Re: [nukkad] Which Indian car will make an acceptable taxi in the developed world?

[Ram Rao <>]

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Tip of the day:  What we need is either less corruption, or more chance to 
participate in it.
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Ravi:

You are right about taxi tariffs being higher overseas. They don’t have
autorickshaws and three-wheeler public transport.

However, I suspect it is not the price of the Chevrolet Caprice Classic, but the
driver’s wages that make the taxi ride more expensive. In India where driver
wages are low ($100 per month), it is the price of the car that severely impacts
the tariff.

Although the big luxury land yachts of yore are sadly extinct, Indian
administration, still view automobiles as a luxury than a necessity.

Irrational taxation elevates auto prices to stiff levels and leads to ridiculous
mindsets that view a Hyundai Accent as a chauffeur-worthy limousine. A 2001
Chevrolet Impala in North America costs US$ 19,500 (Rs. 9.17 lakh). For that
amount in India, you can barely buy a 1992-design Opel Astra or a smaller
1995-design Mitsubishi Carisma-Lancer. Having spent the money we now outfit the
“luxury limousine” with a chauffeur.

Ram
ramrao@bajirao.com
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Ottawa fuel prices per litre are Rs. 20.30 for diesel and Rs. 22.14 for petrol.
A 30 km taxi ride ride costs Rs. 1100.

A 2001 Fiat Uno diesel a/c (used as Cool Cab in Mumbai) costs Rs. 4.4 lakh (US$
9,370)
A litre of diesel fuel in Mumbai costs Rs. 20.67 per litre.
A 30 km ride taxi ride costs Rs. 400.

A 2001 Mercedes “E” class W210 costs Rs. 4.4 lakh (US$ 9,370)
A litre of diesel fuel in Germany costs Rs. 15.75 per litre.
In Munich, Germany, a 30 km taxi ride costs DM 95 = Rs. 1,953

In Singapore, a 25 km taxi ride costs S$25 = Rs. 650
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Ravi Menon wrote:

> Having detailed all these sizes is fine. Now also compare the costs that you
> will have to bear in the "developed world".
> If i take a taxi from the airport to my house a distance of 11 kms it costs
> me QR 30/- = IRs 400/- almost.
> and the car is a Chevr caprice classic.

> In Calgary it cost me $ 37/ Canadian. for a ride that lasted 20 minutes.

> In other words its relative.
> Ravi


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