Hexa XT - The Safest & comfortable beast

I had a budget of around 20 to 25lacs for a bigger & safer SUV. After going through TeamBhp articles, I zeroed in on XUV500 & Crysta. I took Test drive of XUV 500 & was not at all satisfied with the ride quality. The gear shifts were very hard, body rolling was evident even in city riding. Suspension was very crude. I decided not to go with XUV500. Next I took a Test Drive of Crysta & was amazed by its drive quality, suspension, interiors, Electronic features like seat adjustments, back seat trays etc. Now my budget got increased to 28lacs & was about to pay some advance to book it. Around same time I just happened to read about Hexa on TeamBhp. So decided to test drive at Concorde motors, Mysore road. There was a XTA for TD which I drove for like 20kms. The suspension, driving comfort, power everything seemed fine. I sat in all the 3rows & found it better if not equal to Crysta. Came back home & then started the dilemma of which one to buy for the next few months. I drove all variants of both Crysta & Hexa. Some how my heart started tilting towards Hexa because not only performance was good, it was cheaper by almost whopping 7lacs. Friends started dissuading me from investing over 20lacs for a Tata Car. They gave all examples of failures including Aria. Then I spoke to Ola/Uber drivers driving Tata Indica Cars. They gave positive feedback about Tata vehicles as some of them had driven close to 3lac kms. Then I contacted my friend in Pune who has a Safari Storme. He gave positive reviews about Hexa. Finally I decided to go ahead with Hexa XT 4x2. This has more safety features than XTA or Crysta like TC, Rollover mitigation, ESP etc. The only negative I found in Hexa was the kerb weight which is atleast 500kgs more than Crysta. Booked the Car at Prerana Motors, Rajajinagar, Bangalore & on 23rd September 2018 took delivery of the beast. I have driven it for 19500kms so far. The vehicle is worth every penny I paid. This vehicle is grossly under represented by Tata themselves. The power, stability, cornering, drive comfort, road presence, safety it offers is unmatched in any car in this segment. I opted for 60000kms / 3 years AMC & my first, second & third Servicing cost was free.