Anyone tested driving new Altis

[Happily1986]

I don't agree. We are talking about making a decent production not one that is excessively over engineered.

Yes they are making profits now because of their brand name they accomplished over the years but if their sub par product were to persist, how long can they remain in the black? It takes a long time to establish a brand's goodwill and faster to destroy it.

Consumers will move away.I did and i am sure many would.

 

Your statement on scrimping on r&d because it affects the bottom line is simply myopic. Ironically r&d is vital to the bottomline as there always new cost effective ways when building a better product, given the constantly evolving technology/resources/economy.

To save on r&d and new product development cost now would be suicidal in the competitive automobile market.

And Toyota or any other manufacturers didn't get to where they are today by doing that.

 

When i mean developmental costs, i don't mean R&D actually. I was referring to the expenditure outlay that is spent on coming up with a new chassis for a particular model. multiple models sharing common chassis is very common even across brands.

 

Toyota does invests in R&D but you wont see it till maybe 6 years later after it has ran out its course in inplementation in Lexus.

 

at the end of the day, i think a successful business strategy does not depend on superior specs alone.

[Mooch]

I am looking at Toyota Sienta . Is this car or MPV good ?

 

Any advise ?

[SimonTan]

R&D costs?

 

The suspensions and chassie are not much change from one model to another.

I think most money are spent on the interior design!

 

[Itsec]

never go for servicing for 3-5 years?

 

u kidding who?

 

 

u will be surprised...

[Veryfree]

Regardless in which era and how much is the COE, Honda cars are always over-priced in sg!

Funnier is, many still think Honda cars are sport cars, perhaps they may be living in the haunt of 80's.

of course Kah motor would like to take advantage of such fact.

[Veryfree]

korean car sucks. cannot affford better car then say their cheap car is good. poor man always never admit poor.

poor man doesn't own a car, but translink card, just like me