Cars on Sudan streets

alhaly · October 22nd, 2011, 04:30 PM

One of the very intresting blogs I have contributed in lately is called the http://bestsellingcarsblog.com, being interested in the subject myself it was amazing to read the bloggers takes on Sudan, although he has never visited Sudan before he could still observe some notable facts about our roads being filled with the Accent and Hilux's, I have contributed in his blog and he replied rapidly by updating his Sudan's post with the information I have provided him, however, some changes has happened since then.
Due to the lack of any official numbers what do you think is the dominating car on Sudan's streets?
For sure there is no doubt about these: "the Hyundai's trio"...
The Accent

The i10

And the Sonata

All images courtesy of netcarshow.com

alhaly · October 22nd, 2011, 04:40 PM

The main change that has affected the aforementioned models is the unspoken termination of the assembly agreement between Hyundai and Giad Auto which has led the later to try to find other manufacturer to cooperate with, so far it seems that they got an agreement with BYD of China to assemble their F3 compact sedan
Source: http://www.topcars.am

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alhaly · October 22nd, 2011, 04:46 PM

With the Accent and i10 these models were spreading so rapidly you could almost see one or two at each corner around you, but with the Chinese one I'm not sure how is it going to sell, so far the new awful legislation forbidding the importing of second hand cars could be aiding them though.

alhaly · October 22nd, 2011, 10:18 PM

There seem to be some serious problems about the i10, I haven't tried one yet but I have heard from others a lot of horrible stories specially the steering wheel, it is expected that such assembly flaws have contributed to the decision made by Hyundai to abandon the relation with their Sudanese partner.
Could these problems be fixed through more revisions and better implementations in the quality control management or not isn't very clear, however, I remember hearing something about Hyundai cutting the number of assembly plants worldwide, I'm not sure weather the reason is similar to the case of Giad, but I guess the aforementioned flaws were certainly a major reason.

alhaly · October 22nd, 2011, 10:24 PM

I would always be amazed about how long this Sudanese street symbol could live,

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and just when you think it might at least get cheaper you get shocked by the unrealistic
price, almost never changed after more than a decade,... I used to thought that because of the usage of this rig as taxis in cities outside Khartoum might generate a continuous demand for it so probably this is how it could just hold up like that.

October 22nd, 2011, 04:30 PM	#1
alhaly Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 18 Likes (Received): 0	Cars on Sudan streets One of the very intresting blogs I have contributed in lately is called the http://bestsellingcarsblog.com, being interested in the subject myself it was amazing to read the bloggers takes on Sudan, although he has never visited Sudan before he could still observe some notable facts about our roads being filled with the Accent and Hilux's, I have contributed in his blog and he replied rapidly by updating his Sudan's post with the information I have provided him, however, some changes has happened since then. Due to the lack of any official numbers what do you think is the dominating car on Sudan's streets? For sure there is no doubt about these: "the Hyundai's trio"... The Accent The i10 And the Sonata All images courtesy of netcarshow.com Last edited by alhaly; October 22nd, 2011 at 10:28 PM.

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October 22nd, 2011, 04:46 PM	#3
alhaly Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 18 Likes (Received): 0	With the Accent and i10 these models were spreading so rapidly you could almost see one or two at each corner around you, but with the Chinese one I'm not sure how is it going to sell, so far the new awful legislation forbidding the importing of second hand cars could be aiding them though.

October 22nd, 2011, 10:18 PM	#4
alhaly Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 18 Likes (Received): 0	There seem to be some serious problems about the i10, I haven't tried one yet but I have heard from others a lot of horrible stories specially the steering wheel, it is expected that such assembly flaws have contributed to the decision made by Hyundai to abandon the relation with their Sudanese partner. Could these problems be fixed through more revisions and better implementations in the quality control management or not isn't very clear, however, I remember hearing something about Hyundai cutting the number of assembly plants worldwide, I'm not sure weather the reason is similar to the case of Giad, but I guess the aforementioned flaws were certainly a major reason.

October 22nd, 2011, 10:24 PM	#5
alhaly Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 18 Likes (Received): 0	I would always be amazed about how long this Sudanese street symbol could live, Uploaded with ImageShack.us and just when you think it might at least get cheaper you get shocked by the unrealistic price, almost never changed after more than a decade,... I used to thought that because of the usage of this rig as taxis in cities outside Khartoum might generate a continuous demand for it so probably this is how it could just hold up like that.