Maruti rating has got to do with JD Power

For a month I have been researching on buying a new hatchback, had a Mahindra Renault Logan petrol GLX for 2 and half years and finally gave up on Mahindra’s marketing strategies of reducing the pricing of car. Imagine what happens to early adopters is a big middle finger.

My criteria was responsive, economical, spacious for 2 adults and 2 kids, good mileage and little occupy little space on parking.

Cars I had in mind where, Hyundai i10, Hyundai i20, Fiat Punto, Chevy Spark with gas, Maruti Alto, Maruti wagon R, Maruti Ritz and Maruti A-star.

The real battle was between Chevy Spark with gas and Maruti A-Star Vxi.

No rants out here. Maruti A-Star finally won my family’s heart, and I was happy that I did have to shell out much on the accessories. The deal had sun film control, PU steering grip, PU car seats, Car body cover, Pricol Remote locking and under chassis painting.

PU – imitation leather.

Finally had to give the feed back when people from popular vehicles people call me up, I said my rating was 6/10 for Maruti. The person who call me said it was a problem, check the rating which I have attached as image. I said Maruti has their rating system for which I will not respond. I had my own rating system were 6/10 was actually good.

These are marketing guys gimmicks. I have a feeling J.D Power satisfaction report has got to with Maruti rating system. Where every customer responds with 8/10 naturally J.D power will have to be biased towards Maruti. Check the link below

http://www.indiacar.com/jd_power/default.htm

check the "customer satisfaction index" for 2008. You will understand what I am referring to.

P.S: I believe Chevy Spark will do better in coming days. I received a call from Spark guys and they wanted to analyze on why they lost a customer. I told them about resale value, mileage. It was indeed a call I didn’t expect. I love their "Chevy" car design, interior, responsiveness and handling. Just that, this time it didn’t work out.

tags: Photography, Chennai, Cars, Maruti, Hyundai, Chevy, Fiat, JD Power, Customer Satisfaction

maruti a star

maruti rating card

Maruti Driving School – now in chennai

I had seen the website of Maruti Driving school long ago, but recently on the Velachery main road happened to see one of the new showroom from Cars India, I knew that Maruti driving school has come down to chennai, So made a visit to the showroom and landed on the inquiry desk. There was a warm welcome and I started to ask about the course which they offer and how different from the normal driving school.

The advantage I found Maruti driving school was the

1. Simulator
2. More about safety
3. How to drive

Well the packages they have is basic and the advanced one. The pricing are bit high.

Kindly note: What Maruti Driving school offers you to learn on the basic and advanced skills on driving. For obtaining the driving lesson, it is the same agent story whom you get at any driving school and shell out another 1200 INR (recent trend, may shoot up).

If you are very serious about safety and worried about your loved ones who want to learn to drive the car this is the right place.

1. As your car never gets damaged
2. Your loved ones learn the road safety side by side ( your wife or daughter)
3. Handing of car with respect to theory and practicals

Why I would choose Maruti driving school?
I tried to teach my Wife on how to drive the car, I got fed up, and she messes up with my car badly. At last I had to take her to a normal driving school to get the basics, even now she is not that great driver. So choosing Maruti driving school is ideal for woman and for angry husband who love their car.

Wide variety of Maruti cars available for learning driving classes.
Maruti Driving school, now currently available in Velachery and Arumbakkam

Update:
Here is the address for the Maruti Driving school at velachery
Old No:48/ New No:141
Velachery Main Road,
Velachery
Chennai – 600042
Ph: 044 22553464, 044 22553484

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