PAQ:
If Germans behaved this way would Mercedes Benz, Audi, BMW.... Be what they are today?
If USA behaved this way would Ford, GMC, Chevy be who they are right now?

Nigerians are our biggest problem. They cant use it but will gift it to someone else. We want tested and trusted, but refuse to test and trust our own.

innoson is not your own....it is a Chinese car! It is as "Nigerian" as the Honda, Peugeot, Kia, hyuandai, Jac, Nissaqns assembled in Nigeria. Any of them is fine because they all do the same thing. I dont care if they reject innoson or Peugeot or Nissan or Honda and neither should any reasonable Nigerian so long as they dont buy imported cars that add no value like Toyota, Range Rover, mercedes etc.

isthatso:


even more so in consumer conscious societies. Without doing any research i can almost guarantee you that all CEOs of the major companies drive their own brands. Its only in Nigeria we will find people like you spewing this kind of nonsense. in socities that work, it wont be tolerated. it will be seen as a vote of no confidence in your own product and so it should. its only here we make excuses based on misguided sentiments.


afew from the web

Note: This answer is based on my family's experience with Ford Motor Company some years ago.

Ford World Headquarters and the Styling division in Dearborn maintained an automotive pool stocked with a range of vehicles from both competing automakers as well as the various Ford models for senior leadership to drive on a short-term basis. My father would come home with different vehicles frequently. I particularly remember him bringing home a 427 Shelby Cobra and a Maserati Ghibli.

More recently, noted Ford turnaround CEO, Alan Mullaly, drove a Lexus around Seattle after he was hired away from Boeing. Once he relocated to the Detroit area, he drove Ford models. Ironically, Ford Chairman, Bill Ford (his name is on the building) enjoys driving high-performance Mustangs rather than more expensive models - even when Ford owned Land Rover, Aston Martin and Jaguar.

"Remember the mysterious Toyota Century GRMN that appeared online a few days ago? As it turns out, this one-off is the new company car of Toyota chief executive Akio Toyoda. He's not afraid to show it off either."

it is either u did not read what u posted from the internet or u don't comprehend it as it clearly contradicts ur position. thanks first paragraph states that even Ford company stocks cars from competing automakers for it's executives. here:

"Ford World Headquarters and the Styling division in Dearborn maintained an automotive pool stocked with a range of vehicles from both competing automakers as well as the various Ford models for senior leadership to drive on a short-term basis"

ernieboy:
it is either u did not read what u posted from the internet or u don't comprehend it as it clearly contradicts ur position. thanks first paragraph states that even Ford company stocks cars from competing automakers for it's executives. here:

"Ford World Headquarters and the Styling division in Dearborn maintained an automotive pool stocked with a range of vehicles from both competing automakers as well as the various Ford models for senior leadership to drive on a short-term basis"

You just want to be pedantic. Companies stock competitor cars for product research and it wont be the CEO driving those cars. What research is Innoson doing?

I 110% support this. Victory for the free market!

Aidejay:
Today Toyota motor company is worth $236 billion.
They started small like innoson. One day innoson will employ the children and grandchildren of these myopic senators cause no matter what those foreign cars can't live as long as a legacy that is innoson motor company.
"Anybody that eats anyhow will die anyhow"...

Toyota didn't blow by the Jpaanese govt forcing it on everybody's throat.

Toyota became a world wide giant because they struggled hard to make their cars to be able to compete with cars from the West.

Does Innoson seem like someone that desires that ?

His own is just for govt to be patronising his cars and for Nigerian govt to increase tarrifs on importation of cars.

Smithkafors:

How many your popsi build?, Nigerians are mentally sick!.The phone you are using might be made in China, assembled in Japan sold in whereever you Crip out from.Tomorrow,u say your sisters, cousins are unemployed and you are talking down on someone who is bettering the other people.

We want jobs but cannot patronize those who are trying to provide the jobs. If hypocrisy was a terminal disease, most Nigerians would have been dead by now!!!

isthatso:



You just want to be pedantic. Companies stock competitor cars for product research and it wont be the CEO driving those cars. What research is Innoson doing?

oga the post clearly says "for senior leadership to drive on a short term basis" I don't know where u saw research there, besides is the CEO not a senior leader in a company?

I reluctantly have to agree with the legislators. They have not rejected a Nigerian made car, they are rejecting a brand.
If Toyota had built a Nigerian Prado plant with the same local value add as Innoson jeep, they would have gone for it.
To make matters worse Innoson's price point is not even good for a new company struggling for market share.
There are probably issues with component reliability that consumers are reporting.

grandstar:
I 110% support this. Victory for the free market!

Fg wants to keep on pampering Innoson.

ernieboy:
oga the post clearly says "for senior leadership to drive on a short term basis" I don't know where u saw research there, besides is the CEO not a senior leader in a company?

oga no vex carry your money go buy Innoson, cary your placard to state house to buy innoson. . This matter no need all this drama. No need for long tin. If you see the point fine, if not its fine too.

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Commentor:


Is it really home made?

Look above your contribution and see the replica by another name.

If you claim it is made in Nigeria, there are other foreign brands also made in Nigeria.

Innosons should compete with them.


Isn't competition good anymore?

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Commentor:


Well said.

Since 2015, they've been antagonistic of everyone else , yet they want peace.

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Are we made in this country? Let them buy imported SUVs with their own money now. I wonder when we will start taxing all these imported cars sef

You can imagine...a preacher who doesn’t practice what he preaches



Bunch of hypocrites... may God deal with them

I don't just know. You'll are there clamouring for a positive change in Nigeria but you don't want it to start with you.
Very soon, you'll say we are back to economic recession, how can we avoid this if we patronize foreign and not local made products.

This country na rubbish jare. I just pray God help us.

So the reps prefer to spent our scare and limited forex in buying patronizing foreign cars thereby depreciating the Naira

Buy Nigeria to grow Nigeria. The reps are enemies of a progressive Nigeria.

Shey na like this we go take buy Naija to grow Naira?

yesloaded:
And these people forced rice filled with stones and shaffs down our throat?

fool honourable as bad as wolf

daddytime:
Lol...

Enemies of State and selves.

However, the hypocrites have no problems driving their "preferred" cars on China-made roads.

That tells you that these buffoons called house of RAPE are the problem of Nigeria. They do not want the country to progress, hence hate Nigerian products. My heart just shredded into pieces. What is wrong with Innoson Vehicles? He needs to be encouraged by the Nigerian citizens by them patronizing him.

CSTR2:

More hocus pocus.
Give me one manufacturing company you know and tell me how they are different from innoson.
Structural designs, research and a more sophisticated manufacturing practice and that is about it.
They are the same in the basics.

The engines itself are not produced by the names on the car.
They are produced by companies like Bosch which most car users have never heard of.

Besides, a car assembler whatever that means, is not destined to be one forever.

I vote with my money. You should with yours.

My money goes to the Germans and Japanese. It’s my money. How and what I spend it on is my prerogative.

I believed they have constitutional right to choose whatever they like and how many of those insulting them have bought innoson products

Eteka1:
I wouldn't blame them. Those cars are low in quality, quite expensive for that matter and have a very low resale value.

Sentiments aside, I wouldn't accept them either. Given the choice between any of their SUVs and a Toyota, i would take the Toyota all the time.

The company needs to improve the quality of their products to be able to compete favourably with Japanese cars and not rely on sentiment or even blackmail to force its cars on customers.

When Toyota opened it's first factory, the cars it made were for only Japanese people. But their people invested in Toyota by buying Japanese. Today, they have grown from their humble begining to what they are now.

In case you don't know, asking Nigeria to buy Japanese cars, is investing in the Japanese economy, instead of the Nigerian economy. What kind of person crosses the road to go buy provisions from another vendor, when his mother sells provisions in their compound?

It then surely points to the fact that these reps are only representing themselves alone. We voted them to represent us o, but went and started representing themselves. What irony, they will be the first to admonish Nigerians to patronize Nigeria products to grow Nigeria and when the opportunity came for them to show example they failed woefully.

This should be one of the saddest moments of this era of politicians in Nigeria.

Commentor:
Made in China.

Branded in Nnewi.

Rejected in Abuja.

Chisos! The leaders in this country are bunch of loonies! How will regular Nigerians be encouraged to buy the brand if our leaders refuse to take it for free! So much for encouraging the local content/product! Awon arindin OSI.

Unfortunately they ( reps ) might be right on this one . The said Innoson cars are good for Nigeria’s middle and lower class . But honestly yet quite unfortunate, our elite political members prefer the best of everything man made .
Innoson vehicles does not meet certain standards in luxury vehicle production processes .

What Innoson is practically doing is assembly . They buy the engine and gearbox from wherever, and they build the frame and shell from a template. And ofcourse install the engine and transmission alongside electricals and walla you have a working vehicle .

But Innoson can work with his engine suppliers to open shop in Nnewi, and then invest heavily on Research , Design,& Development with atleast minimum $2M .
Then invest in modern manufacturing equipment, based on the company’s desired capacity .
Retrain staff , Basically rebrand into a full time vehicle manufacturer with the ability to design and manufacture its own brand of vehicles .
No need to copy and paste Asian brands as Innosons
Open for consultations.
There is a market if Innoson can find it’s niche among sharks.

tamonokare:
These are the IDIOTS we expect to make this country great. I pity Nigeria.

we are the change we seek

hammerU:

But u re right sha. Innoson should work on LOGO and upgrade from this SUZUKI wannabe

Ahmed0336:
Do we still have leaders that have this country at heart? When Mr President is using a foreign car what do you expect?

They keep disturbing us to buy Naija so we can grow while they do otherwise....

Tufiakwa!!!!

Mr president should have been using innoson now.

collinsuchendu:

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DenreleDave:
They are scared of death... bombs


Igbo organize the first coup and the rep are scared of taking a car by an Easterner... they feel easterner rep car will be okay but theirs will be planted with bombs..


But igbos are advance n av no time for this na.. let love our own



To begin with , how many easterners use innoson

You are a fool at 40...!!!

Enjoy d rest of your years in absolute foolishness.

Adieus!!!