Am not a person that goes after brand. I go after good machines. Doesn't matter who built it. Whoever built a good one get my nod of approval. Manufacturers responds to competition. Its won't be outrageous to assume that we would still be driving Ambassadors and Mahindra Jeeps if Maruti Suzuki did not enter the scenario. At the same time it won't be outrageous to assume that we may still be driving maruti 800 had others not enter the Indian car industry. In all likelyhood Maruti may be happily churning out 800's year after year with perhaps a slight upgrade in a decade like mirrors and stuffs like that. Its the nature of the market. Who should takes the honour of changing the scene is a very debatable question. As I see it, all these changes are reaction to one another like the story of "chick or the egg". What if CBZ never came into existance? Maybe we'll all be riding RX100 today albeit a four stroke RX 100. Maybe not. Maybe Bajaj would come up with something that is closer to RX. Mayne not. So do we attribute the honour to CBZ and Hero Honda? or perhaps Narasima Rao for liberating Indian market? Its hard to say how history would have been written.
Why do I need to bother myself with such matters. Just focus on what there is today and see who is delivering, and by this, it has to be Yamaha. But stick around for some time, things will change quickly by todays pace of change. Thats how market works. So for now, both thumbs up to Yamaha.
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