Entry level sedan

Exterior Poor paint quality.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Carpet is not laid up properly and exposes many areas.

The designers have not given attention on where to keep mobile inside car. Even the cup holders near hand brake are fully circular without any pocket and bigger mobiles cannot be accomodated in the cup holders. A simple slot (=) between cup holders (like in any of the Maruti cars Alto 800 etc) would be enough to hold bigger mobiles between two cup holders.

Electricals are worst. Poor switch quality for interior lamp, unreliable player operation (resets clock and stored FM stations), unreliable centre locking.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is reliable and fuel economy varies from 12 to 23 kmpl for petrol variant. Fuel economy is very sensitive to acceleration even in city conditions.

Gear is smooth except when in traffic if you have to choose beetween 1st and 2nd gear. The 2nd gear does not give pick up and 1st gear doesnt engage easily due to forward motion of vehicle.

Ride Quality & Handling Not good for hilly terrains. Only SUVs can meet your requirements if you plan to go on vacation to Ooty, Coorg, Kodaikanal etc. with full load (family and baggage).

Final Words Good only for light to moderate city usage; comfortable for long drives only if the road is National Highway type (4-6 lanes). Electricals and centre locking are unreliable.

Areas of improvement

1. Paint. The paint under bonnet is worst. Even within 3 years of usage in a dry region like bangalore, the body has started picking up rust at joints and fasteners.

2. Ground clearance / suspension springs needs to be improved.

3. Electricals needs to be reliable.

4. Pl make provision to keep mobile phone atleast near the hand brakes.

5. For long drives, the elbow should rest on the door conveniently. The ergonomics needs improvement.

6. Pl use good quality of parts and improve the workmanship. The hose for supplying water to windscreen went bad within 3 years. The windscreen wiper went bad within 2 years!!! The parts and joints/ fasteners should not start rusting so early within 3 years of use in city like Bangalore.

Fuel economyGround clearance is worst esp on Bangalore humps. The chassis touches speed breaker.