Maruti Suzuki won over India’s car market with Japanese innovation

Re:Maruti Suzuki won over India’s car market with Japanese i... by lb1lf on Monday October 19, 2020 @03:08AM (#24823945)

Anecdote time - the first time I rode in a Maruti Suzuki (an Omni - think Toyota HiAce/VW Transporter), the driver asked me to close the sliding door, as I was the last to enter.

Having ridden my fair share in old Transporters, I grabbed hold of the door handle and pulled, putting my body weight behind it to get the door going - and the door came flying along the rail, slamming shut with the sound of the lid being put on a shoe box, more or less.

It was, ahem, of a considerably more material efficient construction than the sliding doors on a Transporter.

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Re:Maruti Suzuki won over India’s car market with Japanese i... by gtyras2mrs on Monday October 19, 2020 @03:11PM (#24829767)

Yea, that car is terrifying to ride in. Especially in anything more than slow city traffic.

When I rode in one, I wasn't expecting much - since the car I was used to was a Maruti 800.

But the Omni was terrifying, like one notch above an auto-rickshaw.

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