When I asked komoco chief (Hyundai main agent) about why no i40
saloon on display, he told me, i40 saloon is mainly for taxis, if
on display, not much people will buy, so they imported i40 wagon to
make a different.
Remember sonata, it started with a big boom on only 2.4l NF,
then later become a taxis, sale on their private buyer went down,
because like it or not, people somehow do not wish to
drive a car sama sama like a taxi.
Therefore, i40 wagon will never make it into a taxi
TC is with Tan Chong motor due to TC boss relationship with tan
chong boss who recommended Renault latitude to them.
Brother, the magnitude of ordering taxis is not just a business
of order, delivery and game over, it is a long term investment that
include spare parts, service centre, enginneers, upgrading and so
on.
If a companies have too many kind of taxis from different
makers, it will find it difficult to do maintenance and
servicing
Why care for the private market when one order by taxi company
is by thousands.
But the introduce of wish for taxi, it a move to kill those
parallel importer.
