A good blend of power, economy and build...

First I planned to buy a mid size car within this price tag, but i always had been a fan of SUVs and when came to know about bolero Crde, instantly without any second thought i made up mind and bought it and know what? I am quite happy for the decision I made.
This variant offer all those basic needs power steering, power windows central locking, cd player etc. the things that i needed don't really need a computer to tell me how to drive... :-)

I live in delhi but had to drive often to lucknow which is 500 kms away. I chosed this route NH-2 which is pretty decent. VLX has strong Crde engine which at no point of time had disappointed me, be it the city or the highway. Without any extra efforts I had hitted the speed of 135 km/hour with ac on & wished to explore more but then the traffic was a problem, the engine is powerful and if you will pull, u will feel the power of torque. For performane I will give 4.5 out of 5.

It don't have rear ac vents but didn't bothered me at all, coz at temperature of 42 outside they did pretty well only first 15 minutes i had to blast off the fan at 3 and then lowered to speed 1 for the rest of my journey.

The front two seats are decent as they are adjustable, but didnt liked much rear bench type seat, it could have been much better which I am planning to make modifiaction. For comfort I will 4 out 5.

Mahindra need to focus on handling, all i can say is ok and thanks to 215/70*15 tyres which gives a good grip on the road.

Mileage is decent from this big giant which was around 11-12 kmpl in AC on with that cruising speed.
 
I think this is one rock solid build to which one can do lots of modifications, get a good Music system, good set of alloys and fatter tyre at rear, will give a new meaning to Bolero and its standard. And who cares cause when i drive this, it gives me hell out of attitude ;-)
If I have to describe this alcohol I will say, " as strong as tequilla, as smooth as vodka, as Powerful as rum, as mature as whiskey but not a champagne"
 
Powerful engine, fuel economy, enough torque, ac is good, solid attitude,Handling, rear seat feels like bench, poor cd player, colour tone..