Fuel Efficiency Is Dead And Buried As a marketing weapon, that is. The TVS Star returns 102kpl, the Hero Honda Splendor - last I checked - returns 85 kilometers to a liter of fuel; the Bajaj CT 100 is a 101kpl bike. To borrow a cliche from The Cranberries "Ode to my family," Does anyone care? I ... Similar Editorial : by Evander Klum. | Source : Saving on Gas
What If They Place Your Product Without You Knowing It? Visualise this. Amitabh Bachchan, playing a simpleton, just retired from service, walks past a car showroom with his wife when he stops to admire one of the cars parked outside. He knows that he cannot afford it, but hey, there are no costs for admiring a car. An eager, friendly, car salesman co... Similar Editorial : by paulphillips. | Source : Miscellaneous Car Parts
Journos At Their Best Some of the most outrageous exchanges between automotive hacks and company execs during press launches of cars and bikes:Don Juan: "How much stake do you (Ford) own in Suzuki?"-Jac Nasser: "Left Detroit three days back. None at that time. Lemme check the latest situ... Source : Movie Soundtrack
Do The Oems Keep Track Of Tier 1 - Tier 2 Relationships? A recent comment on SupplierBusiness caught my attention. The comment is about the payment terms of French carmakers - it seems they are bringing the payment gap down from an astronomical 105 days to a more respectable 90 days. That left me wondering about the payment terms in India. ... Similar Editorial : by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : How to be Romantic
Hero Honda Achiever And The Companys Future I have recently been riding around on the Hero Honda Achiever, as part of my fun-job of an automotive writer for Hindustan Times. The Achiever is a good bike but is caught in the quicksand of mediocrity. It would have been a great bike about a year back but now with the Pulsar DTSFi just around ... Similar Editorial : by Richard A. Hall. | Source : Suzuki Cars
Shine. Honda Runs Out Of Names And Fonts A few days back (yes guys, I have been sluggish) I was at the launch of the Honda Shine, HMSI's (the other Honda..) new 125 bike. This is an important motorcycle for HMSI as this is the one that will bring in the bread...Unicorn and the scooters already bring in the butter. But at the launch I ... Similar Editorial : by Elaina. | Source : Mini Cooper
Deepesh Rathore I wonder how the Managing Director of a multi-million dollar supplier group greets the General Manager – Sourcing of a leading OEM. The MD of the supplier probably smokes Havana cigars, goes around in a chauffeur driven S-Class and has the Ritz-Carlton as a second home. On the other hand, the GM – Sourcing earns a modest salary like any senior executive in an Indian automaker does. And yet it is...... Source : Communication Technology
My Trysts With Technology Technology is a stupid thing. It makes you spend, stupidly, and before you can even gaze at your gizmo with pride, it is already outdated. A few months back I had splurged (the devil called the impulsive shopper inside me made me to) on a rather expensive cellphone. Not only was it expensive but it also was quite useless. The dimwitted techno-pedestrian in me could never use half of the mobile's...... Similar Editorial : by Anita Johansen. | Source : Corporation Technology
Shine Honda Runs Out Of Names And Fonts A few days back (yes guys, I have been sluggish) I was at the launch of the Honda Shine, HMSI's (the other Honda..) new 125 bike. This is an important motorcycle for HMSI as this is the one that will bring in the bread...Unicorn and the scooters already bring in the butter. But at the launch I was a bit disappointed by the Shine. The bike is a good package. There is nothing new or scintillating in...... Similar Editorial : by Repeller. | Source : Sunl Atv Parts
Hero Honda Achiever And The Companys Future I have recently been riding around on the Hero Honda Achiever, as part of my fun-job of an automotive writer for Hindustan Times. The Achiever is a good bike but is caught in the quicksand of mediocrity. It would have been a great bike about a year back but now with the Pulsar DTSFi just around the corner and the Honda Unicorn firmly established, the Achiever is nothing but a plug, a plug for the...... Similar Editorial : by Richard A. Hall. | Source : 240sx Body Kits
Hallucinations Of The Uninitiated Bidding adieu in 2008 - for similar reasons - will also be the Maruti Omni van and the Esteem sedan. Amongst other cars on Indian roads, the Ambassador cannot meet the crash test norms and will finally say its last hooray in 2008. Coming back to the M800, the car still sells about 5,000 units a month. That's a significant number, more than the total sales of a number of companies and is...... Source : Car Hire Cork
Cost Saving Goes Deeper Than We Imagine I recently bumped into a Project Manager of Strategic sourcing at BMW. The person was responsible for sourcing from India. While the sourcing from India is in the nascent stages only, BMW is gung-ho (isn't everyone?) about India. And to think of it, they have already taken the first few steps towards their ultimate goal. BMW currently assembles the 3-Series and the 5-Series at their Chennai plant...... Similar Editorial : by Shadha Kudrath Ali. | Source : Smart Car Hire
Bundling - Is This The End Of Entrepreneurship? The buzzword in the automotive supplier industry is “bundling.” That is the clubbing of requirements of a platform over many production plants to create greater volumes for a supplier and drive down costs. That along with global sourcing means that you get the best in the world that there is and at the most competitive prices there are. While things may not be as easy as they appear, global...... Similar Editorial : by Julia Hall. | Source : Smart Car Hire
Glimpses Into The Tata One Lakh Car Forewarning: These are just my Sunday morning musings on the upcoming Tata small car and not entirely supported by facts.The prototypes are undergoing testing and the small budget car is reported to be only 20% off its price target. This is a commendable job if the customers get a competent product. So, how is Tata planning to keep the cost of the INR 100,000 within the target price? Part I: Buy...... Similar Editorial : by Adam Boulton. | Source : Smart Car Hire
Dismal Product Placements In Indian Movies The upcoming movie” Tara Rum Pum” has some in-movie-advertising of GM in the form of brand Chevrolet. The movie's star, Saif Ali Khan, is a stock car racing champion for the Chevrolet team. Sure enough, one can make out Aveo stickers on the racing machine. Not good direction – the movie is based on stock car racing, an American sport, and the Aveo is not a model, Chevrolet will be stickering on to...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. | Source : Smart Car Hire
