AFI ANWAR (084683) & FAIZAL (084645)

Problem Solving Activities
Chapter6 (Q1)

Description:
Assume you are interested in buying a car.You can find information abaout cars at numerous Web sites.Access five of them for information about new and used cars, financing, and insurance. Decide what car u want to buy. Configure your car by going to the car manufacturer's Web site.Finally, try to find the car from www.autobytel.com. What information is most supportive of your desicion-making process? Write a report about your experience.

Report:
First of all, the car that we are searching for is the new Audi R8 Coupe Quattro with the specification:


Color: Brilliant Red
Engine: 8 Cylinder, DOHC, 4.2 Liter
Horsepower: 420 @7800
Torque: 317 @4500 ft-lbs
Weight: 3605 lbs.
Lbs per HP: 8.58
Trans: Manual
Fuel Capacity: 23.80 gallons
Fuel Type: Unleaded

based on our search through the web, we find that different web sites or dealers have their own ways of presenting their products. So they tend to have as many information to gain trust from the users or customers.

We noticed that not all of the web sites have the full information on the car we requested. When we visit the Audi web "www.audi.com" itself, they provide us with a brief description of the car and some pictures with the additional promotional video on what this car are made of and what it can do. Surprisingly it was a superb presentation. Though it is quite simple in a way that we need a more specific information on the car.

While in other web sites such as, Audi Malaysia "www.audi.com.my", "www.autoebid.com", "www.carworld.my", and many other websites, some of it are selling the car and some are not.For example,"www.carworld.my" do have the model that we want which is a second-hand car.We noticed that not much of our dealers in Malaysia have the car that we requested which is the Audi R8.In our point of view, the cause of this car is not widely advertised or sell in Malaysia is that it is still a new car that is fully manufactured in other country. So the cost for importing the car must be high.

Nevertheless, when we visit the site "www.autobytel.com", we can consider it as one of the websites that have much information that we need compare to the other websites.Eventough this is our first time visiting this site, we are quite amazed on the information that it provide us. They have the right specification that we want, they have much description on the new model of the R8, information on the engine itself, and other useful information that we need such as the warranty, pricing, reliability rating, and also vehicles comparation.

Above it all, there are many factors that influenced our decision making process such as the first impression look on the sites itself, the image, the required specifications, the pricing, the guaranty, and our budget itself. Eventhough some of the web does provide us with the best offers, but for us the best thing for us to do is to see the cars and experience it ourselves then we know how impressive it realy is.tQ ^^