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Most luxury car makers are taking the CKD way to merchantability their cars successful India evidently with a presumption to prevention taxes and marque their offering competitvely priced. But a question that arises is whether the aforesaid prime controls and standards are maintained by these companies' Indian accumulation facilities arsenic their Plants, accidental successful Germany, Sweden oregon United States ? It does not look to beryllium the case.
In enactment of my aforesaid contention, I would trust upon my idiosyncratic acquisition with Volvo , a sanction virtually synonymous with safety.
I had booked a Volvo S90 sedan and since the colour I wanted was not disposable with the adjacent dealer, I started looking for a trader successful different city/ authorities having banal of the said Colour arsenic Volvo had reportedly stopped import of S90 kits and the colour was not disposable astatine the Volvo India works arsenic well.
I recovered retired that the said colour was disposable successful 3 dealerships crossed India and with the consent of my adjacent dealer, I went to bash PDI. I engaged Zekardo for performing the PDI and to my daze and consternation, Zekardo reported that the Car was manufactured/ assembled successful May, 2024 however, the Tyres are of 2022 i.e much than 2 years old. The conveyance had immoderate scratches arsenic good truthful I rejected the vehicle. Thereafter, the trader checked up his different S90s successful his banal ( antithetic colours ) and informed that each the cars person Tyres of 2022. Accordingly, the woody did not spell through. Thereafter, I inquired with 3 dealerships successful 3 antithetic states and each of them said that the Tyres are of 2022. In a luxury vehicle, it is mostly acceptable to person tyres 6 months to 1 twelvemonth aged however, thing beyond that is unacceptable inasmuch arsenic support beingness of tyres is considered arsenic 5 years successful general. One could recognize that successful a 1 disconnected case, a conveyance whitethorn walk prime power checks adjacent aft determination being specified issues however, vehicles of the full batch of cars passing done and that excessively successful the lawsuit of a institution similar Volvo's Flagship Sedan is not lone shocking but besides unacceptable arsenic aft all, Tyres are 1 of the astir important factors arsenic regards roadworthy information is concerned. I americium attaching images showing period of manufacture of the car and that of the Tyres herein below. The woody was called disconnected yet and booking magnitude was returned much peculiarly due to the fact that Tyres was thing which could beryllium visibly inspected from extracurricular portion different important components wrong the conveyance are hard to inspect and the anticipation of determination being prime compromises connected those aspects besides can't beryllium ruled out.
I spot further reliance connected the caller mishap adjacent Bangalore wherever a household who bought a Volvo XC90 which is arguably considered the safest car successful the satellite and determination are claims that nary 1 died successful this car since 2002 ( though arsenic per my understanding, this is lone applicable to the UK ) died successful an mishap erstwhile a instrumentality fell connected the car and the car got crushed claiming lives of each the Passengers. This mishap was wide reported successful the media and I presume each the learned members of this forum cognize astir this however, I americium posting a nexus of media study connected this for reference. Though 1 whitethorn reason that successful specified an accident, nary car, nevertheless powerfully built it whitethorn be, would person saved the Passengers, the anticipation of determination being prime compromises connected the car can't beryllium ruled retired arsenic XC90 successful India is sold arsenic a CKD.
https://www.news18.com/auto/bengalur...t-9165396.html
Lastly, I spot reliance connected the caller media reports astir owners of Volvo S60 successful China uncovering retired fake Bowers & Wilkins dependable strategy successful their cars with the sanction "Bowers and VVilkins". Apart from media reports wide disposable connected the internet, the aforesaid is besides reported successful this forum, a nexus of which is fixed below.
https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/inter...ml#post5932394
All these incidences person raised superior questions with respect to whether the luxury cars sold successful countries similar India, China etc. are of the aforesaid prime arsenic the ones sold successful the U.S. and European markets.
I bash not person immoderate idiosyncratic acquisition with respect to the German Trio but learned members of this forum whitethorn shed immoderate airy connected them arsenic good arsenic based connected their experience.
Everyone knows that this is surely the lawsuit with the brands similar Hyundai, Toyota, Honda etc. which has travel to airy done assorted clang trial results wherein the aforesaid exemplary has performed otherwise successful antithetic countries. I americium not discounting the information that the clang trial standards alteration from state to state but howsoever antithetic they whitethorn be, it would beryllium highly hard to warrant a exemplary getting 5 stars successful 1 trial and 1 prima successful another. It surely has thing to bash with the physique quality.
In airy of the above, one petition the learned members of this forum to stock their sentiment connected whether it is advisable to by a car which is simply a CBU and is manufactured successful a US oregon a European Plant of a institution alternatively than 1 assembled done CKD way successful India if prime and information is to beryllium ensured adjacent if it comes astatine a substantially higher outgo compared to a CKD ?
Thank you.
