Does Sales Figures of a Car Matter in Your Buying Decision?

[MSN1]

@ all
What happens , if government makes a rule to publish niggles also present in every car every month along with sales figures , IMHO along with numbers it * might *help buyers to make a more informed decision who rely only on sales figures alone .

how can i expect a correct figure out of this corrupted government !!!

 

[Knightrider]

Sales figures will matter to me while making buying decision only if it is drastically low or reducing at quick rate.
E.g.: Now that the sales of Punto & Linea have decreased so much, I might be scared to go for them as Company may very soon discontinue or bring in some major changes which will in-turn reduce the resale value.

The good thing is that one may get huge discounts on such cars.

 

[visran]

No it really doesn't matter to me, if i am inclined towards a certain brand or a product no matter what it's sales figure reflects i would still end up buying it.

 

[singh890]

In our case the re-sale value does not play a major role while buying a new car or even a used car.
1. I will buy something that wins my heart and is fun to drive and gives me comfort and fulfils my requirements.
2. If we buy a new car than it will stay with us for a long period of time or in short atleast for 5 years.
3. But yes i'll keep onething in my mind before putting my money on a car that is it phasing out soon? If not i really don't care about the re-sale value.

 

[Raja]

=Vishwas;267082]Friend, niggles are present in every car, you just have to ignore them, else you won't be satisfied with the car for the rest of your ownership.

The magnitude of niggles varies and it surely does disturb * some * and their ownership of the car irrespective of brand or a particular car.

And why I must ignore niggles ?

What would you prefer a car with high sales + niggles OR car with low sales + no niggles ?

Though Govt wont list the niggles nor the sales figures, there are forums and reviews and on top of that "word of mouth communication" which influences the buying decision,

That is how you see and perceive about a car.

Word of mouth in what sense are you talking ?

Well I know govt will never and actually cant list niggles , it was just a thought presented because if they did then many chart busters will be down in the list and many cars down in the list will be chart busters .

 

[shubham]

Sales figure of car really doesn't matter to me whatever I love I will buy no matter what is its sales numbers any think which click me in first short will be mine and yes one more thing if sales number of car which I bought is low then that will be good thing as I can enjoy the exclusiveness.

 

[Gurrala74]

I agree with Raja on that niggles to be presented. When they can present sales numbers why not niggles which gives customers a better picture always. Today all the products, marketing or businesses are customer centric, so niggles is very important too like sales figures. It should be something like a ISO procedure where every company as to record the rejections, non comfirmities for a audit. So there is nothing wrong in it if implemented.

Hope our forums are also customer/buyer centric and not manufacturer centric.

@Superbad

I am bit surprised and confused too, when your thoughts are same like Nitin, then what was the meaning of that debate from your end on this thread in so many places and bit deep which was completely different from Nitin's opinion. so is that sales figures matter to you or not finally

 

[docmit]

If a car is selling in big numbers all over india, is a very competent car, but there is no service center of that company in my area what is the point in buying such car? I think local availability of good quality after sales service is a more important point to ponder before a car buying decision than all india sales figure.

 

[Raja]

I agree with Raja on that niggles to be presented. When they can present sales numbers why not niggles which gives customers a better picture always. Today all the products, marketing or businesses are customer centric, so niggles is very important too like sales figures. It should be something like a ISO procedure where every company as to record the rejections, non comfirmities for a audit. So there is nothing wrong in it if implemented.

Hope our forums are also customer/buyer centric and not manufacturer centric.

@Superbad

I am bit surprised and confused too, when your thoughts are same like Nitin, then what was the meaning of that debate from your end on this thread in so many places and bit deep

Gurralla I just posted a idea , which iam sure will never be implemented . Since govt dosent have time to do basic things right , from where they will make a rule for consumers when , they don't even feel making abs and airbags standard as a rule . ?


@ docmit

Very good post and nice insight from you .

 

[freakdude]

It should be something like a ISO procedure where every company as to record the rejections, non comfirmities for a audit. So there is nothing wrong in it if implemented.

Gurralla I just posted a idea , which iam sure will never be implemented . Since govt dosent have time to do basic things right , from where they will make a rule for consumers when , they don't even feel making abs and airbags standard as a rule .
The idea sounds good and very consumer freindly , but stretching it here on thjs will lead to off topic discussions .

We still don't have a "Lemon Law" here in India which is of utmost importance to the consumers in general, so, how the hell can we expect something to be released as standards for niggles.

freakdude.

 

[dharmesh]

If a car is selling in big numbers all over india, is a very competent car, but there is no service center of that company in my area what is the point in buying such car? I think local availability of good quality after sales service is a more important point to ponder before a car buying decision than all india sales figure.

Bang on. and that's the reason Maruti cars sells more. Remember the AD from Maruti, showing Service centre in middle of desert.

 

[Raja]

We still don't have a "Lemon Law" here in India which is of utmost importance to the consumers in general, so, how the hell can we expect something to be released as standards for niggles.

freakdude.

+1000

Infact I presented that idea just because , if niggles are also listed along with sales numbers , it might pull some cars down the ladder which are high in sales figures , and pull some cars up to the ladder which are low in sales figures.

 

[swift&furious]

Well why this so much of beating on Maruti followed by a lol, by most of the members here.

Be frank during your early ages Maruti was the car which changed the scenario back then from FIAT and AMBY's. I remember the 800, Zen and Esteem era where everyone wanted one and now just because we all get to know about skoda or VW or whatever through the WWW doesn't make us a person independent who just is driven by passion, we still have a watch on the global scenario before we buy a car from VW/SKODA or whatever company

Be it an affluent or middle class most of them do not want to put their hard earned money on a buy just driven by passion and appeal of the vehicle, well there are exception's someone who buy Kizashi just for his passion over a Laura, but this numbers are very less

I have had it all, i had owned Ford ikon and do own a Toyota, Mahindra and Maruti through my family members and let me be frank when it comes to honoring the customer's warranty the simplified process and genuine follow up, which is followed with a corrective action is only done by Maruti in a prompt way, and they hear to the customers and take the blame if its wrong from their side, it took me 2 days and 3 visit's to solve an issue with toyota.

what's wrong when i go where i get it all solved promplty with respect to my time and for the money which i paid, be it Herd mentality or whatever the word used by most of them

I am sure right from the education which we choose for our child to the home loan we all take advise/suggestion/idea's from many are involved and what is the holding most of them to accept that they do keep a tab on sales when they buy, quite funny it is when some argue on this just by holding on to it and i would ask if its just to prove a point that you are driven by passion ?

I do not want to unluckily fall prey to a lemon in (1/10) which sells 10 a month just because of my passion, without practicality and with just passion the purchase holds no value according to me

I am not saying you should go by sales, but at some point of time during the purchase/post purchase most of them are directly or indirectly (Dad, wife, Relative, friend) affected by the sales chart, and the classic example of a problem would be sourcing a spare part for you passion driven beauty

 

[Raja]

Well why this so much of beating on Maruti followed by a lol, by most of the members here.

I don't understand or infact want to know from you which members are beating maruti or saying anything bad about them or making fun ? Can you kindly quote some post on this thread here so we all can understand you please . ?

Rest thanx for your insights on why sales figures matter to you and you are right in your own way to Belive what you posted same like others who do not care for sales figures and are driven by passion or whatever they feel is right for them .

 

[freakdude]

Well why this so much of beating on Maruti followed by a lol, by most of the members here.

Be frank during your early ages Maruti was the car which changed the scenario back then from FIAT and AMBY's. I remember the 800, Zen and Esteem era where everyone wanted one and now just because we all get to know about skoda or VW or whatever through the WWW doesn't make us a person independent who just is driven by passion, we still have a watch on the global scenario before we buy a car from VW/SKODA or whatever company

Be it an affluent or middle class most of them do not want to put their hard earned money on a buy just driven by passion and appeal of the vehicle, well there are exception's someone who buy Kizashi just for his passion over a Laura, but this numbers are very less

I have had it all, i had owned Ford ikon and do own a Toyota, Mahindra and Maruti through my family members and let me be frank when it comes to honoring the customer's warranty the simplified process and genuine follow up, which is followed with a corrective action is only done by Maruti in a prompt way, and they hear to the customers and take the blame if its wrong from their side, it took me 2 days and 3 visit's to solve an issue with toyota.

what's wrong when i go where i get it all solved promplty with respect to my time and for the money which i paid, be it Herd mentality or whatever the word used by most of them

I am sure right from the education which we choose for our child to the home loan we all take advise/suggestion/idea's from many are involved and what is the holding most of them to accept that they do keep a tab on sales when they buy, quite funny it is when some argue on this just by holding on to it and i would ask if its just to prove a point that you are driven by passion ?

I do not want to unluckily fall prey to a lemon in (1/10) which sells 10 a month just because of my passion, without practicality and with just passion the purchase holds no value according to me

I am not saying you should go by sales, but at some point of time during the purchase/post purchase most of them are directly or indirectly (Dad, wife, Relative, friend) affected by the sales chart, and the classic example of a problem would be sourcing a spare part for you passion driven beauty

Buddy you are talking of an era when the customer hardly had today's plethora of choices. so at that point discussing sales chart to portray a companies charm was useless.

did you find anyone in that time bashing/supporting Uptron/BPL tvs. It's only now that we have LG/Samsung/Sony/Panasonic/Toshiba or for that matter Maruti/Hyundai/Chevy/Honda/Toyota/Ford/M&M/Tata, that we have started discussing who is selling how much.

freakdude.