Investigations have revealed that cars with four plug engines especially, Toyota products, sell more than cars of the same brand with six plugs.
Shipping Position Daily spoke with some automobile marketers last week in Lagos, some dealers said that although vehicles with six spark plugs are always bigger and have a higher speed limit, people still prefer four plug engines.
Experts also explained that the major difference between the two types of cars is that the ones with six plugs consume more fuel than those with four plugs, because of the engine size.
They also revealed that cars especially Toyota Camry brands from 2003-2006 models with full options, mostly come in six plugs engine.
A car dealer at the popular Berger automobile market; Mr Stainless Chinonso, said that cars, especially Toyota Camry with Six plugs have better speed than the ones with four plugs engines.
“You know, we Nigerians we always go for cheaper ones, when you talk of speed, you talk about V6, the only difference is in the area of fuel consumption. Because the engine is always bigger than that of the four plugs, it consumes more fuel”, he explained.
He also added that the size of the engine of the car affects the maintenance as it cost more to maintain six-plug cars than four plugs.
“If you want to travel far distance journey, the best car to travel with are cars with V6 engines especially, Toyota Camry, because it has balance on the ground and it moves faster, but you have to be ready for fuel consumption” he explained.
Another dealer, Uche Allen, blamed poverty as the major reason people choose to buy cars with four plugs engine, adding that cars with bigger engines make driving a pleasure.
“I blame poverty for this high demand of cars with four plugs, if you want to enjoy driving, go for cars with V6 engines, it has a firm grip on the ground and it runs very well. People who complain about the fuel consumption are the people that will buy only N500 fuel in a car and expert the fuel to serve them for one week with the air conditioner on”
“If you are talking about the V4 and V6 engines, are there no people that drive jeeps with V8 engines, if you feel you are a big man, buy fuel in your vehicle and enjoy it. What about people that drive jeeps, are they not human beings and they fuel the jeeps because there is no jeep with four plugs engine the least is V6”, he said.
A car user who simply gave his name as Doctor, said that he can never advise anybody to buy a car with six plugs, stressing that the first vehicle he bought was a Toyota Camry with six plugs and he never enjoyed it.
“V6 cars are not the best, the time I bought the car it almost killed me, it is from one mechanic to the other for the number of years I used the car before I angrily sold it off. So for me, it is a no go area except I want a jeep because you can hardly see a jeep with a V4 engine” he concluded.
Another car Dealer, who identified himself as Poto, said, “If you know you can fuel a V6 engine buy it, you will enjoy it. People buy V4 because it is a ‘beginners’ car because of the fuel consumption”.
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