How does Maruti Suzuki Gift a program for NRIs work?

As I visit India quite often and require transportation during my visit, I decided to purchase a car for my use. I decided to buy a Maruti Swift as I had heard great reviews about this car. I decided to try and get the vehicle using the NRI car purchase program called ‘DIL SE' that is advertised by Maruti.

To keep this article brief here are the highlights.

Since I did not want to wait for several weeks for the car I decided to call Maruti head office in Delhi to confirm that a car would be available within a few days. I did not want to pay for the car and not be able to use it before returning to USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Sachin Bargoa from Wonder Cars Pune.

On October 14, 2007 I called Mr. Pratul Kumar Jain who is the Project Manager for the ‘Dil Se’ program in Delhi. His contact number is 30480492. Mr. Jain confirmed that there would be no extended waiting period.

The NRI Maruti car purchase program requires that the car be ordered via their website

DIL SE Program Timeline

1. On October 15, 2007 I logged on to the Maruti website and placed an order
    for a  Maruti Swift car. I made the payments using my Master Card. The
    total cost of the Maruti Swift VXI car came to Rs 4, 34,111.00. RTO costs are
    extra and are paid in India by recipient of car.

2. Four days later on October 19, 2007 I received a call from a representative
    of a local car dealership requesting an appointment to come and collect the
    money required for registration of the car I was purchasing with the RTO
    office.

3. On October 22, 2007 a representative of Maruti dealership Wonder Cars in
    Pune visited me at my residence. We discussed the additional options for the
    car I was purchasing and the money required to be paid for the road tax and
    registration of the vehicle. I was asked to make the payment for the road
    tax and registration and pay for the selected options after the car was
    delivered.  Amount paid for RTO was Rs 33,363.00.

4. On October 31, 2007 the car was delivered to my residence by Mr. Sachin
    Bargoa of Wonder cars Pune. The car was delivered with ribbons and
    balloons. The dealership also sent the traditional coconut and limes etc used
    by many Indians when taking delivery of new vehicles. 

3. Generate a quote for the car.

4. Enter name of the person you would like to give the car to. (In my case I put
    my own name.)

5. Select a payment method. (I used my credit card.)

6. Car is delivered to your designated address by local Maruti dealer.