Exhilarating and amazing diesel monster but bumpy at times

REVIEW PART- I

Hi,

I am Rajesh from Hyderabad. This is my second car and first sedan, I initially had a budget range of 8-9 lakh and started scouting for my new ride. I had test drove almost all the available cars in this segment- vento, rapid, fiesta(i liked the classic better than the new one), honda city, sx4 and the like. My dad was stuck on only a diesel car and thus ruled out the city although its a great car.

I first drove the skoda rapid but was taken back after my uncle insisted as it would be a white elephant later on coz of the post sale service and spares. 

I had to drop off the volkswagen vento as it was quite dull on the features list vis-a-vis the verna at the same price and then the sx4 was actually a good package sans the 1.4 litre engine, major plus was that the sales guy was offering a good amount of discounts etc and also it had the added advantage of cheaper spares and service later on compared to others in the fray.

In the mean while when my budget was only 8 lakh range, at one point of time, I had shortlisted on the hyundai i20 which was an equally amazing car in engine(mind you, it was a six geared beast), looks, comfort and zillions of features and even booked one.

But the turn came when the rapid guy was bombarding me with disocunts n stuff (i believe they were promised heavy commision on these vehicles) and he brainwashed me about the heavily priced i20 and insistedly me to go for a sedan with little more budget, then i fell in dilemma again and after a lot of discussions with my friends and parents, I had shortlisted the hyundai verna and was now in a quandary to go for the SX or EX, which eventually i choose the EX (although theres never a moment i dont regret buying SX for those classy alloys, an additonal airbag, foldable mirrors etc) for its price lesser by 55k in order to fit it into my already overstreched budget.

Finally I got my darling home from lakshmi hyundai, kukatpally , hyderabad. Speaking of the dealer, I have no qualms as such, but he neither offered me any discounts too, his standard answer was that theres already a waiting period and all he could do is to deliver the vehicle in 10 days. Now lets go into the specs n others:

Exterior The car is undoubtedly the best looking in  its class currently. Its greatly styled with good detailing into finer aspects. The front and rear looks are equally gorgeous. 

The negatives are that its ground clearance is too low and with full load of 4 pasengers it sure to kiss these hyderabadi bumpers (although now i manage to be extra careful when navigating these).

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) The verna is definitely a drivers car, its got the best front seat comfort and control. The 2 best features I like are the bluetooth phone connectivity and rear view camera n parking sensors. With the traffic cops waiting all the time for cell phone driving, the bluetooth has brought a whiff of fresh breeze into drving experience, the first thing i do as soon i enter into my car is to plug the phone into charger and switch on the bluetooth which gets connected automatically to cars audio and voila my phone in my hands. 

The reverse parking sensors and camera are even better, though my excitement is partly because i never experienced this feature before. With these reverse parking has been butter. I could almost park my vehicle with precision of an inch too :):) and ya i have seen the aftermarket reverse cam n sensors, believe me they are no match to the clarity   of the unique inbuilt mirror cam, which i think is a patented feature of hyundai as i have not seen it in any brand yet.

Then comes the steering mounted audio controls which are my third best feauture. Then there are loads of features like space for bottle storage, arm rest storage, foldable key, rear seat arm rest etc

It has almost all the features u need. I would be happy if it had auto headlamps and auto wipers and i see that the chrome content and the omph is certainly more in the i20 interiors (may be to compensate its premium pricing in the segment). As soon as I bought the verna EX, I immediately ordered for a chrome leather gear knob. But it was a rigmarole for me to finally get it, I had to call the trivandrum hyundai and get the part number and take it to hyderabad showroom and order the part and it arrived in 15 days, I would have helped me if the staff showed some seriousness. Initally they brought the same gear knob and then I explained them clearly about the chrome gear knob I was expecting. Then finally the beauty arrived for around 750 Rs. although for the fitting they again told me the usual reasons that it would take half a day, need for job card etc etc and after some pestering I got it fitted within an hour.

The boot space is also immense but dont try on to bring heavy loads for 70 kgs etc as the suspension is a bit weak and would sweak at times.

Great engine, pickup, style and tons of featuressuspension, back seat comfort