Honda
Honda
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Honda Motor Company
Honda is a world leader in producing motorcycles, but the majority of its annual
sales comes from automobiles, which the company began manufacturing in 1963.
Honda is known for its lightweight, fuel-efficient passenger cars, including the Civic
and Accord models. Honda is the fifth largest automobile manufacturer in the world
and the largest engine-maker, producing more than 14 million internal combustion
engines each year. Currently, Honda is the second largest manufacturer in Japan,
behind Toyota and ahead of Nissan
Honda is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Its stock trades on the Tokyo Stock
Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as exchanges in Osaka,
Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, London, Paris and Geneva, Switzerland.
American Honda Motor Co. is based in Torrance, California. Honda Canada Inc. is
headquartered in Markham, Ontario, since 2008.[3]Hero Honda, a joint venture
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between India's Hero Group and Honda, is the largest manufacturer of two
wheelers in the world. Honda of Canada Manufacturing is based in Alliston, Ontario.
Honda has also created joint ventures around the world, such as Honda Siel Cars
India Ltd, Hero Honda Motorcycles India Ltd, Dongfeng Honda Automobile
Company in China and Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan.
Company Background
Name Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
Logo
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Revenue $127.74 billion (2021)
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Honda Mission, Vision & Value
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Honda Vision Statement
Serve people worldwide with the joy of expanding their life s potential - Lead the
advancement of mobility and enable people everywhere in the world to improve their
daily lives –
Honda Values
The Honda Philosophy
Total Quality Management
New Honda Circles
SWOT
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Strengths Weaknesses
Opportunities Threats
Strengths
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manufacturer, which produced over 27 million units of engines for automotive,
motorcycle, marine, and power equipment products, in 2015.[3]
Engines are the key to motor products and the company’s competence in
manufacturing engines is a competitive advantage few rivals can match.
The company is the leading manufacturer of small, general purpose engines for
commercial, rental industry, and consumer applications. [5] Honda is also the leading
global manufacturer of motorcycles having 22.1% of the total market share in the
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first half of 2016] Company’s dominance in both of these markets have increased its
brand recognition and reputation.
Asia is the main geographic segment for Honda’s motorcycle business, where the
company has sold 15.1 million units or over 88.7% of its total motorcycles,
generating ¥1,107.6 billion in revenue.
Weaknesses
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Honda’s reliance on North America grew from 49.3% of the total sales in 2014 to
55.6% of the total sales in 2016. At the moment, North America is the main driver
behind company’s growth where the motorcycle revenue grew 20% and the
automobile revenue grew by 19%. Nonetheless, the U.S. and Canada are saturated
markets and Honda will find it hard to maintain the same level of growth in these
markets.
The company is also becoming more vulnerable to overall negative changes in North
America’s markets.
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Opportunities
1. Increasing government regulations
Many governments around the world are committed to reducing the greenhouse gas
emissions and are encouraging fuel efficiency initiatives. Such environmental
initiatives may increase production costs for the car manufacturers and these costs
will be either passed to price sensitive consumers or will decrease the company’s
profits. Honda may take advantage of this by introducing more car models running
only Hydrogen fuel cells and bypassing all the government regulations associated
with the greenhouse gas emissions.
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rates in the U.S. have been low for several years and are forecast to remain that way
for the foreseeable future. In such economic conditions, Honda has an opportunity to
capture higher market share and increase sales in the U.S. automotive market.
The trend of low fuel prices is likely to stay and Honda should introduce more
models of pickup trucks and SUVs to take an advantage of the growing market for
these vehicles and to increase company’s profitability.
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Threats
1. Increased competition
Honda is faced with an ever increased competition from the traditional automotive
companies, the new players and saturation of its main markets. In Asia, the
company’s key motorcycle region, markets are nearly saturated. In 2016, Honda’s
motorcycle revenue grew by only 5.4% in Asia, compared to 20.3% growth in North
America region. The company faces many new entrants in India and China, which
offer similar quality motorcycles and scooters for lower price than Honda.
MARKETING MIX
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Product Strategy
With these offerings, Honda covers the entire segment of the automobile market. Its
cars are enough to fulfill the requirements and needs of every customer. In Asia,
Honda has a famous name due to its reliable motorcycles. Most of its motorcycles
consist of an internal combustion engine, an indigenous product of Honda. Honda
also manufactures MUVs, ATVs, and SUVs. Its financial services for the customers
are really commendable. In short, Honda is a leader in technology as it has
manufactured advanced robots that can navigate, walk, and dance.
Honda is a successful automotive brand in the world because its cars target every
sector of the market. The company has luxury sedans, SUVs, sedans, and hatchbacks.
The pricing factor of these cars depends on various things like features, sector,
competition, etc. The main target customers of Honda are low middle-class people to
high-class people. Honda sets the price of its products with the help of dealers.
Pricing strategy also involves some essential factors like taxes, currency rate, and
other countries in which Honda sells its products. Honda motorcycles cover a large
segment of people in Asian countries like Pakistan, India, Malaysia, and more. Apart
from motorcycles, Honda also manufactures sports bikes and luxury bikes. Currently,
Honda has manufacturing units in major countries of the world
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Place and Distribution Strategy of Honda | Marketing
Strategy of Honda
The sales network of Honda is really robust. In 2006, the company had 3 sales
channels: Honda Primo, Honda Verno, and Honda Clio. Honda Verno covered sporty
products. Honda Clio vended traditional products of Honda and Honda Primo vended
small cars. In 2006, Honda established the Honda Cars dealerships after finishing the
Clio, Primo, and Verno. The company also sells different automobile accessories
through Honda Access. These things show that the company has a strong marketing
strategy of honda, sales, and distribution network. Honda has more than 300
authorized dealerships in more than 190 cities when it comes to India. Here is the
number of authorized retail dealers of Honda in different countries:
Many celebrities and famous personalities are the brand ambassadors of Honda.
Moreover, Honda sponsors different sports events like FIA Formula 1, hockey, and
golf. In short, Honda is generating a significant profit by selling its products through
effective advertising.
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New companies, such as Tesla and even Google, which tries to build self-driving
cars are also threatening the traditional automotive industry. The competition is
further fueled by the fact that the global automotive production capacity far exceeds
the demand. In 2015, there was an estimated global excess production capacity of 31
million units.
3. Natural disasters
Honda has manufacturing facilities in Japan, Thailand, China and Indonesia. These
countries, including others, are often subject to natural disasters that disrupt
manufacturing processes and result in lower production volumes and profits.
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Success story: Honda
At age 16, Honda left his small Japanese hometown and moved to Tokyo. At that
time, he wanted to work for the most prominent vehicle company – Toyota. Honda
had developed a revolutionary engine piston ring, and it was his dream to work at
Toyota. He worked tirelessly in his small workshop to make his dream come true.
Once he completed the piston ring, he took it to Toyota. But, Unfortunately, the
company rejected him as it did not meet their standards of engineering. He did not
lose hope and enrolled in a technical school.
After working on the piston ring for almost two years, he finally came up with a
design that would match Toyota’s quality. He bagged a contract but needed a factory
to manufacture the rings. Since Japan was getting ready for war against the United
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States, Honda could not source the materials required to build the factory. Somehow
he managed to construct a factory, but it was bombed twice during the war. A
majority of people would have given up by this time but not Honda. He was resilient
and found another way to make it work. Finally, his luck turned and, he rebuilt his
factory. But in the year 1945, a massive earthquake hit Japan that destroyed Honda’s
manufacturing plants. He was now entirely out of business and sold his
manufacturing processes to Toyota.
Today, Honda Motor Company manufactures motorcycles, cars and even marine and
aerospace parts and equipment. Honda is now one of the leading automotive
manufacturers, and the company’s motorcycles are still winning races around the
world.
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Customers
Honda's approach to customer satisfaction
In accordance with the Honda philosophy of respect for the individual and the Three
Joys of buying, selling, and creating, Honda has always worked closely with its
dealerships to maximize customer satisfaction. Every step of the way, from purchase
to after-sales service, dealerships work together with Honda to earn and maintain the
trust of customers.
In order to "Provide good products to our customers with speed, affordability and
low CO2 emissions." as stated in Honda's 2020 vision, the Customer Service
Operations is striving to realize optimal service operations in markets worldwide to
pursue the priority goal of creating and expanding customer joy worldwide through
service. In order to achieve this, we set our goals to be the undisputed No. 1 in
customer satisfaction. "Undisputed no. 1 in customer satisfaction" refers to the
creation of customer joy and excitement by providing a level of value that not only
satisfies the expectations that customers have when they receive services based on
their past experiences and information, but also exceeds them. The experience of
excitement through these services forges an emotional connection between customers
and Honda, ensuring that the company remains a mobility manufacturer that
customers choose based on their high expectations. To attain this goal, services and
parts divisions have adopted an activity policy of offering service in a friendly,
timely, reliable, affordable, and convenient manner; developing an advanced service
environment; and maximizing business efficiency and expanding business
operations. They are also focused on creating an environment allowing regional
dealers—Honda's point of contact with customers—to address customer satisfaction
enhancement more effectively and efficiently.
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Enhancing customer satisfaction
The Customer Relations Center has a very straightforward slogan: "For the
customer." Its mission is to handle inquiries from Honda customers politely, clearly,
and quickly, delivering the same high quality in Honda communications as is found
in Honda products. The Center also responds to survey requests from the Japanese
government and inquiries from consumer advocacy organizations. The Center
receives feedback in the form of customer questions, suggestions, requests and
complaints 365 days a year, and during FY2014 it processed 258,196 inquiries. To
ensure that this valuable information is put to good use in Honda's operations, the
facility shares it in a timely manner with the company's R&D, manufacturing,
service, and sales departments in compliance with laws and regulations as well as
Honda's own policies concerning the handling of personal information
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Implementing customer satisfaction
Honda has, with minimum investment and facilities, been quick to set up plants and
start business in emerging markets (such as in Africa and Southwest Asia) dominated
by Indian and Chinese manufacturers. A lack of social infrastructure and education
meant that general motorcycle dealers in these markets were unable to provide the
level of service that Honda was looking for. As a latecomer to such markets, Honda
works constantly to highlight points of differentiation with competitors, and
consequently increase its share of sales, by delivering to customers and subsidiaries
the Three Joys (the Joys of Buying, Selling and Creating), as stated in the
Fundamental Beliefs. In particular, we believe it is our mission, using the limited
management resources available, to manufacture and sell competitive, high-quality
Honda products and to build frameworks for providing satisfaction to the customer
through after-sales service. Specific initiatives include developing a ‘maintenance
invoice’ for use in emerging nations where educational levels are low. These have
been provided to dealers along with guidance on how to apply them. Invoices come
with simple illustrations and diagrams have been included on the invoices to explain,
in a format anyone can understand, procedures for visual and operational
confirmation of vehicles on delivery after purchase, and procedures taken when the
customer brings in a vehicle for maintenance or repair. Easier to grasp and serving as
an aid for ensuring sound aftersales service delivery, the result is satisfaction for both
customer and dealer personnel. Furthermore, the exchange of maintenance invoices,
containing details of customer complaints and repair work and other valuable
information, puts in place a process at overseas subsidiaries for properly gathering
data on market quality for feedback to manufacturing and product development
divisions even in circumstances where it is not possible to invest sufficiently in
information infrastructure.
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Automobile initiatives
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Japan: Customer support via the Honda C-card
Honda offers the Honda C-card to provide an optimal level of service to customers at
all times. As of March 2014, the card, which combines a point-based cash rewards
program, preferred service for members, a charitable donation program, and other
benefits with basic credit card functionality, had been issued to a total of some 2.89
million members since the start of service in October 1995. Additional "Honda C-
card Members" services were added in October 2006, including the ability to
reference a vehicle's maintenance history and the ability for cardholders to notify
Honda of their address changes 24 hours a day. We've also added a Honda C-card
without credit card functionality as an additional choice for customers.
Each year since its introduction in 1995, Honda has donated a fixed percentage of
customers' Honda C-card usage to the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Japan
Committee for UNICEF. In 2014, these
Honda offers a range of training for dealer service staff through the Honda
Automotive Service Education System. The program is based on Honda Automotive
Service Training System (HAST), which incorporates not only technical but also
customer service content in order to foster the simultaneous development of both
technical and customer service skills. The program, which includes training in
specialized subjects as well as training for full-time workers, meets the needs of a
broad range of field staff. Honda also offers the Body Paint (BP) Training Program
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for body repair and painting staff in order to foster the development of specialists in
those areas. Recently, we have been working to enhance the technical skills of
service staff by increasing the percentage of these workers who hold Service
Engineer certifications*1 and expanding a trainer program*2 designed to bring
HAST training to the prefectural and corporate levels. *1 Trainer program: A
program that builds on HAST training in order to offer trainer education to
exceptional staff at the prefectural and corporate levels. *2 Service engineer
certification: A series of service engineer certifications (grades 1 through 3)
reflecting level of training have been established under the HAST Program and the
BP Training Program.
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Overseas: Products that bind customers to Honda
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43 countries, and it was being accessed about 13,000 times each month. (From
access logs, we found that while the information was made available in 43 countries,
it was actually accessed by users in a total of 139 countries.) Additionally, the
website incorporates a mechanism for soliciting market feedback about needs related
to information dissemination, site content, and product serviceability. These
questionnaires make it easy for customers to submit requests and opinions to Honda.
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Including a quick reference guide in product packaging
In order for customers to be able to use the products they purchase in their original
condition as long as possible, it is critical that they operate them properly and inspect
them regularly. Honda Siel Power Products in India packages a quick reference guide
with generators sold in emerging nations. Designed so that they will be available for
use whenever they are needed. These guides incorporate following characterics: 1.
Operating instructions on the front and a description of how to perform a regular
inspection on the back, 2. Illustration-based explanations, 3. All on a color-printed
A4-size sheet (designed so that it can be reproduced clearly as a black-and-white
copy), and 4. Uses paper that will not tear even if it gets wet.
Honda recognizes the need to minimize the environmental impact of industrial waste
such as the used tires and oil and scrap cars that are generated as part of its after-sales
business activities. Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during painting
work are one such area since atmospheric emissions of compounds such as toluene
and xylene from paint act as photochemical oxidants to cause photochemical smog.
These compounds also cause acid rain, contributing to the destruction of forestland
and interfering with absorption of CO2 to accelerate global warming. Along with
Europe and South Korea, California and a number of other states in the U.S. have
prohibited the use of paint mixed with solvents or thinners, leading to broad use of
water-based paint. By contrast, use of solvent-based paint remains common in
Southeast Asia, which lacks legal regulations prohibiting their use, and very few
dealers have pursued use of water-based paint on their own due to the higher cost.
Honda Automobile (Thailand), a Honda automobile subsidiary in Thailand, took the
initiative in 2008, deciding to introduce water-based paint at automotive dealers in
the country. The Customer Service Education Branch's Body Repair and Painting
Team in Japan was asked to help prepare for the change, but the team lacked the
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necessary expertise at the time since use of water-based paint was unusual in Japan
due to the lack of similar regulations there. At the same time, there has been a
tendency in the industry to avoid use of water-based paint due to its high cost. We
then conducted an exhaustive trial of water-based paint and upon reviewing their
properties found that water-based paint contains more pigment (i.e., it “covers”
better) than solvent-based paint that has been cut with thinner, with the result that
less paint is needed to complete a given job. The use of existing techniques to apply
water-based paint leads to the use of more paint than is needed, increasing costs. We
realized that it was overuse of paint that was fueling the view that water-based paint
is more expensive. Using the appropriate amount of paint not only saves on total
paint consumption, but also streamlines work by shortening the number of hours
needed to complete a given painting job, increasing the amount of work that can be
finished each day and boosting body repair revenue. As a result, dealers in Thailand
welcomed the introduction of water-based paint, and we were able to bring it to all of
the more than 100 body repair and painting shops in the country. Having
incorporated these techniques into training materials, introduction of water-based
paint in China is underway, while its introduction in Indonesia was completed in
2012. We have also started introducing it in Vietnam, while studies into doing the
same in the Philippines are underway. In Asia, where there are no regulations
prohibiting solvent-based paint, and China, where such regulations are comparatively
weak, Honda's environmental responsiveness in this area places is a step ahead of
other companies. We will continue this program of activities to ensure that those who
implement environmental measures come away happy, based on our global
environmental slogan, “Blue Skies for Our Children.
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Main Competitors of Honda Motors
Ford :
Ford is among the most renowned car makers of the world. The company was
incorporated in Delaware in 1919. It came into formation through the acquisition
of Ford Motor Company that made and sold vehicles engineered by Henry Ford.
Today, Ford Motors Company is a global brand that designs, manufactures, markets,
sells and services a large range of vehicles including Cars, trucks, SUVs, electrical
vehicles and Lincoln Luxury vehicles. Apart from that the brand also provides
financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company LLC. The company is
consistently working to acquire a leadership position in mobility and electrical
vehicles. Its main two business segments are automotive business segment and
financial business segment. The other business segments of Ford Motor Company
include Ford Smart Mobility LLC and Central Treasury Operations. The vehicle
brands of Ford Motor Company include Ford and Lincoln. In 2017, the brand sold
around 6,607,000 vehicles at wholesale. Ford is an innovative brand and also one of
the most popular brands in the Asian markets. In 2017, it sold more than 2.5 million
vehicles at retail in US. The number of Ford trucks (retail sales) sold in US equalled
1,123,416 units whereas it sold 867,909 SUVs and 595,390 cars during the same
period.
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Toyota:
Toyota is a major global vehicle brand and a tough competitor for Ford, Hyundai &
Volkswagen. The brand is a globally well known maker of cars, SUVs and electrical
vehicles. Its focus is now on sustainable growth and the production of electrical
vehicles that have a very low impact on the environment. North America is the
largest market for Toyota, followed by Japan and Asia. In 2017, North America
accounted for the highest of Toyota’s sales at 32% of the total 8,970,860 total sales.
Toyota has 364,445 employees. Its number of manufacturing plants and companies
around the world was 69 in 2017. In 2017, its net revenue was 27,597.1 Billion
Japanese yen which was 2.8% lower than the previous year. The brand’s net income
in 2017 equalled 1831.1 Billion Japanese yen. Toyota brought the world’s first mass
produced hybrid vehicle Toyota Prius in 1997. It plans to invest more in the
production of electrical vehicles and bring new and improved versions of Prius. It
has brought some luxury models to the market too including Camry which is now
available in a hybrid version.
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Volkswagen:
Volkswagen is a major car maker which has several brands in its portfolio including
luxury brands like Audi. Despite the diesel scandal of 2015, VW has made a strong
return in 2016 and 17. There are several reasons behind the strong position of the
brand in the market including its strong financial position as well as brand image and
a large product portfolio. Apart from being a market leading brand, VW has a large
product portfolio that includes both passenger cars and luxury vehicles. Both Audi
and Skoda are popular brands that have achieved an excellent position in the market
and have been highly popular in the Asian markets. The
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sales revenue of 230.7 Billion Euros which was 6.2% higher than the previous year.
In North America demand grew higher in US and Canada driving the total sales
figure to 1 million vehicles in the region. The Asia Pacific region saw its sales rising
to 4.5 million vehicles from 4.4 million vehicles in the previous year. Apart from
Audi and Skoda, VW’s portfolio also includes Bentley, Porsche and Ducati brands.
Its automotive division produces and sells passenger cars, light commercial vehicles,
trucks, buses and motorcycles, as well as the genuine parts, large-bore diesel engines,
turbo-machinery, special gear units, propulsion components and testing systems
businesses.
General Motors:
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General Motors was incorporated in 2009 as a Delaware Corporation. Its automotive
segment business is divided into two segments – GM North America and GM
International. GM North America includes the Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC
brands and caters to the customers in North America. GM International on the other
hand caters to the needs of the customers outside North America through its Cadillac,
Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Holden brands. In China, GM has equity ownership
stakes in brands including Baojun, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Jiefang and Wuling
brands. In 2017 the brand sold around 9.6 Million vehicles where China and US
remained the largest vehicle markets for GM accounting for more than 4 million and
more than 3 million vehicles respectively. The brand’s net revenue fell from
$149,184 million to $145, 588 millions from 2016 to 2017. Its net income was 9,268
million dollars in 2016 which turned into a net loss of 3882 million dollars in 2017.
In US, the market share of GM saw a small increase of 0.1% in 2017 which reached
17.1% rising from 17%. US is the largest market of GM in North America and the
brand sold around 3 million units there. In China, the brand achieved 14.3% market
share in 2017. This growth was mainly driven by the strong sales of Cadillac and
Baojun passenger vehicles and SUVs as well as positive growth in the sales of
Chevrolet vehicles.
Suzuki:
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Suzuki is also a renowned brand of automobiles and motorcycles. Apart from them
the brand also produces marine vehicles. Japan is the home market of Suzuki.
However, India is its largest market. In 2017, the brand sold more than 1.4 million
vehicles in India. In Japan it sold around 639,000 units. India and China have grown
to become important markets for the passenger and small car brands. It is why
Suzuki is among the major competitors of Ford in India. Apart from a slight increase
in the sales of Suzuki motorcycles in 2017 in Japan, their overseas sales fell in early
all markets including North America and China. Net sales of the brand fell from
3180.6 Billion Yen in 2016 to 3169.5 Billion Yen.
FCA:
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systems worldwide through 159 manufacturing facilities and 87 research and
development centers. FCA operates in over 40 countries and sells its vehicles directly
or through distributors and dealers in over 140 countries. It designs, engineers,
manufactures, distributes and sells vehicles for the mass-market under the Abarth,
Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Lancia and
Ram brands and the SRT performance vehicle designation. It also designs,
engineers, manufactures, distributes and sells luxury vehicles under
the Maserati brand. North America and specifically US is the largest market for
FCA where it sells the highest number of vehicles. In 2017, it sold total 2.4 million
vehicles in North America and in US alone it sold around 2 million vehicles. There
was also a slight decline in the net revenue of the brand which fell from 111,018
million Euros to 110,934 million Euros.
Hyundai Motors:
Hyundai is also a major global car maker that has grown highly popular in the Asian
markets. Apart from passenger cars and SUVs, Hyundai also brings luxury vehicles
and owns the Kia brand. Its technology and brand image are important factors behind
its popularity. It has brought several market leading cars in the small car segment in
Asian markets. It is a leading brand in several other areas too including owning the
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largest manufacturing plant. Its Ulsan plant in South Korea is the single largest
automobile manufacturing plant in the world. It also has manufacturing plants in US,
Brazil, Russia, China and India. Apart from the passenger cars, small family cars and
SUVs, the brand also makes MPVs, eco friendly cars and the Genesis brand cars.
Elantra, Sonata, Santa Fe, Tucson and Creta to IONIQ, Hyundai sells a very large
range of highly popular vehicles. Hyundai’s largest market is Asia where it sold
more than 1.88 million vehicles in 2017. The brand achieved a revenue of 96376
Billion Korean Won from the sales of 4.9 Million vehicles in 2017. Hyundai is also
one of the tough contenders in the global automotive market and a major competitor
of Ford Motors whose position in the Asian markets continues to grow stronger.
BMW:
BMW is another major global brand of luxury cars and motorcycles that saw its sales
and market share climbing in 2017. It owns BMW, Mini and Rolls Royce brands.
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2017 was an year of growth for the brand and China was the main driver of growth
for it. Its core brand BMW sold more than 2 million vehicles in 2017. The
automotive market has grown highly competitive and despite that BMW managed to
grow its sales by around 4 percent to 2.46 million vehicles overall. In Mainland
China, the total deliveries made by BMW rose past 590,000 whereas in Americas
and US there was a slight decline in overall sales. In 2017, it achieved an important
milestone of having sold its 100,000th electrical vehicle and is planning to move
faster ahead in the direction of electrification. Its continuously improving position in
the Asian markets can be a challenge for the other vehicle brands.
Nissan:
Nissan is a major global car brand. North America and China are its biggest markets.
The brand achieved sales of 5.6 million vehicles in 2016 and expected to achieve the
sales of 5.8 million vehicles in 2017. In 2016, its net sales in North America
totalled 2.1 million vehicles whereas that in China reached 1.35 million vehicles. In
2016, its net revenue declined by 3.9% to 11.72 trillion Yen. Some of the SUVs
made by Nissan have bene highly popular in the Asian markets. The brand is also
working on releasing electric cars and on making its foray into automated driving.
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Tata:
Tata is a major Indian brand with a global footprint which has a large and diverse
product portfolio including cars, buses, trucks and luxury vehicles. JLR (Jaguar land
Rover) manufactures and sells a range of premium vehicles to customers around the
world. While India is Tata Motors’ largest market, its other major markets include
UK, US and China which account for the largest part of its Revenue. For fiscal year
Tata Motors sold a total of 12,21,124 vehicles units and achieved revenue
of 2,94,243 Crores INR.
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Renault:
2017 was a great year for Renault in terms of overall sales and revenue. the brand’s
sales in all its market grew. It sold total 3.76 million vehicles. Its alliance with
Nissan and Mitsubishi was also successful in 2017. This alliance became the world
leader in sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with over 10.6million
units. Renault’s revenue reached 58.8 Billion Euros in 2017. Europe is the biggest
market of Renault. IN France alone the brand sold 673,852 vehicles, followed by
Russia and Germany. Its best sellers of 2017 included Clio, Megane, Logan, Captur
and Sandero. the brand has set ambitious plans for future and is planning to enter
into new strategic joint ventures for the development of electric and light weight
vehicle segments. Apart from China, Brazil, India and Iran are also potentially
important markets for the brand. Carlos Ghosn is the chairman and CEO of Renault.
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Do you use any Honda vehicle?
Yes 81 81.3
No 17 17.7
other 1 1
Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 81.3% of the respondent using Honda
vehicles,17.7% of respondent do not using Honda vehicle ,1% of respondent using other
vehicle.
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Which vehicle of Honda are you using?
Classification No. of responses Percentage
Car 19 19.6
Motorcycle 52 52.2
Other 28 28.3
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Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 19.6% of the respondent using Honda car
vehicles, 52.2% of respondent using Honda motorcycle vehicle ,28.3% of respondent
using other vehicle.
It can be concluded that most of the people using Honda motorcycle vehicle.
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Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 29.3% of the respondent have been using
Honda vehicle at least 1 to 11 months, 46.7% of respondent have been using Honda
vehicle at least 1 to 10 years, 23.9% of respondent have been using more than 10
years. It can be concluded that most of the people have been using at least 1 to 10
years.
Whenever it is 65 65.6
required
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Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 7.5% of the respondent do often visit for
the maintenance of the vehicle every week, 26.9% of the respondent visit every
month for the maintenance, 65.6% of respondent visit whenever it is required for the
maintenance. It can be concluded that most of the people visit for the maintenance of
the vehicle whenever it is required.
2000-5000 Rs 25 25.8
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Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 66.7% of the respondent spend less than
2000 Rs. on the maintenance every month, 25.8% of the respondent spend 2000 to
5000 Rs., 7.5% of respondent spend more than 5000Rs.
It can be concluded that most of the people spend less than 2000 Rs. on the
maintenance every month
Good 52 52.2
Average 40 40.2
Bad 7 7.6
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Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 52.2% of the respondent good fuel
consumption of the Honda vehicle, 40.2% of the respondent average fuel
consumption, 7.6% of the respondent bad fuel consumption. It can be concluded that
Honda is the good fuel consumption.
Good 49 49.5
Average 46 46.2
Bad 4 4.3
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Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 49.5% of the respondent mileage of the
vehicle is good, 46.2% of the respondent mileage of the vehicle average ,4.3% of the
respondent mileage is the bad of the vehicle.
It can be concluded that most of the people opinion is the mileage good.
Yes 81 81.7
No 18 18.3
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Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 81.7% of the respondent recommend
other people to use Honda vehicle, 18.3% of the respondent recommend no to other
people to use Honda vehicle.
It can be concluded that most of the people says yes to recommend other people to
use Honda vehicle.
Good 82 82.8
Bad 12 12.9
Average 4 4.3
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Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 82.8% of the respondent driving comfort
of the vehicle is the good, 12.9% of the respondent average for the driving comfort,
4.3% of the respondent bad for the driving comfort of the vehicle.
It can be concluded that most of the people says good for the driving comfort.
18-25 68 68.8
25-35 19 19.87
35 Above 11 11.5
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Interpretation
From the above table it can be inferred that 68.8% of the respondent belongs to the
age group between 18-25, 19.8% of the respondent belongs to the age group between
25-35 , 11.5% of the respondent age is above 35 .
QUESTIONNAIRE
What is your age?
18 - 25
25 - 35
35 above
yes
no
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other
car
motorcycle
other
1-11 months
1-10 years
more than 10 years
every week
every month
whenever it is required
How is the fuel consumption of the Honda vehicle you are using?
good
average
bad
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How is the mileage of the vehicle?
good
average
bad
yes
no
good
bad
average
OBJECTIVE
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INDEX
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General Motors:
Suzuki:
FCA:
Hyundai Motors:
BMW:
Nissan:
Tata
Renault:
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