Good family car

This one from tata is probably ther best product yet, in terms of quality and engineering. The name says Indica Vista, haere ends any comparison between its older sibling. Its an all new car, they should have named it simply "Vista".

The styling is good and complies with new trend in automotive design. Its quite a big car when you compare it with others in the parking lot, that tells when you get inside. The interiors are adequate. The striking feature though is the instrument pod moved to the center part of the dashboard. One might think its odd similar to Chevy Spark. But once used to it, it doesn't seems odd. Now the power window switches are in place when compared to the old Indica.

Now crank the engine to life, first we'll see about the TDI engine. Its the same engine used in old indica family with a Turbo for added boost, You'll taken by surprise by the refinement and NVH chareteristics. Slot the gear into 1st and let the car move. Shift up the gears. now the gear box has some feel in it. ratios have revised for better. With A/C the pick up is adequate with four well built adults.Though turbo lag was noticable,once past 1700 rpm one can feel the surge in power. Indica vista is not the car made for aggressive driving but for relaxed cruising. The suspension , probably the best in its segment, gives a superior ride. Downside is the handling. Aggresive cornering is better avoided, very much like hyundai verna in ride & handling. Mileage around 15+ in city and 19+ in highway makes it very easy on the pocket. For the price of a base swift petrol, one can get the middle level variant with a diesel engine, loads of space and equipment. That makes it the VFM product in this segment.

Now move to the star engine variant in the line-up. This the one with quadrajet engine, which essentially the famed 1.3 multijet of Fiat, found in maruti swift family and Fiat palio. Crank the engine to life, slot it to first and release the clutch without touching the throttle. you are in for a surprise, the car leaps like a sprinter. One can shift early as this engine produces its max torque at 1750 rpm, there is loads of torque from just above idle. This allows you to cruise in 45 kmph in top gear. Gear box is another gem. Its an fiat sourced gearbox with cable operation. So there is no vibration in the gear box. Though it may not be very slick like the swift, but has lot of feel and very positive. The top of the line quadrajet aqua is 15 to 20 grand costlier than the price of base swift diesel, which again makes this variant the best VFM package. Mileage is 16+ in city and 20+ in highway.

This is the best car in this segment and should win the competion hands down.

Good style, enormous space, decent fuel economy, easy maintainenceHandling, seriously under tyred