pmukherjee
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Taxicabs worth Tk 80 crore turn into junk
Cheap Indian cars are to blame
Idune,
HI, all taxi cabs in India are doing well. You didn't specify which car. Here in India, we have Ambassadors running as taxis mainly in West Bengal, Assam etc. Ambassadors have been found to be especially handy and effectively on water logged roads like those found in East India. Other cars running as taxis include Indicas, Indigos (luxary), Tata Sumos (very powerful engine, suited for hill roads), Esteem (luxary). FIAT Premiers are not seen very often now but they were the mainstay of Indian taxi service along with Ambassadors about 15 years ago. We also have the Toyota Qualis and Mahindra Scorpios in action here. Believe me, all these cars are tough and rugged for Indian roads (which are bad in many places). They keep running for ages till they are discarded by the Supreme Court '15 year' ban. Most of these have been converted to CNG due to court orders on pollution. So unless you specify the make of the car, it is impossible to comment. Maybe your importers have deliberately bought a light weight, low cost family car(sedan) which was never built to carry cargo or for rough use, in order to make money. And are now blaming India. If Indian taxis can work well on Indian roads, they can work well anywhere in the world. They can even run in the Moon craters.