$4k Renault compared to Tesla Model 3
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$4k Renault compared to Tesla Model 3
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Re: $4k Renault compared to Tesla Model 3
#2I wonder which will make more money, the cheap car sold by the millions or the (relatively) expensive car sold by the thousands.
Re: $4k Renault compared to Tesla Model 3
#3I completely disagree; Renault when buying Dacia, bought a company capable to produce a compact car at a ridiculously low price on an industrial platform that was proven (Clio) and on a market segment that is the bread and butter of all major European car manufacturer. However the same car was sold at almost twice the price within the EU single market as it was outside it.
Before that, you had the experience of FIAT with a single platform produced in Europe (FIAT Uno) and South America (Fiat Palio). It was a commercial success for the company. However, the price for the Palio was lower than the Uno, as it was targetting developing market.
The more mature market are not benefiting from technological development from those cars, as they are based on proven platform (read already paid for), or from the price reduction, as the competition is locked in place, and an aggressive price politic might actually be detrimental to the product perception. This is without even mentioning the cartel like behaviour or European car manufacturer.
Re: $4k Renault compared to Tesla Model 3
#4They mention using a single Indian supplier and designing for that supplier as an advantage. Where I work we wouldn't be allowed to do that - always want at least two different suppliers so we don't put ourselves at risk.
Hope it works out for them - seems like a fun little car.
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#5That ceremony looks monstrously tiring to an introverted westerner like me. I don't want to cut a cake and watch a priest bless my car; I want to walk onto a lot, look over the car I pre-selected online to make sure it's the right one, and then give someone some money and drive away.
I'm also wondering how long that friendly attitude - and the traveling pop-up repair program - will last. Once everyone wants one of these, you no longer have to cajole people.
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#6I completely disagree; Renault when buying Dacia, bought a company capable to produce a compact car at a ridiculously low price on an industrial platform that was proven (Clio) and on a market segment that is the bread and butter of all major European car manufacturer. However the same car was sold at almost twice the price within the EU single market as it was outside it. Before that, you had the experience of FIAT…
I think you miss the point of the article, which is about Renault finding in India an opportunity to be as disruptive as Tesla is in the First World, with diametrally opposed products, but similar appeal to their respective markets by proposing an affordable yet radically new product.
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#7I was just watching on ViceLand an episode about the Indian (non-existent) sewage system. Millions of people there have no sanitation facilities and deficate anywhere, where possible. And are living of a few dollars a month. It's really worthwhile watching, btw.
So talking about "quality cars" for $4000 here seems totally surreal. And that that would be disruptive is even more of a strange observation.
The author sure has an interesting story to tell, but the conclusions, title etc of the article shows of actual lacking good journalism/storytelling.
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#8I was just watching on ViceLand an episode about the Indian (non-existent) sewage system. Millions of people there have no sanitation facilities and deficate anywhere, where possible. And are living of a few dollars a month. It's really worthwhile watching, btw. So talking about "quality cars" for $4000 here seems totally surreal. And that that would be disruptive is even more of a strange observation. The author sur…
should 'fornicate' be 'defecate'?
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#9>In the US, everything about the car ownership experience — from research to negotiation to delivery to service — has been utterly and depressingly commoditized
Clearly this guy hasn't walked into a Chrysler dealer and asked "How much horsepower can I get with four doors?"
Re: $4k Renault compared to Tesla Model 3
#10I was just watching on ViceLand an episode about the Indian (non-existent) sewage system. Millions of people there have no sanitation facilities and deficate anywhere, where possible. And are living of a few dollars a month. It's really worthwhile watching, btw. So talking about "quality cars" for $4000 here seems totally surreal. And that that would be disruptive is even more of a strange observation. The author sur…
should 'fornicate' be 'defecate'?
Right, I'm not a native speaker :) I'll update it thanks.