Quality motoring in a shrinking market

As the title suggests, Jasautosolutions Ltd, who featured in a similar article in July last year are focused on providing their clientele with as much value added service as possible in buying, owning or selling one’s vehicle.

And to refresh one’s memory, they are situated in a Complex known as Lenana Forest Centre just off Ngong Road, on the same turning that one may take to Lenana High School, one of Nairobi’s older and well-known landmarks. The company specializes in importing pre-owned cars, sourcing and trading in clean locally used cars and selling vehicles on customers’ behalf as well.

"In today’s global economy, its pretty easy for almost anyone to import a car by themselves," says the Managing Director Jasminder Singh Bharij, a skilled veteran of the Auto Industry in this country. "But the catch is, with all the choice that you have, whom do you deal with and why?"

Cheap prices and "good deals" abound but with unknown pitfalls for most first-time buyers; and once the vehicle has left the shores of the country from which it was sourced, whom do you go to if it arrives with a problem or develops one during its usage, or simply totally gives up after a few months?

This is where Jasautosolutions "maximum add-on value" policy comes into paly. "We do this in several ways, and prudently ask ourselves questions that we would like answered if we were to import, buy and own a car in local conditions," continues Jasminder. Some of the more prominent ones that help to make a purchase decision would be as follows:

purchase decision

If it’s an import, what is the certified grade and mileage of the vehicle from the point of source?

Are the specs closely compatible with locally available models for ease of diagnostics, availability of parts and repairs?

How is it that two different dealers have a big variance in price for a particular kind of vehicle with similar specs, the same year of manufacture and closely matching indicated mileages?

Cheap vs quality

"What we have experienced time and again is that Kenyan car buyers need to be educated about the axiom that cheapest is not necessarily the best, and secondly not to be seduced by a newer number plate plus the fact that the speedometer indicating a low mileage automatically pointing to a genuinely clean car." "By all means, it’s understandable that everybody’s finances cannot afford a particular kind of car as pertaining to the conditions listed above but its better to be realistic at this point in time of the purchase." "In the current scenario, the sellers also need to shoulder their share of the responsibility and rather then portray vehicles with unrealistic mileages to an unsuspecting public, it would be a better idea to market them with a staggered price structure and sticking to the originality of the same."

Service costs

"In this way, the customer can plan for the service costs involved in that the mileage would be indicative of the immediate repair costs, rather then face large unexpected repair bills in the near future whilst all their resources have been depleted in the actual purchase itself." "In terms of repairs, we have adhered closely to the policy that if we can’t fix it, we won’t sell it."

"In this respect, our diagnostic equipment and its constant update together with knowing the market for parts availability is proving invaluable as this side of the business is experiencing constant growth."

Jasautosolutions also provides its customers with an 80-point check pre-delivery on all of its cars and warranty is an option that may be applicable to most newly imported purchases.

In addition to this, current trends such as e-shopping, requests for a particular type of vehicle within a given budget, checking current stocks and a host of other useful information can be found on the Company’s website, www.jasauto.co.ke .

"The Company’s modus operandi is to source a vehicle once you have placed a request directly to our sales staff or on our website with a planned budget of what one may want to spend, and we shall do the rest."

"In this respect, we shall at no charge to the client, source the vehicle from the various options available, vet the documentation and its mechanical and bodywork condition before making recommendations to the respective buyer who does not have to go around town looking for the car and can indeed, shop for the same from the comfort of their office or home."

Jasautosolutions also provides the normal services required by car buyers as in loan applications through Financial Institutions, Insurance Services, Valuation reports and Trade-In options and would look forward to seeing you six days a week, Monday through Saturday or on a Sunday by appointment.