Comparison of SX4 vs Verna vs City and the winner is Optra Magnum

Comparison of SX4 vs Verna vs City
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The best selling points of SX4 is: Road presence, Climate control, ABS, Airbags, Audio controller in steering wheel, 16 Inch Alloy and slightly better performance. All these goodies sounds very good and exciting. However, when you go inside the cabin, the interior still does not feel very rich.

I have compared this with Hyundai Verna. It neither better. Interiors are not black but it's still cheap plastic. Does not have so many goodies as SX4. Absolutely not comparable with SX4.

Then i compared with Honda city VTEC. Great/Best interior in this range and very dissapointing power. One need to struggle or wait to reach 100 kmph.

However, i felt SX4 would be a better buy and value for money than Verna/City VTEC because of it's unlimited goodies + Great and fresh looks + it's service network.

What i did not about SX4 is it's dissapointing interiors. You will see and feel cheap plastics everywhere. One need to digest these cheap plastics. This is absolutely my personnal preference.

When i heard about Optra Magnum from my colleagues, immediately i took two test drive on the otherday. One in Mission road(You know, How pathetic is the traffic in this road) and then in outer ring road(Marathalli to Sarjapur road). The power is just awesome. In no time it touched 120 Kmph. It's a rocket. I was totally thrilled. Folks, if you want to feel a powerful engine -> It's worth spending time for a test drive. :-)

City drive is very impressive too. I drove in Mission road for half an hour and it's not sluggish at all. Very Impressive.

I have compared this with Elantra, Verna CRDI. On paper, Verna CRDI sounds good, but it's too sluggist on city(bumper to bumper) drive conditions.

LT Magnum Interior looks and feels very rich with it's leather upholstry and some other nice to have goodies.

From power, city drive, highway drive, interior, milage perspective, it's a complete package. You will not feel, you have missed anything.

Of course Magnum is compared with Skoda, however i did not want to stretch my budget to even think for a test drive of Skoda as it's too expensive and the July Autocar verdict quoted "Magnum is a better vehicle than Skoda on most aspects".

Good looks, Lots of goodies(SX4 vs Verna vs City)Plastic Interior -> Does not look rich