🇮🇳🇩🇪 I hardly know anyone in India who doesn’t desire to own a 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, or Audi. But when it comes to actually making a purchase, the reality of purchasing power and 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝘁𝗼-𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 kicks in.

🌐 The largest share of the Indian passenger car market goes to 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗶 𝗦𝘂𝘇𝘂𝗸𝗶, the Indian subsidiary of the Japanese carmaker Suzuki. It began as a joint venture between Maruti Udyog Ltd. of India and Suzuki of Japan in the 1980s. This long-standing partnership has built a 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 among Indian buyers, which continues to pay off. Add to that the fact that Maruti Suzuki offers models 𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀.

💭 In my opinion, German OEMs will need to continue focusing on the 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 to profit from the 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 desiring SUVs and larger cars, but with deeper localization and new models.

🤔 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲? Do you believe that 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗘𝗠𝘀 have the desire to increase their market share in the Indian market, which is 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹-𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 in the world, currently standing at below 5%?

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