[pmbabu]

Originally Posted by ashwinpak

For a Thai car (It is more Thai than Jap) .

That's the funniest comment I have come across in a while

BTW, I see that (price) comparisons are made between City AT and Altis MT. If a buyer wants AT, will he/she still look at MT options? Shouldn't we compare AT to AT and MT to MT? And what are the other AT options that a consumer has in C segment that are likely to threaten City w.r.t AT?

[ACM]

Originally Posted by ImmortalZ

I advise you to not go down this path. It only ends up with you getting infracted. Trust me, I have experience. No one really wants to read anything positive about Honda.

I think that's not fair,

I was just following a honda City yesterday and felt that this would have made a great second car (for my wife) had they priced it more reasonably.

I like the city, the Jazz, the civic, & CRV, but feel all of them are priced incorrectly out here, (Irrespective of how they may or may not be priced intenationally.) feel that only the Accord 2.4 is priced reasonably out here.

Honda makes good cars, but pricing?? Toyota normally comands a premium over the Honda internationally but it is reversed in India except in the case of the Camry which is a CBU import.

[CBlazer]

Originally Posted by pmbabu

BTW, I see that (price) comparisons are made between City AT and Altis MT. If a buyer wants AT, will he/she still look at MT options?

I did consider this while posting. You are right that a person seriously considering an AT has very few options - the closest is the i20 1.4 AT. But, I felt it would still be tempting because the Altis with all the extra goodies is priced so close.

I believe the City V - MT is around 10.5 L OTR Bangalore. This is without the Elegance/Inspire packages.

For a Thai car (It is more Thai than Jap) .

The City and Altis have a decent amount of import content - but sourced from Thailand. I believe India has an FTA with Thailand which makes it cheaper for these guys to source components. It wouldn't be as cheap as Indian components, but they should still be making a decent amount of profit from these cars. For some reason, Honda and to some extent Toyota aren't prepared for a high volume game. They are happier selling a fewer number of cars at a high premium.

[rajneeesh]

Well, if one were to go thru the sales figures for the last three months, the City sales are going down. At the same time the sales of cars like the SX4 have picked up. While nobody disputes the facts that Honda makes good cars, the bean counters at Honda are undoing all the goodwork done by their counterparts in the engineering/ product development and manufacturing.

As of today, ther other options available in the market offer a very credible alternative to the City, Jazz, Civic, Accord and the CRV. Moreover, unlike say MSIL the City is the bread and butter model for HSCIL.

[ImmortalZ]

Originally Posted by ACM

I think that's not fair,

I was just following a honda City yesterday and felt that this would have made a great second car (for my wife) had they priced it more reasonably.

I like the city, the Jazz, the civic, & CRV, but feel all of them are priced incorrectly out here, (Irrespective of how they may or may not be priced intenationally.) feel that only the Accord 2.4 is priced reasonably out here.

Honda makes good cars, but pricing?? Toyota normally comands a premium over the Honda internationally but it is reversed in India except in the case of the Camry which is a CBU import.

Did you feel that, when launched, the OHC 1.5 spec cars where overpriced? What about when the CR-V was launched at 19L?

Also, ROFL @ the Thai comment. Quite a few Italian Ferrari's in Disguise would qualify as pukka Indian cars with that yardstick, considering that even the engines are made in Rajasthan. Not that being Indian is in any way a bad thing.

People keep saying that people buy Honda based on the brand alone. Well, I keep thinking, what is wrong with that? You buy a BMW, you will expect to get the Ultimate Driving Machine. You buy a Merc and you expect comfort and luxury that the brand is synonymous for. You buy a Toyota and you expect it to outlast you and go to the dealers less times than you go to a hospital.

Honda is primarily an engine company and then a vehicle manufacturer. They make the highest number of internal combustion engines in the world per year. You expect to get that expertise and experience in your car when you buy Honda. Is that somehow wrong?

P.S : All drive train components of Honda and Toyota come from Japan. Not Thailand. This is why the appreciating yen is causing them so much grief.

[sgiitk]

@CBlazer: It is indeed Thai but do not forget the DNA and philosophy are still Japanese. How many of us call the Chevy range in India as a Korean (Daewoo)?

[Vid6639]

Originally Posted by ImmortalZ

People keep saying that people buy Honda based on the brand alone. Well, I keep thinking, what is wrong with that? You buy a BMW, you will expect to get the Ultimate Driving Machine. You buy a Merc and you expect comfort and luxury that the brand is synonymous for. You buy a Toyota and you expect it to outlast you and go to the dealers less times than you go to a hospital.

Honda is primarily an engine company and then a vehicle manufacturer. They make the highest number of internal combustion engines in the world per year. You expect to get that expertise and experience in your car when you buy Honda. Is that somehow wrong?

Yes but when you go and buy a car you don't go and buy it just because of the engine.

Taking your example. People don't buy a BMw just because it is the ultimate driving machine. It's because of the entire package. Engine, interiors, handling, looks and features.

Same for Mercedes, the ultimate in luxury because it has a powerful engine, awesome ride, good features and so on.

All these cars are priced premium because of the engineering and attention to detail that goes into making them.

Honda makes great engines, but their cars have no features, neither are they the best handling cars nor do they have the best ride. The looks are subjective and interior quality is also not great.

So it's the overall package which counts more not just the engine.

Even if they do have the best engines, not everyone prefers their engine deisgns which are designed for high revving.

I can safely assure you that 80% of the people owning an ANHC or a Civic will be short shifting well below 3000rpm. Then they will say that the honda is not very powerful.

[oops]

Originally Posted by iTNerd

Altis's petrol is VVTi, as do iVTEC on City.. 132 bhp to 115 bhp and Altis base model has more features than City's big brother.. so where does City 09 wins.. Seems to me, someone is on a new ID to come out of the infraction!

Altis:
Kerb Weight:1200kg
Power:132Bhp
0 to 100 Km/h: 10.42sec
Autocar Comments: Buzzy Engine, Notchy Gearbox.

City:
Kerb Weight: 1100Kg
Power: 116 Bhp
0 to 100 Km/h: 10.28sec
Autocar Comments: Brilliant Performance.

We Test Drove Both , and found the same .Even found Interiors of City better than that of Altis. Hence booked City V for all.

Originally Posted by reignofchaos

Are you diabloo's brother by any chance .

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No. I am driftagain's Bro.

Originally Posted by reignofchaos

Its obvious you've never been inside one else you'd never even think about making that comment. Cedia is the best built Japanese car in its price range by not an insignificant margin.

Yes, I've never been, but it doesn't look good in pics atleast.

Originally Posted by Sudan_NFS

I remember when ANHC was relieved it was priced 50K more than the existing one.

I don't believe in these prices quoted above.

[CBlazer]

Originally Posted by sgiitk

@CBlazer: It is indeed Thai but do not forget the DNA and philosophy are still Japanese. How many of us call the Chevy range in India as a Korean (Daewoo)?

No issues with it being Thai, sir. I was quoting a post made by someone else(forgot to add the quote). My crib is only that these guys don't pass on the benefits to customers.

[psp62in]

Just to make this discussion obn City price increase, I am tabulating the citywise old and new prices.
(Do not forget that in April-09, Honda had already increased the prices by 30-35K).

Manual Automatic
Variant S-MT S-MT V-MT S-AT V-AT
Price Aug-09 Sep-09 Sep-09 Aug-09 Sep-09
Delhi 832000 837000 882000 904000 954000
Kolkata 848000 853000 898000 920000 970000
Chennai 819900 857000 902000 889000 974000
Banglore 850000 855000 900000 922000 972000
Pune 858000 863100 909000 930000 982400
Mumbai 879000 884200 931400 954900 1007000
Jaipur 811900 860400 906500 882000 980100

(I wish I could have made this more readable, but unable to retain the tabular format when posting to T-bhp).

Add Insurance plus RTO charges for On-road prices.
These tow are approximately as follows:
Delhi 7% of ex-show room price
Kolkata 9%
Chennai 12.50%
Banglore 18.50%
Pune 11.50%
Mumbai 11%
Jaipur 10.50%

[pmbabu]

Originally Posted by psp62in

Just to make this discussion obn City price increase, I am tabulating the citywise old and new prices.
(Do not forget that in April-09, Honda had already increased the prices by 30-35K).

Manual Automatic
Variant S-MT S-MT V-MT S-AT V-AT
Price Aug-09 Sep-09 Sep-09 Aug-09 Sep-09
Delhi 832000 837000 882000 904000 954000
Kolkata 848000 853000 898000 920000 970000
Chennai 819900 857000 902000 889000 974000
Banglore 850000 855000 900000 922000 972000
Pune 858000 863100 909000 930000 982400
Mumbai 879000 884200 931400 954900 1007000
Jaipur 811900 860400 906500 882000 980100

Interesting! Seems like for Bangalore, the increase in price for S-MT is only 5K. Whereas for Chennai/Jaipur - it is much more. Anyone knows why?

Add Insurance plus RTO charges for On-road prices.
These tow are approximately as follows:
Delhi 7% of ex-show room price
Kolkata 9%
Chennai 12.50%
Banglore 18.50%
Pune 11.50%
Mumbai 11%
Jaipur 10.50%

Wow, two different customers from Delhi and Bangalore pay a difference amount of 11.5% for the same car And guess what, Delhi must have fantastic infrastructure in comparison!

[hrishig]

Long live Honda,

Making life easy for all NHC (i-dsi, vtech ) owners as the resell price of there cars will be much more because of the insane price of ANHC.

[psp62in]

[quote=pmbabu;1486065]Interesting! Seems like for Bangalore, the increase in price for S-MT is only 5K. Whereas for Chennai/Jaipur - it is much more. Anyone knows why?
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Guys, Sorry for this, but there is obviously some mistake in the OLD figures I quoted for Chennai/Bangalore, Will check and come back soon.

[Axe77]

Just saw the brochure for the new City. The text is absolutely hilarious (almost amateurish). They keep trying to emphasise that they're only competing with themselves; how they're the only one in the race blah blah. Here's a sample:

"The Front Fog Lights shine through the darkest of times to give you a clear passage." LOL

I fail to understand why they can't put leather seats in the V variant at least considering the price point its retailing at.

[karanraheja]

Originally Posted by oops

Toyota Corrola Altis 1.8J: 10.52 lacs City's engine is much better than Altis

Err, arent we going a segment higher with that comment ?? Yes yes i know Honda has forced you to go to next segment. But i have driven both and obviously Altis is a class above.

Originally Posted by Sudan_NFS

I am sure that city sale will drop from 4000 to 3000 for this month.

ANHC sold below 3000 units in August