Benchmarking

Summary:

• Mr.D.S.Pughazhyendhii and with his family member of 5 peoples are visiting in Bangalore,They used to go native city madurai on the car with a distance of 500km once in a month and Mr.D.S.Pughazhyendhii use the same car to commute to his office.
• Mr.D.S.Pughazhyendhii like big cars and his budget is 8 to 10 Lakhs.

Benchmarking:

• Benchmarking is a stage where the products/model are compared with other OEM's on the market.In the automotive industry benchmarking is the an initial stage of pre design/development process were the product/components are compared by their performance,strength,cost,material,weight,etc.
• simplest way to define a benchmarking is study of the product,analyize and do reverse engg on it.
• Benchmarking will be done by the respective OEM who are going to update or create a new component on their own products.
• There are number of stages on benchmarking and it is depend upon the standards of the companies.
• For eg)Let's say maruti suzuki swift(2020) as to update their model with some additiona features on it,so they first do benchmarking on old model of suzuki swift(2012) and other hatchback cars like Hundai i20,Ford figo,Volkswagen polo,etc.Then they do reverse engg on it study the datas ,analyize and come to an idea of making the new product.

• The Above fig shows the comparision of typical 5 vehicle done by AVL company.

Types of Car Body:

Statement:

1) Considering a car for Mr.D.S.Pughazhyendhii based upon is budget,family members,Location,Travel the following points should be considered.

• Safety (Airbags,Damage analysis)
• Comfort (Seating space,Legroom,Headroom,Luggage space,etc)
• Mileage
• Services

Safety rating:

• Global-NCAP: Global-New Car Assessment Programme.

• ANCAP: Australasian New Car Assessment Program.

• ASEAN NCAP: New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries.

Comfort:

• Legroom (L/R): A space for the passenger legs to place it.
• Headroom (H/R): A space above a passenger's head.

• Bootspace: A space provided for the luggages on traveling.

List of cars are given below:

• 5 seater Models of Sedan (India):

• 5 Seater Models of Suv (India):

• 5 Seater Models of Hatchback (India):

Recommended cars:

Conclusion:

• I suggest Hyundai creta and Tata Nexon cars because Mr.D.S.Pughazhyendhii like big cars and it suits all the conditions he mentioned on it.

Why Hyundai Creta and Tata Nexon:

• Hyundai creta offers Good design,Latest features like (parking sensor,light,Touch panel display,Navigators),Safety rating is too good and long drives are very comfortable and he as to drive in very traffic areas also so automatic transmission is also an advantage for the car.
• Tata Nexon offers Beautiful design and Features like (Parking camera,Touch panel display,Navigators,Music systems,etc) and very good safety rating of 4.5/5 and very comfortable for the families,automatic transmission is also available.

• These Hyundai creta and Tata Nexon are perfect in safety,comfort and it perfectly suits for indian roads and long drives too.
• When Mr.D.S.Pughazhyendhii Doesn't feel comfortable for these cars i suggest to take other 4 cars provided on the table which suits all the conditions.