My second car the 'FIGO' Part-1

Hello all,

Here I come again with the review with so called the COOL car 'FIGO' purchased in the month of April 2012.

I drove Hyundai GETZ Prime 1.1 GLE before (5 years) and wanted to change to a Diesel car as I drive a minimum of 12,000 KM/Year. Here is the review of GETZ on carwale that was a GEM. If Petrol prices were not so rocketing, I would have still kept it and I damn miss it!

http://www.carwale.com/research/hyundai-cars/getzprime20072010/userreviews/1447.html

Life has to go on. So I chose Figo after dropping I20 for its price-Beat for its space-Punto price, cheap material & ASS, Micra (not so keen), Liva no looks and bad interiors, Polo for cost and ASS.

Is anyone wondering why no Maruthi's here? Somehow I feel being a local car maker they can really give a VFM car which they are not doing. At least international car makers are making an effort in this area.

Coming to FIGO, purchased it from Cauvery Ford, Bangalore... nice experience, delivered the vehicle on time. I chose EXI over ZXI (Sacrificed the tilt steering that I enjoyed with GETZ) as cost difference was high but I negotiated the following updates. I guess I got them for a reasonable price.

- Body coloured mirrors & handle.

- Chromium finish.

- Centre console.

I choose a package that gave the following.

- Ford DVD player with Bluetooth, USB & AUX support.

- Engine guard.

I have already crossed 14,000 KM with my Figo.

Exterior Not so much to say... the Fusion, Fiesta and Figo all are lookalikes from quite a few angles! But I surely would say Figo has a decent finish as far the looks. It could have had a bit stronger body. Also the paint is quite a thin layer. Surely I won't call this VFM. The aerodynamics is quite good and the vehicles seems grounded.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Usage of space is arguably good. I have driven the car almost for a year now and following is what I feel.

Bads first...

- The black dash reflects a lot on windshield.

- The horn. First of all it is single tone and I think I hear the honk more than for whom I honk it.

- I think I took center console for a sole reason that otherwise there will be void. The console & Gearbox could have been one piece making it more FIXED to the floor.

- The center console is shaky and it does not hold anything except some lose items that you can put just below the hand brake lever.

- The console below dash... the cup holders and other space is not so intelligently designed for its optimum use.

- Traces of left hand drive setup is surely for cost cutting (light and wiper controls and bonnet opener).

- Same latch to open the door lock and the door!!! Means you can open the door while the vehicle is in move. A kid can easily open the front co-passenger door (not the rear doors as child safety lock is provided... but unless you forget to lock it).

- The controls are not so crisp (light and wiper).

- The ORVM control (rubber) will easily come off to reveal the liver inside. I mean the design could have been better in here.

- 2 trip meters were quite needed. Only one is provided and little difficult to reach this control at least while driving.

- I feel I hear the outside noise on higher side when window glass is up.

- About the player... The random/shuffle selects the same songs from different folders...every time I switch to shuffle!!

From an X folder it selects song Y every time. Even if I skip to next song sometimes it selects the same again. I feel it makes sure I hear what it wants. By the way, I have some 15 folders and more than 1000 songs in 8 GB storage.

Now Goods...

- The passenger space plan is well thought.

- Super cool AC.

- Nice suspension.

- Seats are comfortable.

- Rear seats can accommodate 3 moderate persons easily. They do not rub shoulders.

- The boot opener switch placing is good and providing the same in the key is very well thought & the big boot itself.

- AC vents, nice design and air flow can be controlled as you need it.

- The roomy feel due to large windows and windshield.

- The driver visibility is excellent (compare with POLO one can see the difference for sure).

- DTE is good feature to have.

- After you hear the reserve beep & signal comes up you hear it again when DTE shows around 30KM. Nice way to remind.

- Foldable rear seats that go flat to get more stuffing space in the boot.

- Central locking activated when vehicle picks up above 7KM speed.

- Bluetooth Mobile connection can keep traffic cops away J.

Contd...

Spacious, Comfortbale drive, super cool AC, average fuel economy, decent looks, no turbo laglose parts & noises and MRF tyre...not so caring service people