Lady in Kannur, Kerala tries to reverse car but moves forward and breaks through a wall

Now I am genuinely scared of the guys owning 'holy' and 'musical' Tata cars, which develop umpteen number of 'holes' and start 'rattling' like mad within 3 - 5 years of purchase.
The owners of Tata cars themselves are supposedly so technology savvy that they have started trying out NCAP tests themselves to prove some stupid points.

And btw, all non-Tata car owners, specifically the owners of supposedly cheap Maruti Suzuki 'tin can' brands are frequently addressed as big time 'idiots' which gives me the impression that the Tata car owners eat 'atta roti' at home using golden spoons. It's as if they have a Hummer (or 'hammer') parked in their parking slot. I am instantly left wondering if they reside in a tony apartment adjoing the hanging garden in Malabar Hills in Mumbai. It's simultaneously amusing to read those 'super-rich' guys asking everyone why their own dream car built on JLR platform made in Pune return a fuel economy of 15.6 kmpl while somebody else gets 16.1 kmpl.

Will somebody explain to the rusty morons who keep rattling nonsense at non-Tata owners that most of their own parents or they themselves had proudly owned new or pre-owned Maruti Suzuki cars or vans between 1985 and 2010. Let them shed their own hypocrisy and admit that their parents or they themselves were bigger idiots, going by their own logic. They should shed their double standards and logically explain why they had acquired Maruti Suzuki or Hyundai themselves and did not stick to HM or PAL?

The glorified 'babus' in today's mass recruiting companies with a couple of trips as couriers to US, Europe should professionally educate themselves about terms like 'market segmentation', 'brand positioning', etc before exposing their hollow self.

If you don't respect your car, any car can kill and/ or maim. Please stop living in a fools paradise. Be realistic. A Tata or a VW and Skoda can also kill/ maim under similar circumstances.

These discussions humiliating Maruti or other car owners are frowned upon in Indian Roadie. People with such attitude are rebuked publicly.

P.S:
- Somebody from a 'model' state in India has already been rebuked for irrelevant mentions.
- I got the photo as a WhatsApp message this Sunday, 2020-02-02 morning, more for humour than anything else. The caption read the typical and snooty "Imagine if this was a tin can and not a safe Tata car". I immediately deleted the caption but retained the photo for a model reply.
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Maruti Suzuki set to shake up the vehicle lubricant market, looks to leverage dominance in car market

Traditional vehicle lubricant makers are now facing competition from India’s largest car manufacturer and seller Maruti Suzuki, which has launched its own line of lubricants, ECSTAR.

This is a game-changer. So far, sole lubricant manufacturers faced competition only from their co-branded counterparts (IndianOil makes lubricants for almost all major vehicle manufacturers). For example, Servo, IndianOil’s lubricants and greases brand, has manufacturer approvals for its specific products from two-wheeler companies such as Kinetic, LML and TVS, and four-wheeler majors such as Hyundai and Hindustan Motors. These products, endorsed by vehicle companies, are touted as favourable products at authorised service stations.

Till now, even Maruti endorsed the Servo Maruti Genuine Oil specifically for its entire range of petrol vehicles. But with ECSTAR, things might change, as the vehicle manufacturer has decided to procure the products directly from local suppliers.

“Maruti Suzuki would be giving the specifications and suppliers will offer the product. The lubricants are then packaged and branded under the Suzuki ECSTAR brand,” an industry watcher said.

In its sales pitch, the ECSTAR is supposed to “give you a Suzuki experience that others could not.”

Surfing on the premium claim, the ECSTAR products are also priced higher than their competitors. Lubricant prices vary depending on the quality and requirements, ranging from ₹300 to ₹3,500 a litre.

“Maruti has about 48 per cent market share in passenger vehicles in India, and hence the largest share in the total number of cars serviced at authorised service stations. If they start using their own lubricants, it will negatively impact other lubricant manufacturers like Castrol,” said Rajat Sharma, Founder at Sana Securities and SEBI Registered Investment Advisor.

“Maruti derives up to 20 per cent of its net profit from service income. Engine oil and coolants constitute a major portion of overall service cost, so naturally this will have a positive impact on Maruti’s margins,” he added.

While announcing the product, Maruti Suzuki said that initially the company will offer ECSTAR to its customers at the newly launched NEXA Service workshops and then across its full service network of over 3,000 workshops across the country.

Source: Hindu BusinessLine dated May 07, 2018

Maruti offers Rs 90k refund to early buyers of S-Cross


Maruti Suzuki has decided to offer a cash refund of Rs 90,000 to the early buyers of S-Cross 1,600cc variant. The move comes in as a compensation measure after the company slashed price of S-Cross by between Rs 40,000 and Rs 2.05 lakh after a poor response initially.
The bonanza is restricted to only initial buyers of the vehicle as the company had announced the price cut after about one month of its launch on August 4, 2015.
Apart from the cash refund, the company is also offering a two-year extended warranty to buyers, including those who had purchased the 1,300cc variant.
"This is a just a token of gratitude for customers, who showed their faith in us at the start and embraced our new initiatives. S-Cross is a significant milestone for Maruti Suzuki. Through this, we created the premium crossover category in India. We launched our new retail channel Nexa," a company spokesperson said. "Without the support and confidence of these early adopters last year, we could never have achieved success in these new initiatives."
The company has managed sales of 23,000 units of S-Cross since its launch. Company officials said demand of the vehicle has increased after the price correction.
The addition of Baleno compact to the Nexa retail format has also helped in getting a higher visibility for the model as showroom traffic has increased.
The S-Cross had originally been launched with a price tag of Rs 8.34-13.74 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).