Honda to beat small car market in India by 2008 new jazz

NEW DELHI: It won’t just be Jazz music for Honda in India. Even as it readies to formally premiere the GeNext Jazz at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Japanese auto major is working on a brand new platform for a small car that will use India as the manufacturing hub.

The new platform will be for a global car like all Honda platforms but will be primarily sourced and manufactured out of India. This will be a first for Honda which has a handful of basic platforms worldwide from which it spins out new models.

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2008 Mazda 3-Axela j68c Primary sedan sketch


This one is pre-sketch before det up mold

Source : thaimazda3.com

Vietnam’s car price problem

Car prices in Vietnam are notoriously high and authorities seem keen on keeping it that way as long as they can.

With 10 years until an ASEAN agreement to cut Vietnam’s car import taxes comes into effect, the government looks like it may hold onto its high auto taxes while it can.

CEO of Ford Vietnam Michael Pease said the price of a 2007 Ford Escape is a breakthrough on Vietnam’s auto market.

“Ford Escape 2007 is US$2,700 cheaper than last year’s model,” he says.

He predicted that the vehicle – at a total price of $35,900 including taxes – would become the most popular SUV in Vietnam.

The same car, however, is $15,000 less expensive in Thailand and $11,000 less in the U.S.

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