Worth every penny

 

Well, figo was certainly not my first choice. I bought it because my father fell at it in first sight. But after buying, I certainly feel that I would havebeen wrong if I had gone for something else. I shortlisted just two cars, Ford Figo 1.2 titanium, Maruti Suzuki Ritz Zxi. The i10 was out of my consideration because of its awful looks. One of my friends owning i10 gets and awful fuel economy of 10kmpl. I never thought of Chevy Beat because its too crampy and for the same reason swift was also out of consideration as its rear space is less than figo or ritz. Coming back to ritz, it has everything that maruti swift has. Just two things which lack here is the automatic climate control system and the sporty builtup. Height of ritz is more which makes it difficult to make turns at high speed. Plus ritz zxi has music system which swift zxi does not have.

Exterior It is very smartly built and very strong and heavy. It does not have the funky looks like the Beat but its very practical. very nice head lamps, rear lights and its position is smartly done.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Coming to interior, the coral dashboard(the red dashboard, which is ofcourse optional) is unbearable. Better have the black one. The air condioner is supercool and you don’t need to move the fan switch beyond 2 else it will freeze. music system is awesome which we do not expect from a factory fitted system. Great sound quality and bass effect, very good radio and bluetooth system is very cool. You do not feel the need of steering adjustment as it suits the need of everyone, but for some extraordinary persons with tall height, unique physique may miss it.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Talking about the engine, its very good. Some say that what power a 71bhp engine will produce? Believe me, I also thought the same but I bought Figo for its features, space and comfort, not for its engine. But after about 400 kms of driving, suddenly I felt as if I am driving a swift or ritz. I just cannot understand where the power was hidden till now? It has enormous power. Its is not like the ritz or swift which say 85ps on paper but does not deliver. Figo will deliver every bit of its power on road. Just one thing, the acceleration will drop considerably with a/c on.

Fuel economy is not outstanding but okay. For first 200 km I got about 11kmpl and afterwards I am getting over 12.5kmpl. Let me tell you that these figures are completely of city driving with occasionally a/c on. I still expect it to increase further.

Ride Quality & Handling Coming to its ride, its awesome. Just get behind the wheel and you will notice that the hood his visible to you along with a clear view of road. How amazing is this!!! Steering is very good but little heavy. But that does not compromises with its handling. You just cannot feel you are going at 120kmph+ as it is so comfortable and stable, gripping the road like anything. The handling bang on target. Gearbox is awesome. Use it for few days and your wish for automatic transmission will die off.

Just sit at the rear seat and you will feel like sitting in a sedan. seats are comfortable. But you will certainly miss the power window here. Its not for the sake of showing laziness in rolling your hands, but some of the security and anti-theft devices work on power windows. Windows rolling only 60% is not at all a problem.

Final Words At the end, we can say its worth every rupee you spend. You will sell it easily once you buy it.

Areas of improvement The only area of improvement is the rear power window and slightly better fuel economy. Don’t feel that the petrol engine is underpowered. It has ample power, which comes out after some distance of driving.

Space, looks, handling, ge arbox, engine, audio system, bootspace, DTEfuel economy( not bad but certainly less than marutis), rear power windows.