Comments on: Maruti Suzuki Chief says Mandatory 6 Airbags will Dent Passenger Vehicle Sales in India https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india Pakistan's Trusted Automobile Blog Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:38:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Ali Khan https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10108 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:38:42 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10108 </span>]]> In reply to Not a Robot...

“he is an Indian agent I bet”

Agent 00-Bonehead…ðŸĪĢ

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By: Parallels between Indian and PakSuzuki https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10107 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:12:25 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10107 Maruti Suzuki doing the same in India what Indomobil Suzuki did in Indonesia https://carspiritpk.com/suzuki-carry-minibus-in-indonesia/#comment-7589 and what PakSuzuki is doing in Pakistan.

It is not their mandate to discuss what will happen to the market. For that, economists and market research companies aplenty. The only thing they are obligated to do is to keep their heads down and obey what the people’s elected government commands them to.

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By: Not a Robot.. https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10104 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:28:00 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10104 In reply to Khurram.

Ah, I am glad that someone other than Khurram can see that there is more to it than……

oh boy… Khurram has started to talk to himself again…. 😀

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By: Not a Robot.. https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10103 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:27:08 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10103 In reply to Adeel Ahmed.

you are missing everything 🙂 just spend some time on this blog and read comments specially those by “Khurram” you will understand… it will be an enjoyment, thank me later 😛

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By: TruongNguyen https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10102 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:21:39 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10102 😂]]> In reply to Adeel Ahmed.

why try to protect the coconut when the coconut itself is empty inside!! ðŸĪŠðŸ˜‚

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By: Adeel Ahmed https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10099 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:13:41 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10099 ]]> In reply to TruongNguyen.

am i missing something? ðŸĪ”

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By: TruongNguyen https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10098 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:10:38 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10098 😌]]> In reply to Mehdy Hassan.

Whenever he bad mouths Pakistanis, he first looks at himself in the mirror. 😉😌

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By: TruongNguyen https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10097 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:09:44 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10097 ðŸĪĢ</span>]]> In reply to Adeel Ahmed.

Why worry about protecting something that’s not there? He’ll be fine. 😂ðŸĪĢ

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By: Ali Khan https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10096 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:04:23 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10096 Companies have always resisted anything which adds to their costs and potentially threatens their profits or drive their profits down.

Hope you enjoy the linked video. This is how much the industry players, who all call themselves “safety advocates” now, resisted when airbags were proposed to be added.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJAMkoiLYZY

One thing that one of the people in the video says rings very true even today. One of the reason that the car industry shunned the airbag was that it potentially gave the (correct) impression that cars were not as safe as the car manufacturers wanted to make the people believe. In Pakistan Mehroo, Boloo and Ravina, with no safety standards in frame construction or any other type of safety system and with seatbelts that were added much later at the complaint of customers which stop working very quickly and are unsafe; These companies still call these the cars of the people…

That propaganda rhetoric has worked wonders in our market unfortunately. For example, we have a person in our comment section who was shown a picture of a carry dabba with the cabin almost completely crushed. He argued that it was safe safer than an three wheeler cargo carrier just because it “did not tip over”. The roof had been crushed into the passenger area and yet this person saw that as a win!. Brainwashing at its finest!

When airbags were proposed in the US, the car company heads went to the US president and bitched and moaned until he removed mandatory airbag addition. Sound familiar?

It was only through the persistence of honest, level headed and sane legislators who, through actual demonstration, proved the safety benefits of airbags; which were then added much to the chagrin of the auto manufacturers. And now, those same auto manufacturers, who advocated against airbags, are blowing their own horns as “safety experts”. And yet when it comes to adding airbags due to a government requirement in india, they are resisting again stating profit and sales concerns. These guys can write the book on hypocrisy!

Also, adding 4 (FOUR) air bags will drive up the cost by 17000 INR which is around 40000 PKR??!!!

Where the heck do our local ASS-emblers get their air bags from? for them adding airbags, even just one or two, will raise the costs of cars by lacs!!!. Our government seriously needs to wake the hell up! All these local car companies need serious rules to govern them and monitor them.

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By: Ali Khan https://carspiritpk.com/maruti-suzuki-chief-says-mandatory-6-airbags-will-dent-passenger-vehicle-sales-in-india/#comment-10095 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:07:00 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=51513#comment-10095 ]]> In reply to Adeel Ahmed.

Wont make much of a difference to him. Brain size too small. Skull too thick. Prevents even common sense from entering. ðŸĪĢ

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