Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd is currently having a 3S campaign from the 1st of July 2008 until the 30th of September 2008. According to Honda CEO Atsushi Fujimoto, the Honda 3S campaign is set to become an annual campaign to directly reward existing and potential customers, to show appreciation when they visit Honda 3S centres during the campaign period.
3S centres are very important with any brand. This is because most if not all interaction between a customer and a car manufacturer is through a car manufacturer’s dealer. So in a way, the dealer represents the brand and directly defines whether the customer will be happy or unhappy with the manufacturer. 3S stands for sales, service and spare parts. This means the dealership will be able to provide support for sales and after-sales.
Imagine if you buy a car from a 1S dealer and somehow luck is not on your side and you need something fixed under warranty or any other issue with the car – the 1S dealer cannot help you and would most likely not be bothered about you as he’s finished his sale. When you go to another dealer that has 3S he may not be too enthusiastic about helping you out as he did not get his sales commission from you. There are certain car manufacturers that are plagued with this sort of dealers and in the end both the brand and customer loses out and only the 1S dealers laugh all the way to the bank.
Smart car manufacturers do realise this, for example when GM took over Chevrolet’s operations here it began with a revamp of its dealership network to ensure all dealerships are 3S. Honda has 51 3S centers throughout Malaysia, making the brand well-represented in each state except Perlis. This will be increased to 60 by 2010. Honda expects 100,000 after-sales customers and 45,000 visitors to its 3S dealerships during this 3S campaign.
Visitors to Honda 3S dealerships and test drive any models will get a Honda Tool Kit. There are also special interest rates for the City, CR-V, Stream, Odyssey and Civic. Buyers of the Civic Type R, Civic Hybrid, Stream or Odyssey during this campaign will also be entered into a lucky draw for 50 Debit Cards worth RM5,000 each.
Buyers of the CR-V, Civic 1.8 or Civic 2.0 during this campaign will be entered into a lucky draw for 50 limited edition Honda Racing Watches worth RM520 each. These Honda Racing Watches are also given when you buy a City or Civic Modulo Bodykit package, which themselves have a 15% discount applied during the campaign. In addition buyers of Modulo kits will be entered into a lucky draw to win 1 of 6 iPod Touch MP3 players.
After-sales customers will get a 30% discount on Honda engine oil, a Honda Racing Keychain and if more than RM200 is spent, a Honda Racing Bag.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
Good campaign. Does Proton has such thing?
Nice la!~
good attractive to all who loves Hondas. Proton? no la, they will charge you whole bunch of fees for getting your car 50% fixed.
when honda to launch new honda city?
proton has always been promoting the car, all year long. Not only that, they also giveaway “Free Mystery Gift” for all customers. It is a standard gift to all customers.
The free gift is in the form of “krek, krok, krek, krok” sound in the car when driven on the road.
LOLOLOL!
honda got lots of money as compared to proton. a campaign like this costs money. they also dont have that many cars on the road as compared to proton.
actually, if my memory serves me right, proton did do a service campaign last year, where they offered a full service for less than RM50 or something, free inspections and discount on parts..
means we get 30% on engine oil? any T&C apply?
With the JMEPA, CEPT and definition of local content equals to ASEAN content, Honda is rolling in cash compared to pre-NAP. This means the tool set had better be Mugen quality otherwise I’ll be very disappointed.
Proton is as flawed as a teenager on drugs… enuf said.