Ford to stop making cars in India

[GHALIB]

Why TATA cars look like copy of Jeep, Nissan Rogue, Land Rover, Honda HVR, etc?

at least we are producing our own designs , unlike our poor neighbours who are still in 18th century as far as car design is concerned .

 

[Bilal9]

Not really, in fact it's comparable to the income and not population. Tata is going to topple Hyundai soon, their line up is coming great. They still have to adress their after sales services which Suzuki and Hyundai excel. Mahindra needs more refinements, they're still going with the "tractor" mentality.

I think Tata or Hyundai is going to buy the production line, Ford exit been talked about long before this announcement

I like MG cars, except their resale value.

MG (though a British Brand) - as well as Volvo, is owned by business interests in China. Just to clear the confusion.

 

[RPK]

Skoda make good cars. They are good quality mid priced European cars.

For some reason I like more European cars like FIAT, SKODA, recently Citroen

 

[Bilal9]

what do you have in bangladesh , pl apprise us .

I don't normally reply to trolls - but you should compare your 1.4 Billion people economy to China.

Trying to diss us is a sad attempt at coping.

About four decades ago your parents were too happy to wait two years in waiting list (and with Marigold flower garland) for these two POS garbage, and that too recycled from 1950's vintage models. These were the only hand-hammered choices to buy in India. Car ownership was minuscule. Remember your auqaat.

At that time we were assembling far better Vauxhall Vivas which were two decades ahead in technology compared with anything in India.

 

[Bilal9]

Tata Safari 2021,

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TATA Nexon EV

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TATA Harrier
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Mahindra XUV 700

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Mahindra Thar 2021

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Overall Safety Rating: 5 stars

	Tata Nexon	Tata Altroz	Mahindra XUV300
Adult Occupant Safety	16.06/17	16.13/17	16.42/17
Child Occupant Safety	25/49 (3 stars)	29/49 (3 stars)	37.44/49 (4 stars)
Neck Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver
Head Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver
Chest Safety	Adequate for both driver and co-driver	Adequate for both driver and co-driver	Adequate for the driver but good for co-driver
Thighs Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver
Bodyshell	Stable	Stable	Stable
Footwell	Stable	Stable	Stable

TATA & Mahindra have changed the Indian auto Industry for forever, their safety scores are best in class & have outperformed ford & others in features.

Can you name one 100% bangladeshi Car which has scored 5 star rating ?

I don't like comparing any Industry with bangladeshi one as its degrading but these lungis needs to know their place.

Cheap ? Ford is unable to compete with them.....this is not lungidesh.

It doesn't matter. Compare your piss poor car market with China, not Bangladesh. I know- trying to cope. Compare production as well as sales per thousand citizens with China. Dead last on both counts.

No one in their right mind in Bangladesh will ever buy Indian cars, no matter how gold plated they are. You gotta be kidding me.

Indian car "reputation" precedes them everywhere they go, including Bangladesh. Most all Indian-made autos are disposable garbage, and bought to be thrown away in three years. If people buy them (maybe trucks), that is the thinking used. Repair is not a viable option. Lost cause.

Why should Bangladeshis buy Indian private vehicles? There is no earthly reason when far far better options are available.

Even re-manufactured three year old Toyota Premio/Allion is a far better choice in luxury and reliability bang-for-the-buck than anything made in India. Take your Indian vehicles and shove it. We don't need them in Bangladesh. Go sell it somewhere else.

And don't start comparing car ownership either. Bangladeshis buy cars with mostly cash (credit options are not widespread) and they pay 300% duty at a minimum, 800% for luxury vehicles. Indians would hardly be able to afford anything with that tariff structure.

 

[Bilal9]

Why TATA cars look like copy of Jeep, Nissan Rogue, Land Rover, Honda HVR, etc?

Because originality is not a valued Indian quality, even though some Indian auto houses own design studios in Europe.

They are just playing safe.

Who really cares though?

Has anyone ever sat in Europe and thought, "I will go take a loan from a bank and get that wonderful Indian brand vehicle"....

It's usually clueless people who don't know the cars are made in India and mistake it for a better brand.....

 

[GHALIB]

I don't normally reply to trolls - but you should compare your 1.4 Billion people economy to China.

Trying to diss us is a sad attempt at coping.

About four decades ago your parents were too happy to wait two years in waiting list (and with Marigold flower garland) for these two POS garbage, and that too recycled from 1950's vintage models. These were the only hand-hammered choices to buy in India. Car ownership was minuscule. Remember your auqaat.

At that time we were assembling far better Vauxhall Vivas which were two decades ahead in technology compared with anything in India.

but you are still in rickshwa age , stop trolling on behalf of china .
why you are cheerleading for china ? why dont you talk about your country’s accomplishments in automobile industry ?

 

[serenity]

lol MG is selling really well in Australia. And here there is wow no Indian cars at all.

Chinese cars have been selling in Europe and many markets for years now despite trade war. If they did not have such protection and anti-China policies they would sell even better.

but you are still in rickshwa age , stop trolling on behalf of china .
why you are cheerleading for china ? why dont you talk about your country’s accomplishments in automobile industry ?

He is saying you shouldn't compare India with Bangladesh but with China since the size is similar.

 

[STREANH]

First GM, now Ford — why India is becoming a graveyard for world’s auto giants

Some excerpts from the article:

- loss of momentum in India’s consumer markets.

- The other feature of the car market is that export success has to be built on a domestic base. Ford set up a second, large-scale car plant in Gujarat (adding to one in Tamil Nadu) because it looked forward to a free-trade agreement (FTA) that would open up the European market to cars from India. The FTA has not happened. And because the company has had only one moderately successful model in India, it has not been using three-quarters of its production capacity. An exit then became inevitable.

- In the end, car markets are sticky. No one has been able to challenge Maruti’s (Suzuki) early-bird ownership of India’s market. It’s the same in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and South Korea; the early local car makers dominate. Nor does ownership of one segment (like small cars) spell success in other segments — witness Maruti’s failure to make headway with its Ciaz sedan against Honda’s City. It’s a tough world and success has to be earned, in each market and each segment.

 

[mmr]

lol MG is selling really well in Australia. And here there is wow no Indian cars at all.

Chinese cars have been selling in Europe and many markets for years now despite trade war. If they did not have such protection and anti-China policies they would sell even better.


He is saying you shouldn't compare India with Bangladesh but with China since the size is similar.

do you really think there is any thing to compare with india and china? even they both same size.

china has left india in dust in last 30 years...there is nothing to compare. so they feel good compare them self with small weaker countries.

Indian export is less then that of Taiwan... a tiny island.

 

[Chhatrapati]

MG (though a British Brand) - as well as Volvo, is owned by business interests in China. Just to clear the confusion.

Yeah, it's as Chinese as JLR is Indian. But what's your point again to quote me? Confused about what?

 

[crankthatskunk]

Competition... Kia came in 2019, even they beat Ford in sales.

Kia are cracking cars.

 

[Chhatrapati]

ok what about Jeep, Nissan Rogue, Honda HVR, etc?

None of them looks like Nissan Rogue, the TATA Harrier is built on the same base as Range Rover Evoque.
Which one of the TATA cars looks like Jeep or Honda HRV.

Kia are cracking cars.

They need to build a name for themselves. Right now they have an image problem.

Nobody was seriously injured tho.

 

[STREANH]

Nobody was seriously injured tho.

There were 2 or 3 fatalities, all in the rear and didnt wear the seatbelts. Kia Seltos splits into two in a freak accident, cops probe accident (hindustantimes.com)
It also fared poorly in the GNCAP test with only 3 stars.

This is quite rare but not unheard of. This accident was the result of a rare combination of factors, which resulted in the splitting of the monocoque structure completely due to kinetic energy of a high speed impact in a small area.

An occupied Honda Civic Type R splits into half after a crash in US (hindustantimes.com)
Audi Q7 Splits In Half In Horrifying Accident | CarBuzz

 

[GamoAccu]

None of them looks like Nissan Rogue, the TATA Harrier is built on the same base as Range Rover Evoque.
Which one of the TATA cars looks like Jeep or Honda HRV.

They need to build a name for themselves. Right now they have an image problem.

Nobody was seriously injured tho.

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2021 India copycat a 2007 American Jeep ?