Posted by Avik Sarkar
According to your point of view, GENERAL MOTORS should be the best company in the world, but now its suffering massive losses.
The only reason Volkswagen could buy them is beacuse they are so cheap and they are the only company to sell in large volumes to rake in all the profit. So the very fact that yyou pointed out clearly CONTRADICTS your arguement Mr Binoy.
When are car company sells the cheapest and most reasonalbe cars and rakes in the most volumes, it only goes to show that they can achieve the best cost cutting methods and its clearly says that it has no reason to be the BEST and thus, again, I point out that we should never have to pay any PREMIUM for a VW.
This is the reality, VW makes cheap,reliable and sturdy cars that are relatively efficient and there is no reason for paying any premuims for them in such a cost competeitve market like India.
Sorry for the late reply.
Consider Suzuki,Hyundai,Tata these are three companies selling cars in the proposed segment that VW is going to launch the Polo in. Do tell which among the four is the 'premium' brand?
You seem to have a foregone conclusion of where VW stands in todays terms, the game has changed and no longer are VW cheap. In all markets they are considered premium and sold at a premium. Buying companies may not make much of a change in market perception but what one buys does make a big impact. Bugatti/Lambo and Audi have grown after VW ownership and that has given the premium feel to VW cars.
To make my point a bit more objective -here is the link to the comparison between the i10/Swift and Polo that is currently being sold in UK.I have tried to compare the three cars with the most similar engine specs and in 5 door trim-do try other combinations also.
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