Tata Tiago EV vs Volkswagen Cross Polo [2013-2015]

We have put the new Tiago EV through our extensive road test regime and in the process, discovered its everyday attributes of all kinds, including its real-world range from 100 to zero per cent. So let’s see how it fared.

The small SUV segment is a booming one in developing markets like India, and with good reason; we don’t want cars that can make us happy when we’re screaming around a bend, because that never happens. We’ve had way too many experiences with cows that want to be dividers and truckers who insist on the American way of driving on the right side of the road. However, a car that can keep us a little high off the road so that we don’t feel like we’re trapped in a traffic jam, and with enough ground clearance to go over the mightiest speed breaker without touching bottom or wade with confidence through the biggest pond that opens up in the middle of the road during the monsoon will be an ideal car.

Is the Tiago EV the way forward? We find out.