Manufacturers are very liberal in labelling their cars as ‘new’, sometimes even years after the model’s original launch. Hormazd Sorabjee – Editor, Autocar India – and Sergius Barretto – Managing Editor, Autocar India – discuss the different phases of a product lifecycle in this episode of the Autocar Deep Drive Podcast powered by Kotak Mahindra Prime.
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Chapters –
0:00 – Introduction
1:24 – Longest running cars in India
3:55 – Platform change
8:46 – Volkswagen’s approach
10:10 – Tata’s approach
15:30 – Mahindra’s approach
16:16 – The most expensive facelift
16:45 – Honda’s approach
17:41 – Mahindra and SsangYong
18:14 – Maruti’s approach
20:30 – Facelifts and model year updates
24:07 – Extending life cycles
25:45 – Toyota’s approach
29:40 – Engine life cycles
32:00 – Future Volkswagen and Skoda models
33:15 – Future Nissan models
34:06 – Updates in an electric world
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