Sheer class- for those with taste

I was looking for a third car in the family the other two being ALTO and new Indica vista. Shortlisted and did TD of following petrol cars except punto diesel - Swift, POLO, punto (D), jazz and i20. 

Exterior Jazz -  Looks really big even though it is smaller than punto, Polo or i 20. Design is futuristic and will stay for years.

Others - good. Again exterior looks are subjective.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Jazz -  Its even big. It has space space and more space for 5 full grown adults and tons of baggage. Plenty of leg room both front and rear. Front row is really huge. Jazz gives gives you that BIIIGG feeling when sitting either front or rear...And glass all around makes u feel sittinig in open space.  Dash resembles a cockpit.

Polo, Punto, Swift - Great front seats with plenty of leg space. DASH for polo and Swift are superb. Punto has a bland dash. POLO is really well built with good interiors. Build quality is robust.

Swift,Punto is cramped with low plastics.Does`nt give a rich feel.

Back row of all 3 are real cramped with Swift taking the price and punto better of the 3.  I thought I wud suffocate to death sitting back row for Swift. POLO and Swift are for two adults and 2 kids below 10. Even the ergonomics of these cars are such that on paper these are bigger or equal to jazz they are really cramped for space in rear.

i20 - Super front seats with so many features and decent space in rear. Reasonable space at rear for 3.

Swift has the worst boot of all.

Special mention of inbuilt music system of JAZZ.. It is awesome.. It is as good as custom made music system. The rest have mediocre music systems and some day or very soon u will end end up replacing them with custom ones.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Swift - Really good. Its a drivers car anywhere. Power available at tap of pedal. Best fuel economy. It has best of both world engine performance and fuel economy. Very smooth gear box.

Polo - Again a drivers car on high ways.  Very stable at high speeds. Poor fuel economy. Good gear box. Engine gets very noisy at higher speeds.

i20 - I defnitely did not like its engine performance either in traffic or highway. Below par perfomer when compared to others. I cannot really explain why but I was really disappointed as I am a big fan of i10.

Punto (D) - Again a drivers car on high ways.  Very stable at high speed. Not suitable on heavy traffic(even though u dont have to change gears becuase of high torque, it feels really heavy in traffic) there is some hesitancy to move on..It just rolls.  Very sluggish in 2nd gear.

Jazz - Not a drivers car. It has enough power though.A very relaxed engine and is in no hurry. Butter smooth gear box, decent fuel economy (14kl/l and I have clocked only 150Km so far. Shud get more as engine gets tuned). Can get sluggish at low speeds if not changed to lower gears.  Engine is super silent. U can mistake engine to be off when idling..At any speed cabin noise is  very very very low compared to other cars here.. And that alone gives a very good driving and riding experience.

Ride Quality & Handling Polo - Ride quality is very good and best of all cars compared here. Handling is also top notch.

Swift, i20, Punto - Good.

Jazz - It floats. The big glass panels, large interiors, virtually no engine noise gives u a serene feeling of gliding :).. No joke this..

Final Words If every one thought the way I did, Jazz wud have been the best seller by now :) but its the other way as Jazz is also the costliest hatchback in indianmarket.. If u want a very good car and EXCLUSIVITY then JAZZ it is !!!

Areas of improvement If u are feature savvy , then can ask for list of features like i20. i20 in reality is adding up all features to mask its poor performance.

Updated :: Did two long drive since

 

1. Chennai - Guruvayoor and back :: 1370 Km.. Avg mileage :: 16.8 km\l on the whole. Avg speed : 110km/hr : no of persons - 2adults + 1 kid ...Completed first service - Just washing (no oil change)

2. Chennai - Vellore Sreepuram and back :: 310km .. Avg speed : 90km/hr : no of persons - 5 adults + 2 kids (both 5yr old) Here is the big surprise....Onward journey was 18.1Km/l while return was 20.4km/l till we entered Chennai after which it dropped to 19.2.. All these are reading from console.

I`m still surprised. Total Km covered till date : 2200Km. By the way avg mileage in Chennai while travelling to office and back during peak office hours with full A/c on is 13.5 km/l

 

 

Looks, space, super smooth engineyet to notice