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Exterior Very sporty looking. Own a Sky Grey Zest. Looks awesome, makes heads turn 😎. 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Exceptional interiors. The Harman Kardon touch-screen infotainment system is outstanding! Will love it for sure!!!

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The very next day upon delivery, drove it on the ice-clad roads of Sikkim at an altitude of abt 17000 ft. Must add here, the Revotron engine is very robust and does its job very well.

Ride Quality & Handling You'll love being in the car. Both as a passenger and in front of the wheels. Steering has a very light but responsive feel to it.

Final Words For the price it is being offered in, it's way above the competition. A must buy!!!

Areas of improvement Honestly I can't complain but there's always scope for improvement. So features like reverse camera, automatic retractable ORVMs, push start-stop button, to name a few, may be added.

And as someone rightly posted, Tata is back in the game!

Exterior : Excellent designing, aero dynamic, sturdy. Stands out from the commonly seen cars. Alloy wheels adds beauty to the car.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) : Excellent again, Spacious, comfortable seats, Harman infotainment is awesome, played some old Illayaraja songs during our drive to Yercaud, entire family enjoyed the music output.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox : Smooth gears and good engine response make the drive enjoyable. I get around 20 KMPL in long drives and 16 in city. 

Ride Quality & Handling: Smooth driving, car is sturdy enough to make the drive smoother at 110 speed, you don’t even feel you are above 100 speed

Final Words The best car in compact sedan category, value for money, you can buy it without a second thought.

Areas of improvement The show room staff should be trained to be confident, they have the best product and need to flaunt it. Other car makers flaunt every bit of it, for example ABS, you will find them mentioned in the rear of the car, we don’t notice in TATA CARS even though they are feature rich. Advertising a bit on the car itself will boost sales.

Exterior The car has great looks specially from the front left or right side and I was impressed at first view.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) The space offered is the best in segment. Features such as Airbags and ABS was a definite requirement for me when I went car shopping. In addition it has Harman music system with 8 speakers which was so far available in premium sedan cars. The comfort it offers is indeed incomparable to the ones in this segment.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine performance so far has been good and I am actually impressed with the fuel economy. I have read reveiws from several people that the FE they get from Petrol version is around 9 to 10 but I think it depends directly on the way one drives. If you start from standstill with full throttle and use brake and accelerate too many times, then FE is obviously going to suffer. It is not a Tata Zest problem. As fa as I am concerned, when I took the delivery of car, the display was 9.2 KMPL, however over a period of close to 1000 KM now, the display is 15.4 KMPL without first service being done yet. On some trips, I have also got a max of 19.2 KMPL with gentle foot on the throttle. So FE is very subjective IMO.

About gearbox, I sometimes feel jerks when downshifting from 5th to 4th or 4th to 3rd  in case I have to pick up speed. The gear handle is sometimes too hard and vibrates ocassionally. This is the only niggle I can say.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality is just perfect with the super light steering which make driving a very enjoyabke experience. 

Final Words Have tried all the compact sedans by comparing the specs as well as test drives and I feel Zest is the Value for money car. Yes agree that dealership expereince is bad, but then I think what is important here is the product rather than packaging. Go for it.

Areas of improvement Dealerships needs to be a bit responsive and focus on customers. Times are changing and Tata must keep up pace and get their dealers to deliver. 

Overall the product is too good.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Just a year old vehicle, issue in shifting gear from 2nd to upwards. Even manual transmission also doesn't work. The issue is not consistent but when drive for 10-15 kmts the issues starts, So literally stuck on road many a times.  Given my vehicle to dealer 4 times yet the issue is not identified and fixed. The engineers at dealer says they have call specialist engineers from Tata Motors I wonder dealer doesn't have a SME who can help.

Just a year old vehicle, issue in shifting gear from 2nd to upwards. Even manual transmission also doesn't work. The issue is not consistent but when drive for 10-15 kmts the issues starts, So literally stuck on road many a times.  Given my vehicle to dealer 4 times yet the issue is not identified and fixed. The engineers at dealer says they have call specialist engineers from Tata Motors I wonder dealer doesn't have a SME who can help. 

Areas of improvement Please test your product thoroughly before launching and selling it to customers.

Exterior

 The exterior looks refreshing with LEd tail lamps as standard. It looks proportionate and not stubby as the other rivals does.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 The interior fit and finish is far better than the rivals. Even the equipment level is adequate. It scores high on the space and comfort level offered and is way better than DZire.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

About the diesel variant, it was slightly less refined than DZire and is not noticable at all. I did not find petrol that exciting as they claim but is acceptable in terms of linear power delivery and refinement.

Ride Quality & Handling

 Didn't get chance to ride on bumpy road but handlind and steering response is good.

Final Words

 Go for it if you are not bothered about the brand image and resale value and want to try something new and refreshing.

Areas of improvement  

 Petrol engine could be a bit more refined as the other competetors.

Exterior

 Pros:

1. Good looks; being a compact sedan, boot has been intergrated properly and look good on overall design.

2. Projector headlamps when litted with fog lamps pulls a fantastic look.

3. Chrome lining outlining the Radiator grill merge with headlights beautifully

4. LED tail lamps looks great along with the fog lamp at the back

Cons:

1. DRLs are too bright

2. Tail lamps are LED as advertised however, breaklight remains the conventional bulb lighting

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Pros:

1. Amazing quality; at par with the competition

2. Dual tone interior looks great

3. Best part is the Infotainment system with voice commands; it actualy understands Indian accent easily

4. Ample amount of space at the back even with the front seats all the way back

5. fantastic NVH levels; cabin is so damn quite

Cons:

1. Missing armrest; could've been easily integrated, specially in the front seat(s)

2. Mobile charger could've been located near the USB slot to make room for another glass holder which indeed is a requirment in the car

3. Rear seat roof lamp missing; again, important requirement

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

Pros: 

1. Engine modes are not gimmick as reported by a few other sites; while Eco does bing down the throttle level; Sports is the mode you'd like to drive in

2. Steering is nice and light; very responsive

3. Gear shifting is smooth

4. Gear suggestion is a welcome move; it actually suggest which gear the car should be on to maximise the FE

Cons:

1. I feel there is gear lever vibration; not that it's visible but of you keep your hand on the gear while driving, you could feel the vibration; not sure how is it in other cars in the competetion

2. First three gears needs to be shifted to in quick succession; should've been tuned to hold on the third a little more

3. So far, pretty avg FE figures. Hope it gets better after the first few services

Final Words

Best in class Car and a real Value for money. Cheapest in terms of money and best in terms of features among the competetion. Proud that it's made by an Indian Car maker.