3.0 Exterior | 3.0 Comfort | 4.0 Performance |
5.0 Fuel Economy | 5.0 Value for Money |
-Europian Sedan design, no nonsence.. only usable controls are available...and designed for very less maintenance (Doors not having controls...so things are always cheaper in case of any damage).
-Good fuel economy, am getting 14.5km/lt in dirty city driving and 20km/lt on highway...after 3rd service.
-Low cabin noise, compare to any other car in this segment, good options for manual seat adustments (come on ..we don't change these settings every day so electronic controls are not really very important) ---steering is not adjustable..
-Good headroom for tall people & good legroom for rear seats.
-Very good security features, Designed in a way that engine will never harm driver or passenger in case of any accident, Option to add passenger airbag also.
-amazing pickup, I use to drive Santro before this...and am comfortable driving this in city...even able to overtake the cars very well.
-Bootspace is not openable thru any lever, but it's a european standard and in positive way it gives you a security luggage feature in your car...so nobody can open ur bootspace without proper key.---anyway mahindra is now giving an option to open bootspace from inside in new models.
Some of the standard cons are like *low bhp power in diesel, *average ground clearence, *low cost interiors, *less storage space in cabin, *no wrist support dividers in middle (but doors has unique wrist support). No options for any light in back seats, *rear power window controls close to handbreak (not very comfortable with kids), *low featured stereo..etc.
But overall it's a good value for Money, because Price for middle model is very reasonable for the basic features and performance. And am impressed with kind of maintence and spare cost mahindra offers for this car (however am not sure of Engine maintenance, but seems mahindra is providing spares to renault for their SA operations, so it's seems a long run relationship)
I drove this car for around 16500 kms without any issue so far in last 11 months.
I compared this to City, Optra, Verna & indigo before making the purchase.
Ample Space, Very Low Cabin noise, Good fuel average, very good pickupLess BHP Power, average ground clearance, Bad Stereo quality