VFM Car package with great styling and fabulous features list

Exterior Definately eye catching. Looks fabulous in Striker Blue Colour. Its a head turner in traffic. The rear design is awsome. Tata have taken good efforts on the looks. Front also looks pleasant due to Smily face and smoked head lamps. People ask "Kitne me pada?" It realy feels more upmarket than its price. Some of my friends thought unbelivebale when I disclosed the Ex Show room price 7.10L. Looks compact from out side, but real comforts when you enter in the cabin. Tata missed three features 1) DRL, 2) Electrically Foldable Mirrors 3) Button Start, including this, it would have been a No competetion package. Still it is VFM, offers lot of useful features.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interiors feel rich and upmarket. You feel, you are driving a high end costly car.

Cabin looks like a cockpit when lights ON. Fabulous sound quality of Harmon Kardon music system with 4+4 JBL speakers+twitters. I just love to listen and listen for hours. The integrated ConnectNext infotainment have decent useful features. Not all explored yet. Navi maps integration with Mobile app still not tried. Drivers info system is practical and gives valuable inputs like instant milage - DTE, two trip Avg, out side temp. etc.  XZ(O) has Automatic climate control and Chills the cabin in minutes. Though AC performance not yet judged in summer, but based on initial feedback, it would serve the comfort in summer also. Seats are cushy and offer good comfort at rear, along with central arm rest, it would be a great comfort on long dirves to family members. 3 adults can sit, but comfort will be compromised on long drives. This car is not as comfy as Zest/Vista/Manza. Excellent for comforts for 4. Engine sound insulation is good, when we consider the 3 cylinder engine. It is still quieter than my 2009 Vista QDJ.  High Speed noise vibration etc are yet not tried as Car is only 400Km travelled (running in period.)Steering and clutch are super light and useful in bumper to bumper trafiic. Steering weighs up decently as speed increases. 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Vibration on gear stick???,This is ridiculous for Tata engineering. They should have made it right in 1st place. Now I have to live up with it. Geat Shifts are smooth but long. Not as good as Maruti/Hyundai. Still it is way better than my 1st Gen Vista QDJ, my wife overwhelmed the gear shifts. Engine performance is compromise for such a decent car. Still 3 pot Revotorque is surprisingly smooth in low revs. I purchased this car for Comfort, features and Styling, over the out right engine performance. It is a calculated compromise from my side. I will be happy using it in city and occasionaly on the highways. 

Ride Quality & Handling Fabulous, it glides over pot holes. Very supple ride way ahead of many of the competetors in this range. You get 2 Air bags, ABS, EBD, CSC as safety features. Feels sturdy and safe while driving the car. Body roll is minimum and high speed dynamics would be better than expectaions (yet to try it on highways and ghat roads). Brakes are good enough, but lack the initial bites. Brakes have to be pressed more hard to gain immediate control. May be I am not used to the ABS systems.

Final Words One should not expect all the things Best in a car. its a great allrounder, with decent performance, great Styling and loads of features, good ride and handling and best safety package, in the given price it is VFM. I love its styling and up market feel when sitting in pilot seat. Plus I feel proud on my decision, as people turn their heads while passing by. Many people dont even belive that its a Tata car, unless they look the "T" logo.

You will get lots of complements for the colour and styling.

I disliked petrol engine even after 2 test drives. It sounded like diesel. Surprisingly Diesel was more silent than the expection (I was expecting least as

Areas of improvement Refinement, component quality - My wind shield washer just fails to spray water some times. Addition of some more features would have made it unbeatable in competion. Wished if TATA had provided powerfull Nexon Engine to this car, it would have been my dream car for ever

Great Styling, Music System, Feels premium inside, It's eye catching in Striker Blue colour.Under Powered Engines, Diesel has a very narrow power band.Missing Ele.mirrors folding, Button start