It is a good family sedan

Exterior The exterior look is very good compared to its competiters like Dzire and manza. Side view is best thing to enjoy. While designing it looks that lot of effort has been gone to get best aerodynamic shape for better performance. This can be observed during light rain, in the front wind shield, without wiper on, the streak of rain waters pushed upwards which generally happens for more aerodynamically stream lined bodies.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Once you step in, you can realize the space for head and leg it can give you, it is awesome. The back seat can comfortably carry three adults for long journey and even four for short trip. Driver seat gives very comfort during driving. I go for long driving generally 400 to 500 Km at one stretch. But I never felt fatigue or tired.Plastic quality is fine but look needs improvement. The head lamb adjustment and front engine cabin opening lever are very bad needs immediate attention. Audio system is good but it can not be felt like it is integrated one ( like Dzire &Manza).

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Excellent engine that is what I can tell. Very good fuel economy (23 KmPL at high ways without AC). When you start the engine few minutes you hear the light diesel clatter, but once engine warms up it is silent like Dzire engine. Vibrations are well controlled and I never felt any vibrations any where inside the cabin. In highways, in the speed of 90-110 Km/Hr you cannot say you driving a diesel engine, the engine is really dead silent and you can really enjoy the ride. The gear box is very precise and easy to use( but not so easy like my earlier ZEN). Clutch also little harder than my earlier ZEN, but for diesel engines, it is necessary to have heavier clutch for higher torque handling.

Ride Quality & Handling Braking is very confident and sharp may be because of ABS. Ride quality is very good especially in the city, this because of the engine tunned towards the high torque at lower rpm and also light weight of the car. Stearing is very accurate and very easy to use. The flat peak torque curve at 1800-2400 RPM really makes city ride enjoyable. The fifth gear having high ratio makes highway ride comfort and silent. Since engine need not accelerated to high rpm.

Final Words It is a good family sedan. There are some draw backs like poor interior look ( not for me, I like interior look). There is absolutely no water leakages even during heavy rain. When I was trying to buy I was totally misguided by some people in the Internet about this car. After detail research and exploration I came to conclusion that it is a very good car with good fundamentals like engine, gear box, braking system, more interior and boot space and quality. Before buying I went for test driving of Manza, Dzire and Ford Fiesta classic.

Areas of improvement Toyota Please put little attention towards interior look, you can really inter change the sales numbers with maruti.

Interier & boot space, Very good Fuel Efficiency, Very good Ride and handling quality, SuspensionLag of temperature gauge, Fuel gauge looks 1980s type