Tata Indigo CS [2008-2011] User Reviews

I have just bought an Indigo CS GLS , I find this vehical as good as any of the any other good cars available in the morning. before this car , I was driving Wagon R Vxi & compared to Wagon R , CS is not having that good Pick up , But it is having a decent pick up , good road stability ,Comfortable sitting position & very effective AC.

But the biggest disadvantage of the car is no central locking & power windows , I thiunk tata shd launch a GLX model with central locking & power windows .

Rear seats of the car is quite comfortable & interior of the car always keep shouting TATA TATA. I wish this car would have come with central locking , power windows & better interiors.

On hoghways it gives around 16-18 Km/l while in city 12-14 Km/l. which is quite a good performance in fuel economy as compare to other cars in the same category .

i very strongly recommend to buy this vehicle .

Great Price & new looks , A sedan in a price of Hatch backnot up to the mark interiors, Tata's lower exposure in petrol cars, No central locking/power windows

Bought the car in mid-march.Had almost finalised on accent before test driving the new indigo.Tata has reduced the steering size (for better manouverability). Good pickup-the engine is still MPFI. DOes not clock more that 140 easily -but thats decent enough on highways.Good suspensions.

Broad tyres (this is a pro compared to swift). THese give more stability at high speeds on curves or changing lanes.Interiors and inner lining of doors are OK.But when you drive you re not going to keep on looking at interiors. 20 litres from blr took me Kalpetta(wayanad) 328 kms to be precise. But am sure after service and tuning you would get more milage.  Its basically the normal indigo - finetuned to give stiff competition in the small car segment(what more - you get a sedan).THe boot was spacious to carry children stuff (pram/stroller/bags).Boot would carry one large size -international travel suitcase and two big sky-bags and two small cabin baggages.

To top it up - Be Indian Buy India :)

Fuel economy,anti-sub seats - excellent for long drives,great road visibility,good control of the vecould not find any that stands out

Overall a good car to buy and value for money. But lacks the basic feature of Power window. The sad part is you cannot install the power windows as the dealer says that the "Electrical Warranty" of the vehicle would lapse.

I am getting a fuel economy of approx 11 kmpl but this is the 1st  month, so I am assuming that the fuel economy increases after the 1st Servicing.

Overall a good car, no issues faced till date.

Good Style and Excellent interiorsFuel Economy: Getting an avarage of approx 11 KMPL in City with 50% AC on.

I bought CS GLS petrol last year in late July, 2008. I have done 5000+ kilometers. As I am in Bangalore, because of traffic I don't use car for daily office travel. So most of the Kms has been done on long drives and weekend shopping :).

Why should you buy this car?
If you are looking for a car with loads of space but don't want to spend loads of money to get it, Indigo CS is the best you have in market right now. Infact recently they launched an upgraded version, GLX, which has power windows, defogger and some more cool stuff for bit more price.

I bought it because of reliability of TATA vehicles and low cost of maintainenance and running. Otherwise not so many cabs would be Indica! Yes, they have service network across country and spares are cheap (if you need some). I bought a petrol car because I am not great fan of diesel cars. Also since my usage over a month is not that great, petrol vehicle does not hurt. You definitely get smoother ride with a petrol engine. The other thing which I liked about this vehicle is good suspension.

I have driven the car at 130Kmph and it was very stable and response of power stering was pretty good. I have driven the car through hills (coorg and surrounding areas) in bad roads. The suspension responded beautifully, so did the brakes.

If you are looking at mileage, I get around 15 on high-way with AC ON always and in city around 13 with AC ON always. That I feel is pretty decent given that it is a petrol vehicle.

For the price it comes (costed me around 4.5L on road in Bangalore), I guess you get a pretty decent deal. Of course if you more jazzy features, you got to spend more :)

The boot is pretty useful for all your weekend short and long trips. Actually that was one of the good reasons I went for this car. No matter how much space a hatch back offers, it would never be good enough than a full blown boot. I personally don't like carrying luggage in passengar cabin. I was tempted to buy Swift but decided against because of its cramped interiors and being overpriced.

Things which I didn't like!
I felt the engine is bit underpowered at 65 BHP. For a vehicle of this size and weight it should have more power. But it is not so less that I can't do with it. The car comes with exactly same interiors as Indica! Well TATA needs to improve a lot on plastic quality and on the look and feel of interiors.

Overall it is a good car for the price it comes. It does what it is meant to do without much fuss!

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Lots of space, Value for money, good suspension, good road grip, decent mileagesame old interiors, sluggish pick up

I bought CS-GLS on 08.08.08

(i) Apperance : Except quality/finishing of Interiors (Fiber Used) exterior looks are simply superb..!

(ii) AC : Excellent

(iii) Comfort : I feel rear supensions are not so comfy especially on bad roads, 'coz of this whole car is slightly jumping but dealer said suspension will become soft on usage..!

(iv) Its really a family car of 4-5 members with good luggage space

My Weekend Trip Experience :

Last week I planned weekend trip with my family- me, my wife & my kid along with my parents to Kolhapur & Ratnagiri of 3 days trip, as we all love long drives during monsoons..(Yes its a risk during these season with family members) everything went very well & we are very happy with our new car..its performance on ghats is amazing..there are numerous narrow roads where its not for 4 wheelers plus we didnt even found any other 4 wheelers on these roads, but our car has truly made its own road without any hassels nor turning back..!

I really felt like we are all on some Jungle Expedition..yeah I'm not talking about our National & State Hiways..we went to remote & tribal areas to experience the beauty of nature during monsoons..there are ghats which makes one shiver..definetly not for Cars..but god was with us & our journey was terrific &  memorable..yet we reached safely to our home, still we feel that how amazingly our new car supported with us..I feel no other car can beat this in performance on these dangerous tribal area ghats..!

I truly became fan of TATA Motors now..!

 

Exterior looks are superb..its a family car..!Low Quality Interiors, Finishing touches (Fiber, plastic materials used) at edges/nooks are not good

well done tata. it is very good for yound professionals and middle class famillies whose budget is about 4lakhs.I would like to go for it as it is simple and looks gentle. i have no comments sofar. i will have to wait for some more months to comeback after drive.good looks better than LS, Great to young professionals-

The car is real VFM. At this price range, nothing can match it in terms of space, looks & fuel efficiency. The seats are very comfortable and the ride quiality is satisfactory. The power steering is great and so is the AC. Overall, it manages to give you the big car feel without burning a hole in your pocket. The best first car to buy. Another point that goes in its favor is the fact that Tatas have improved greatly on their dealer service and after sales service. The only drawback is the fact that the engine feels a bit under powered. But considering the fact that this is essentialy a city car and not meant to partcipate in drag races, this aspect can be over looked.Fuel efficiency is also good and I easily get 12-13 Kmpl in the city.Great looks, frugal, great after sales service, nice AC,A bit under powered

Exterior: exterior of Indigo Cs is undoubtedly good

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) the interiro is good, In fact these two features are the trap in which a customer is trapped for life. either you have to carry on the high maintainence bill or have to sell the car on heavy losses. Particularly in petrol variants TATAs are nowhere. I would not recommend any petrol variant of TATA. In deisel too the after sales service brings the people to tears.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox: all poor. Engine can give up any day once the vehicle is out of showroom. Never plan for future for changing vehicle in 2 or 3 years. TATA will not let you sleep in peace. It is the vehicle which may ditch you anywhere any day or night with no mechanic in sight to help you out. Even the tata service dealers are not capable tofind out the problem and rectify the same most of the times. Fuel economy : they themselves do not claim it to be very good. with frequent breakdowns you will not get time to check the fuel economy.

Gear box: May be requring an overhall within the first two years. totally depends on your luck. They are not even ashamed of the poor quality of maintainence their service dealers are providing, that too on high rates. Repeated complaints to customer care, dealer, local branch didnt provide you any releif. Even the local market mechanics are unable to fix the problems of TATA vehicles in particular the petrol variants. Even the chasis and petrol tank of my vehicle got rusted and gave way in the third year of careful use, with regular service at TATA only. This is a reflection of the quality of sheet they are using.

 

Ride Quality & Handling:  With frequent breakedowns on and off the road, the ride quality is nowhere in the question. Handling depndes on how much can you afford on repairs from the very beginning. This is not Maruti vehcile that you dont have to spend a peny on it for the first three years. This is TATA, be prepared to pay large part of your earnings in the repairs.

 

Final Words: I would not recommend anyone to purchase a TATA vehicle because it is not the matter of variant, it is the value they extend to their customer. Not attending to complaints is not related to any variant but is a part of culture of an organisation.

 

Areas of improvement  : Overall quality has to be improved for the product. In addition customer has to be taken as a purpose of the sales and service centers. Instead they treat the customer as if they are doing some favour to him. Redressal of complaints need to be sympathatic towards the customer because no body has time to file false complaints to get any benefit from the company.

 

 

Indigo CS is a good looking car, spacious and that salllong lost of cons. every part changed within three years. no resolution on reporting, high maintaine

Bought the GLS model 2 months back.

Pros

Very spacious, even more or equal to Honda City. The car looks good especially the boot. The Arctic silver color glows in the sunlight. A good value for money car.

Cons-

Considering  its kerb weight, the car is quite underpowered. 

The first gear does not take it above a speed of 10, 2nd gear can take it only till 20 and the 4th can be take it till a max of 40-50 kms. To reach a speed of 80-100 kms/hr, it requires more time then the other cars.( Had an experience wherein even the Alto has overtaken my car easily.)

Just wanted to verify on one point--- i  have been reading user reviews regarding mileage for indgio cs petrol which say that the car gives 11-12 kms/ltr in city driving.

But during the last 2 months I have been able to get a max. mileage of 9.4 kms/ltr in Mumbai traffic with regular unleaded petrol.

So just wondering whether there is some fault with my car settings?

Abhijit

Good style, Very spacious, good boot space.bad fuel economy, average interiors