Stingy Toyota

My neighbour just bought 2 innovas, both of them G4 variants with roof mounted Ac, et al. but i was shocked to see the absence of a stereo in it. not even a casette player! how can toyota be so stingy, its a car costing 10.5 lakhs!
but toyota has been known for its stinginess and reliabilty! when i bought my innova 1.5 years back, they dint even offer me mudflaps and interior mats on the toppest variant "V" which i bought, that costed around 12.5 lakhs. they had the mudflaps in the accessories list for Rs. 800/-! will it harm them if they give it standard? those days, in the G4, they used to give a 1 din CD player and in the V, they used to give a 2 din CD and casette player.
but now, in the G4, if they are giving speakers, why not a head unit? what use is the speakers without the HU? this is the time when competition has been offering steering mounted controls, USB/bluetooth/memory card enabled HUs even in 5 lakh cars.
toyota has the most reliable cars and the best service in the country, my experience with them says so. but i wish they stopped acting so cheap.

Mud flaps and foot mats are not standard in any car(as far as I know). But some dealers provide them free. These things are part of any car and should be standard on all cars.
I feel that absence of stereo is good, because a basic stereo adds up to cars cost and also offer bad sound quality(unless it is a Mitsubishi Outlander). You can always get good music system from the market to your choice.

mud flaps foot mats are standard in many cars buddy. they are satandard in the mahindra scorpio and tata safari, innova's main and cheaper competitors.

No, it is not standard in Scorpio, the dealers offer it for free. The case is same for all Tata vehicles. But yeah I can understand your grievances, these manufacturers act in a cheap manner for these small things.

As CC said.. Its obviously true...

I have never heard a car giving excellent System as a factory unit... So it is good that u do not take those carz...

Even in i10 Mud flaps & other basic mats cost 934 Bucks & dealer gave it for free... :)

no crazy cat, i have bought 4 scorpios! mud flaps and interior mats come from the company, body colour painted. its present in all scorpios, except the M2Di. even the safaris have them.
the front mud flaps of the scorpio are huge, i mean it extends upto the side foot rests, these are standard fitments.
i am not asking for expensive HUs, but atleast a normal CD or casette player is a must in a 10 lakh car.