Now Hyundai under threat of strike

Strikes, which caused havoc at Maruti Suzuki, are likely to return again.  This time workers are threaterning to disrupt working of Hyundai.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/auto/automobiles/workers-threaten-strike-at-hyundais-chennai-plant/articleshow/10919843.cms

Trouble is brewing at Hyundai Motor India Ltd's (HMIL) plant in Chennai with a section of workers threatening to go on strike from on Wednesday demanding reinstatement of 18 sacked colleagues.

Hyundai Motor India Employees Union (HMIEU), which is not recognised by the management, is insisting that the workers, who have not been taken back under a tripartite agreement signed in December last year, must be reinstated.

"What we want is that the dismissed employees must be reinstated. We are planning to strike in front of the plant tomorrow," HMIEU Honorary President A Soundararajan told PTI.

Honda to achieve normal production soon

It seems that Honda which is facing the shortage of various parts due to floods in Thailand is all set to return to normal production very soon, atleast in UK.  Sources in UK honda have said that their factory at Swindon will reach normal production on 19th December with a capacity of 638 cars per day.  This will allow mass production of new Civic.

Very cheap second hand cars - beware

One of our readers noticed an advt for sell of a second hand car at a very tempting price.

http://delhi.quikr.com/2007-SKODA-OCTAVIA-1-9-TDI-RIDER-CLASSIC-BLACK-ONLY-AT-RS-285-000-ONLY-W0QQAdIdZ72768048

He decided to look into it as the offer was very good.  Sent a mail at the given address as the car location was stated to be in Delhi.  The reply from the seller startled him as the car was stated to be located in UK.  The reply is given below-

From: schotil mike <automotive.bvd@hotmail.com
To: xyz
Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2011 4:32 PM

Hello, The car is in the best condition, has no technical damage, full service history,life time tax paid,comprehesive insurance, my car have India documents and registration. I worked in India for and I've purchased the car to use it there. My company wanted me back home, so currently I'm in England (United Kingdom). The car it's now located in ENGLAND - United Kingdom, Berkshire. I'm trying to sell it at this price because I don`t use it anymore , it`s a pity to keep such a car and not to use it. UK registration tax is too high ,i can not afford to pay it and i need money urgently to pay my House Bank Credit Debts. I tried to sell the car in United Kingdom, but nobody want`s to buy it because of the high registration tax . I list my car on India websites so i can sell it faster. The price is correct and the car can be transported to any location. My car is already at one Transport company from UK. I paid them to take care for my car sale protection. I can deliver the car to any location,but if is posible for you to come here to have an personal meeting it will be better . Please write me back to discuss only if you are interested! Then we can continue the discussion about the car by phone ,if you want . Regards

The prospective purchaser sent another mail to know about the shipping charges and address/contact no. of the seller.  But second reply mentioned none of these as reproduced below-

Please read carefully the transaction terms to understand and be able to decide if we continue or not.
I signed an agreement with an car delivery company ,one of the largest and known in Europe and I paid them all the delivery taxes and the delivery insurance because I am interested to sell my car in good conditions .The car is ready to be delivered to the new owner location . This is the only way that we conclude the deal and my only condition in this transaction to use this company because they will secure this deal for us .
The terms in which we can conclude the deal are the following :
- I need your delivery informations ,means name ,delivery address and phone number in order to contact the company to start the transaction.
- You will receive a notification from the transport company as a confirmation that the car is in their custody and also that the car has been tested and verified by their technicians .
- You will have to make a deposit payment to the transport company Bank Account as a guarantee..
- The transport company will verify the payment after they will receive in their Bank Account and if everything is in order they will start the delivery of the car to your location address.
- After you will receive the car and you will be completely satisfied with it, you will confirm to the transport company your decision. You have 10 days to make a total inspection of the car,test drive and take a decision.
- The transport company will take care for all export paper, work documents and they help you to register the car under your name,because i empowered them by a notary to register the car on my behalf.

I will not receive any payment ,first the payment for the car will go into the Shipping Company Bank Account .
The car delivery period to your location will be between 8 - 10 days .
The transport company will keep to them the car payment in their bank account ,until you receive the car and the documents of the car and also until your testing period ends .You will have an full inspection period of 10 days,I think that is enough for you to verify the car .
In this time you can check, test and inspect the car and all the car documents. If by any reason (the car has any hidden damage or it isn't like i describe it) you can reject the deal. In this case the transport company will refund your deposit back in full and they will ship the car back on my cost. The car was verified by the transport company qualified automotive technician and the car have passed all the test with no problems,so I did not worry for the present car condition .
Warmest greetings !

So, you pay the price of the car without seeing it, testing it!

A search for this e-mail address at google led to more offers like this.  Tempting, really tempting offers.

Swift waiting list to be cleared by April 2012

After resolving its labour problems, Maruti Suzuki has increased the production of its super sucessful hatchback Swift significantly.  With the opening of second production line by the end of December 2011 or January 2012, the monthly production is likely to exceed 20000.  Currently, the production is being done in extended shifts to reduce the waiting time which is likely to be completely wiped out by April 2012.

Micra - Discount continues

The party continues for prospective Micra customers-

Thus, there is a discount of Rs. 50,000 on the ex-showroom price of Rs. 4.10 lakh.  Higher interest rates and higher prices of petrol have some benefits too.

Win Car and Bike

Two prominent auto shows i.e. Overdrive (on CNBC) and Car n Bike Show (on NDTV 24X7, NDTV Profit) are going to award the best car and best bike launched during this year i.e. 2011.  For this, viewers have been invited to give their opinion about the best car/bike.  Viewers may win the car/bike on the basis of this poll.  For more details, log on to the following sites-

1.       cnbcoverdriveawards.moneycontrol.com

2.    ndtv.com/siddharth