World car industry

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110621035349


World car production to be 90 million by year 2018...(60 million in 2010)!!

Wow"...... But what about pollution

Dubai's car market

Dubai's auto market for 2010 

•  Valued at AED 20 bn
• Re-exports AED 9 bn

Courtesy - arabian business

IPhone & other ads in India

I am no ad expert... Hence comments from a common man's perspective!!

I was pleasantly surprised to see an IPhone 4 tvc !! Why do they need to advertise at all. The product sells by itself. It gets the best advt thru word of mouth.

Me & a senior colleague felt we Iphoners have no privacy & face huge risk in future. We tried out competing phones. Recently he confessed, 'Iphone is addictive!'

Punch line says it all

gulfnews : 'You have to be in emerging markets'

gulfnews : 'You have to be in emerging markets'

An interesting conversation with an auto expert from ME... about the situation arising out of tsunami @ Japan, in terms of supply of cars & spares... also, how they are moving in to other markets such as Saudi Arabia & India.

Tata Delight

Tata has launched DELIGHT, a loyalty program for commercial vehicle industry!
That is great news. This is an industry which is always low on 'sophistication-quotient'.
At the same time, hope it is simple enough for an average truck owner.
Great effort...TATA

gulfnews : Work hard and save money, Saudi magnate tells youth

Valuable pieces of advise for all, young & old :

......'Al Rajhi advised the 1,000-plus youths packed in the RCCI hall to work 14 hours a day if they wanted to succeed.

"If you save the money you consume in excessive use of electricity, you can buy a flat after 20 years," he said. "In the beginning my wife did not respond to my advice on power saving, but when I told her the money saved from it would be given to her, she used to put off the lights I had left on."

"It is not wise to give your children pocket money.....'

gulfnews : Work hard and save money, Saudi magnate tells youth

TOYOTA to stay on in Japan

Toyota plan to continue to manufacture cars at Japan, in spite of the devastation & disruption to production. It may take a long time to get things back on track, or 'assembly line/just in time' ! Even the rising input costs or shortage of power or even unfavorable rate of Yen will not make them change them to move production out of their country. Their own CFO says, '...current environment makes it very, very difficult' !

I wonder... !

• Toyota is placing their country above the interests of the shareholders. Is it fair ? Also, they want to create jobs in Japan, in these bad times... Very patriotic..!
• May be they want to ensure they produce in Japan to ensure quality, esp in view of their recent recalls?? They may still pull off on cost-front with better inventory .... can it be 'better', as they are already very good ?? 
• Higher input cost may mean the end-customer may not be getting the 'best' price...
• Other key players, Nissan & Honda, seem to be making more 'prudent' business decisions..

As a global brand, should they not be focussing on giving the best quality, at best price and creating jobs where they can ensure same ? 

These are the questions a customer will have... not in Japan, but in other key markets, including Middle East, where they enjoy dominant market share...