ROSSIKE:
alfaseltzer is talking arrant rubbish.

INNOSON manufactures vehicles in Nigeria. Yes or No? YES. In the motor industry, 'assembly' is the exact same thing as 'manufacturing'. There is NO differentiation. Car manufacturing plants across the world are known as ''car assembly plants''. The number of vehicles INNOSON produces per annum will be included in Nigeria's annual vehicle manufacturing output. INNOSON's capacity is 10,000 vehicles per annum as at today. Nigeria is hoping to churn out a minimum 250,000 vehicles per annum by 2020, and companies like INNOSON Motors Nig Ltd. are worthy, bonafide pioneers of that lofty objective.

DStarrx:
However, it goes without saying that the biggest determent Nigerians have in patronizing made-in-Nigeria-and-by-Nigerians products is their peculiar shoddiness. This inapt reputation has often led to the agelong preference of foreign products over locally made ones. If IVM is to win the trust of Nigerians and stand the test of time, it must prove that it is different from what we are already used to. This it must do by convincing us of the safety, durability and performance of their products.
In addition to that, I share in the concern of many about IVM’s marketing strategies or an apparent lack of it, especially online. I recently googled in futility for keywords like “Innoson vehicle showrooms” and “Innoson car brands.” The resulting information was scanty and brushed over. There is also little or no a television advert promotion, billboard push or newspaper placement. I remember seeing tons of front page newspaper adverts by popular brands like KIA, Ford and Hyundai announcing their entries into the Nigerian market many years back, now they are household names. You can’t count five cars on our highways today without encountering one of them.
In today’s highly competitive and innovative business world, marketing is king. These are the signals customers and potential investors are on the lookout for. We are in the internet age where no online presence means no credibility. Mr. Chukwuma and the entire management should start thinking global and take advantage of the possibilities that abound in the internet in wooing investors home and abroad. He needs to stop thinking of the business as a personal enterprise or what Nigerians call a “one-man business” as well. The possibility of listing the company in the Nigerian Stock Exchange and selling its shares to willing members of the public should be explored.
If the company is successfully listed in the NSE, I’m sure that a lot of Nigerians will be interested in investing in a promising marque such as IVM. With that comes more money and with more money comes greater opportunities. The company can then move into automation, decrease the near 100% reliance on manual labour and open up more factories across the country.

AlfaSeltzer: Attaching your badge on another man's car does not mean you made it.

nzeBiddle: RoFL ..clown. Even your moniker sef na helele

tdayof:
so?
made in china doesn't make it fake!
do you think china can produce the same quality they are giving us to countries like u.s... Canada etc...
the fact is that we are getting the quality we paid for

MadCow1: The question should be; Can China compete with Korean and Japanese cars..






Answer is Yes, but not anytime soon.


Innosons is simply an assembler of Chinese cars in Nigeria.. Sort of like what PAN is doing currently.

Mee234:
It doesn't mean nothing. Honda crosstur have the shape as a model of Ford and Acura(can't remember the model name). What about the hummer buses. Can you tell the different between Toyota and it NISSAN counterpart?

AlfaSeltzer:

all these brands you quoted have something in common: they all can conceive, design and produce cars. Innoson can only assemble already manufactured parts.

grocery:
I doubt you, this where hard work and patronise should come in....when you believe something can be achieved then I don't see any barrier to that. And also we Nigerians should patronize and support them.

MadCow1:

Making money is Hard.. So spending money should be done with the head and not on sentiments..



If I wouldnt buy a KIA right now (as a first or second or third option), I wouldnt touch an Innoson with a long stick.

The trick is all in the depreciation.. If in doubt, check out all those who bought Sangyong (or something like that) when it first came into Nigeria and go look at those vehicles today and compare them with their same year counterparts from other Japanese and Korean models and see for yourself.

If the product is tops, it would sell itself.

tdayof:
ssangyong motor company is Korean!

MadCow1:

Thanks for that..


Its really weird.. I have always thought them to be chinese cos their cars no get life span at all.

AlfaSeltzer: Do you know that toyota and kia design their own cars?
Do you know that toyota and kia parts are not produced in china?
Do you know that toyota and kia don't just stamp their badges on someone else's cars?

Don't compare ingenuity and mediocrity.

Mee234:
You this how? Have you asked innoson himself and you were told he can not conceive and implement a design? Or u think he can not because he is a Nigerian. Wouldn't that make you a presumption person making assertions base on what you think and feel instead of fact?

bestym: innosson does not just stamp his badge on someone else's vehicle if that is what u are implying

AlfaSeltzer: Do you know that toyota and kia design their own cars?
Do you know that toyota and kia parts are not produced in china?
Do you know that toyota and kia don't just stamp their badges on someone else's cars?

Don't compare ingenuity and mediocrity.

tdayof:
you are welcome. but seems German cars are still the best? my view tho'

MadCow1:

Thats why we never reference them..

The trick in most German cars is that they are built with a target clientel in mind.

Japanese, Korean, Indian and Chinese cars are built to be cheap and reach a very wide market. Now because its cheap, that means they have to keep production cost to the very minimum and what they tend to sacrifice to achieve this is quality and durability.. Thats why their cars have a very short half-life.


And thats why maost of those cars dont ever find their way into the U.S and most big European markets..

MadCow1:

Making money is Hard.. So spending money should be done with the head and not on sentiments..



If I wouldnt buy a KIA right now (as a first or second or third option), I wouldnt touch an Innoson with a long stick.

The trick is all in the depreciation.. If in doubt, check out all those who bought Sangyong (or something like that) when it first came into Nigeria and go look at those vehicles today and compare them with their same year counterparts from other Japanese and Korean models and see for yourself.

If the product is tops, it would sell itself.

MadCow1:

Thats why we never reference them..

The trick in most German cars is that they are built with a target clientel in mind.

Japanese, Korean, Indian and Chinese cars are built to be cheap and reach a very wide market. Now because its cheap, that means they have to keep production cost to the very minimum and what they tend to sacrifice to achieve this is quality and durability.. Thats why their cars have a very short half-life.


And thats why maost of those cars dont ever find their way into the U.S and most big European markets..

grocery:
you are talking from your own personal interest. That you wont buy it doesn't mean others wouldn't. I see IVM in a greater height tomorrow.

Thats why I didnt base my post on emotions..


IVM.. Whats the safety rating on those cars?!
Whats the depreciation rate?

mickyarams:

You know you are a silly doughnut, typical black man with a crab mentality. How many cars has your father produced??
Do you know that some models of Skoda and Volkswagen run on Audi engine, the new Mini run on BMW engine, cars like Dacia run on Renault engine, opel, Vauxhall and Chevrolet all run on GM motors engine.

londoner:



Actually, Toyota, Nissan, KIA are quite common in the European markets. They are not in the top 10, but they are in the market and quite common. I don't know about the US, but that's because the US promotes buying US products, or what is "perceived" to be US made......lol

http://www.best-selling-cars.com/europe/2013-full-year-europe-best-selling-car-manufacturers-brands/

Toyota, Nissans, KIA's and co are indeed in the american market.. Not all their ranges and even the ones that do are built to spec for the American market. Thats why a Sienna brought in from Yankee and one brought in from Asia are different in spec.

America would not allow cars that dont have a certain level of quality and safety rating into their market.

princefunmi:

What you call mediocrity was the starting point for Kia in 1944 when they started. They started by making bicycle parts. [b]Today they are killing Toyota and Honda who have been in the scene longer than they have been.

[/b]It is the likes of you that will always condemn anything coming from Nigeria, yet you will never make your own contribution.

MadCow1:


Toyota, Nissans, KIA's and co are indeed in the american market.. Not all their ranges and even the ones that do are built to spec for the American market. Thats why a Sienna brought in from Yankee and one brought in from Asia are different in spec.

America would not allow cars that dont have a certain level of quality and safety rating into their market.

ba7man: @alfa szeltzer just busted the whole Innoson propaganda.

Why didn't they rebadge a VW product like Skoda or Seat did?? I would buy that kind of Innoson.

MadCow1:

Thats why we never reference them..

The trick in most German cars is that they are built with a target clientel in mind.

Japanese, Korean, Indian and Chinese cars are built to be cheap and reach a very wide market. Now because its cheap, that means they have to keep production cost to the very minimum and what they tend to sacrifice to achieve this is quality and durability.. Thats why their cars have a very short half-life.


And thats why maost of those cars dont ever find their way into the U.S and most big European markets..

AlfaSeltzer:

Oh, he can do that alright. But he doesn't.