good... but why take such pain in defending oneself? .. i guess the media scrutiny was creating pressure cooker atmosphere for them

This was a reply to some blog elsewer where it was said that lack of communication from Mahindra on the JV causes concern

Good that they have tried to clear the air.

what surprises me is why have they not introduced any new model since logan. they are just trying different variants of same logan.

they could have brought in CLIO, LAGUNA or MEGANE. i think these could do fairly good in indian markets.

CLIO can go behind hyundai i10
LAGUNA can go after SX4, LINEA
MEGANE can actually crush SKODA, CHEVROLET, VERNA, FIESTA

Can we list a single foreign car manufacturer company that may have entered with just one model in indian market and that too for some 4 years now.

The big problem is getting all these cars to India and the cost would be immense dont forget you need a massive network of Renault owned garages to make this work and would need to sell Millions of cars to make it halfway work
The LOGAN was designed to fit in this loophole and is made as you know by different makers using Renault Technology it is made as a car that has no frills its a car to get you from A to Z and it does this well and the parts used in the Logan are mainly taken from the Twingo ie the little button under the handbrake for moving the mirrors is from a twingo and lots of other stuff
Stu

What button under the handbrake? hmm...

Car mein Button......... (Button On Car)
kahaa , kidhar.... (Where)

@martin245 --> it is all about a company's vision ond growth strategy.
we have hyundai selling accent, santro, getz, verna, sonata, elantra (at least 6 that i know)
we have honda selling city, civic and CRV
we have merc selling many models... cant remember the various series...
we have audi selling some 3 sedans and a SUV model....

why not renault?

its like more market presence increases company credibility.... at least this is the way I look at it.....
and Megane, Clio, laguna etc. are fantastic ones and could fair well....

Over here we have a button Near the handbrake to adjust our mirrors
It will be I suppose not on your Logan so there will be a little round mark or PLUG where this button would have been
Stu

Fresh News Today Morning.

Renault and M&M out of funds to grease their hands
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:46 AM PDT

The proposed alliance between Renault and Mahindra & Mahindra took the neutral position and yet to kick off, due to lack of funds. The companies are partnering under the banner Renault India and Mahindra & Mahindra (MRPL) to make and sell Logan sedan.

For months together there has been no green signal recover the brand image, except negotiations between them. Main factors that contributed for the hassle are recession and fund lock. The car is the lone brand under the JV, the pressure is mounting on the early recovery.
The company has analysed the cost factor as the main one for the downfall of the sales. It costs more(Rs4.2 lakh-Rs7 lakhs) than Swift Dzire, Tata Indigo and Ford Ikon sedans.

Further, the technical flaws like the wiper on the left for the right hand drive too brought the rejection. M&M has been offering the marketing back up through its 100 dealers.

While there is no final word about the depart of the partners, both companies are conscious of the investment made so far. Renault is in tie –up with Nissan on 50:50 basis to make cars at the Chennai plant; with Rs200 crore being diverted to the Nashik plant. Thus the investment may accrue to Rs1000crore for Renault alone.

Even if the companies break apart, Renault would have a large say and same is the case with M&M too. Amidst these speculations, the companies are burning the midnight candle on promoting more sedan variants- Sandero, a hatchback on Logan platform.

In addition, M&M would make its own products in Nashik plant. Everything is on paper and air, but for the outcome we have to wait further.

ha ha ha ..... funny na Europes biggest and India's biggest SUV, MUV & UV sellers are out of fund -dumb they are making us fool and looking for options to quit, the only bottom line I can think off is MRPL thought Logan is the biggest seller in EU countries so it will be a big hit in country like India too because it has a lot of seedan seekers.

Common wake you big phat salary takers of MRPL and think out the box show some courage call Logan owners alk to them get their feeler aggression and then decide and learn from your rivals about car call backs for small small manuf defects.

But they forgot the economy trends of India creeping upwards and cultural mindset of a typical Indians believe in having a showoff kinda car rather that So called value for money car.

In my view the biggest VFM car cum UV is Mahindra Bolero but that does not mean that every Indian buy Bolero only.

They should learn from Honda with its most successful killer design model the old wine Honda City (NHC & HC) it was revolution in non conventional designs which they are cashingout till date.

The Logan in Europe is NOT made by Renault its made By Dacia Just like yours is made by Mahindra !
If I take my Dacia to a Renault Garage in the United Kingdom witha Garantee problem they will refuse it because its not a Renault it will have to be sorted out by Dacia who are not yet in the UK Renault supply the Knowhow and the drive trains the rest is up to the firms themselfs to get it running
Stu

That is the positive you have in UK atleast Renault is established there and tomorrow if something wrong happens with Dacia JV Renault is there to take care of your cars.

But here in India the scene is pathetic Renault is even yet to start its manufaturing plant in Chennai (and yes that is not for India but for cost cutting and sending cars to you people there in EU and other countries). So we cant dream about having a Renault tech handling our cars.

Regarding Mahindra's service guys everybody here knows how trained they are to handle Logan.

Yes but not the Garantee
name some stuff that is being built in India for the European Renault Market (and not carpets)