Comments on: Chrysler and Nissan enters Versa rebadging deal

By: szw

szw — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:43:26 +0000

last time platform sharing , now rebadging .
what’s next ?

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By: kjryth

kjryth — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:33:50 +0000

Latio, City/ Jazz, Vios/Yariss all over priced ones.. buy an Elantra instead for less than RM 94k.. u’ll get a bigger classed car..

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By: normaluser

normaluser — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:22:24 +0000

I wonder why the Latio hatchback is sold much higher than the sedan here. I’m sure elsewhere, the Latio/Versa/Tiida hatch is priced lower than its 3box sibling.

In US, the base level Versa hatch is priced cheaper than the Jazz. For a B-segment car with big interior space and continental ride & handling, its quite a bargain. But here, so sad its priced near to C-Segment (Civic/Altis) level.

Tan Chong Motor should reduce it to Sentra price level. I don’t see much Latios on the road compared to the new vios.

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By: BigFish

BigFish — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:29:45 +0000

For the Chryser and Nissan rebadging deal, I don’t see it is cost cutting exercise, but capitalize on “synergy effect” they can benefits form such deal.

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By: BigFish

BigFish — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:27:30 +0000

In value engineering perspective, the engineer fratenity termed it as “COST SAVING”.

The main different between “COST CUTTING” and “COST SAVING” are:

1. Cost cutting – “cut and chop” anything and everything they can for the sake of minimize the cost or maximize the profits that may compromise safety, guality or other functional aspects.

2. Cost Saving – through proper engineering review technics to study the design and production aspects to eliminate “unnecessary cost” but maintain the quality, safety or other functional aspects.

So, world class manufacturers like Toyota that enjoying economy of scales and technical superiority always adopt value engineering in their endeavor.

Aha, ha, ha, ………. this time no more layman term like “butt job aka kerja buntut” that supposed to be “re-engineered”.

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By: BigFish

BigFish — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:12:37 +0000

This is not crap, but look like “rebadging” is the jargon of the auto world.

How about Chinese Youngman rebadging Gen-2 to become Europestar RCR? Do it consider as crap? How about P2 and Naza?

Rebadging is better than “original but low quality”.

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By: msmar_453

msmar_453 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:08:51 +0000

This is ridiculous!
Yeah! yeah! cost cutting!
Yeah! yeah! globalisation!
Make me SICK!
C is Crap for Chrysler

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By: nanashisan

nanashisan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:34:08 +0000

thanks to HEROES, Versa pawns all in its car segment.

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By: Alifz

Alifz — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:38:28 +0000

Another automotive desperado…

Now American also want to cut cost….

Maybe they learn from Proton…hehehe

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By: normaluser

normaluser — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:41:29 +0000

Another cost cutting strategy by the ailing US carmaker? Chrysler is really in need of a technical partner after DaimlerBenz abandoned them last year.

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