corsa Sail
(Jan 05) 87
(Apr04 to Jan05) 1,976

This is the latest I know. Wonder what was it like in last 2 months, won't be much different I guess.

ajmat · 6th April 2005, 22:11

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Originally Posted by psp62in

Refer Murad Ali Begs Cars sales Bulletin of Jan 2005 in Cyber steering, the comparison of Palio vs. Sail sales .........
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Segmentwise - you might have a point but overall GM are streets ahead with the Tavera and the Optra which give better margins. They are harvesting the Corsa until the Aveo/ Spark models kick in

lamborghini · 6th April 2005, 23:03

Man this is my first post in this thread.
Was getting bored of reading everything so i will just call up fiat and give them a peice of my mind.

GTO · 7th April 2005, 09:48

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Palio (Jan 05) 204
(Apr-04-Jan05) 3,716

Corsa Sail
(Jan 05) 87
(Apr04 to Jan05) 1,976

The Corsa is nothing but an ornamental presence in the B Segment by GM. As Ajmat rightly said, add the Tavera and the Optra to that equation.

GTO

Harrie · 8th April 2005, 13:46

Well its Friday today! Hindujas were supposed to give their press conference today right? i checked ET, TOI, Hindu but couldn find any details about this.

any updates on this guys?

deepakhon · 8th April 2005, 14:03

Exactly. That was the first thing I did in the morning at office. No news yet!!

typeOnegative · 8th April 2005, 14:12

Maybe the negotiations are still on? I dont think we will have any news for some time ...

lamborghini · 8th April 2005, 14:13

If they were supposed to give their press conference today expect it by tomorrow morning.

typeOnegative · 8th April 2005, 14:18

Oh yes. We all follow Indian Standard Time. Cool. Will wait tomorrow and the whole of next week too.

v_s_natarajan · 8th April 2005, 14:32

guys, Guys.
why this impatience.
Fiats were there in my dad's time and it will be in India when our children get married.
So long there are discerning buyers in india, Fiat is not going to perish.
long live my palio.

puthari · 8th April 2005, 14:52

If Hindujas are buying it - then FIAT will go down further. For whatever the Hindujas are - In my opinion , they are what they are today because - they have supplied us a 100% outdated Trucks and Buses. Only until Volvo came into our country , did we realise the quality of buses/ Trucks . We should be thankfull of VOLVO - if not the TATAs and Hindujas would still continue to supply outdated,comfortless,pollutting trucks.

We should ask the Company owners - to Drive their own trucks - Iam sure they will NEVER.

Therfore , I assume that if Hindujas take over FIAT - then the car will never see any further enhancement in future.

Iam more than happy to be corrected

Harrie · 8th April 2005, 16:34

Maybe it was true in the case of Commercial vehicles. But in a highly competitive automobile field, I dont think that will be possible.

They wouldnt want to invest so much and then let it go waste.

Hey v s N my dad said the same thing. He said he learnt to drive in a Fiat, I learnt to drive in THE SAME fiat and maybe my kids too will learn to drive in a fiat.

8th April 2005, 16:56

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Originally Posted by Harrie

Hey v s N my dad said the same thing. He said he learnt to drive in a Fiat, I learnt to drive in THE SAME fiat and maybe my kids too will learn to drive in a fiat.

That is if and only if Fiats will exisist by that time

typeOnegative · 8th April 2005, 17:01

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Originally Posted by vtec

That is if and only if Fiats will exisist by that time

You bet they will.

The Mumbai taxis will be Palios and/or Petras then. LOL

8th April 2005, 17:07

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Originally Posted by typeOnegative

You bet they will.

The Mumbai taxis will be Palios and/or Petras then. LOL

Mumbai taxis and Petras then it will be like Narain(who drives a fast Jordan) in a Faster Ferrari

They will drive the 1.6 like a Enzo and charge you 10 times the amount which they do now to account for Poor service.. and ofcourse as RT said in his post of the Taxis they will turn the car like without braking. Wonder where the Petra will land..

6th April 2005, 23:03	#93
lamborghini Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,141 Thanked: 5,847 Times View My Garage	Man this is my first post in this thread. Was getting bored of reading everything so i will just call up fiat and give them a peice of my mind.
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8th April 2005, 13:46	#95
Harrie BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: KA 03, KL 12, TN 38 Posts: 701 Thanked: 36 Times View My Garage	Well its Friday today! Hindujas were supposed to give their press conference today right? i checked ET, TOI, Hindu but couldn find any details about this. any updates on this guys?
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8th April 2005, 14:03	#96
deepakhon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,441 Thanked: 65 Times	Exactly. That was the first thing I did in the morning at office. No news yet!!
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8th April 2005, 14:12	#97
typeOnegative Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vikhroli, Mumbai, India Posts: 1,503 Thanked: 28 Times	Maybe the negotiations are still on? I dont think we will have any news for some time ...
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8th April 2005, 14:13	#98
lamborghini Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,141 Thanked: 5,847 Times View My Garage	If they were supposed to give their press conference today expect it by tomorrow morning.
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8th April 2005, 14:18	#99
typeOnegative Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vikhroli, Mumbai, India Posts: 1,503 Thanked: 28 Times	Oh yes. We all follow Indian Standard Time. Cool. Will wait tomorrow and the whole of next week too.
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8th April 2005, 14:32	#100
v_s_natarajan BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: chennai Posts: 261 Thanked: 3 Times	guys, Guys. why this impatience. Fiats were there in my dad's time and it will be in India when our children get married. So long there are discerning buyers in india, Fiat is not going to perish. long live my palio.
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8th April 2005, 14:52	#101
puthari BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: WhiteField , Bangalore Posts: 58 Thanked: 2 Times	If Hindujas are buying it - then FIAT will go down further. For whatever the Hindujas are - In my opinion , they are what they are today because - they have supplied us a 100% outdated Trucks and Buses. Only until Volvo came into our country , did we realise the quality of buses/ Trucks . We should be thankfull of VOLVO - if not the TATAs and Hindujas would still continue to supply outdated,comfortless,pollutting trucks. We should ask the Company owners - to Drive their own trucks - Iam sure they will NEVER. Therfore , I assume that if Hindujas take over FIAT - then the car will never see any further enhancement in future. Iam more than happy to be corrected Last edited by puthari : 8th April 2005 at 14:55.
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8th April 2005, 16:34	#102
Harrie BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: KA 03, KL 12, TN 38 Posts: 701 Thanked: 36 Times View My Garage	Maybe it was true in the case of Commercial vehicles. But in a highly competitive automobile field, I dont think that will be possible. They wouldnt want to invest so much and then let it go waste. Hey v s N my dad said the same thing. He said he learnt to drive in a Fiat, I learnt to drive in THE SAME fiat and maybe my kids too will learn to drive in a fiat.
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