The best car in entry segment sedan in india

I had a Ford Ikon 1.3 clxi earlier; I sold it out recently for very high maintenance cost. Now I am researching the market for a new sedan and found that the new Manza is an amazing entry in the market.  I had a test drive of Aura ABS Safire and my experience is really satisfying.

 At first I should say that the looks are much refined from Vista or any other TATA car, especially the front is not alike Vista and its not a Vista with a boot. The interior is very spacious and well designed. Loaded with lots of features (u can see the website so I am not describing), which are not available in this segment.

The engine (Safire 90 from FIAT) is totally silent at static condition and I had mistaken it as ‘off’ while the engine was ‘on’. The power and pick up are too good to zoom over 100 kmph, even in a short stretch of road. The roaring sound is little higher in high rpm. The gear changes smoothly and even in low speed as 20 kmph, the car picks up smoothly in 4^th gear, so the city drive will be hassle free. The handling and stability is too good, I took a U turn at almost 80 kmph with the EBD and ABS worked just fine and the car did not have any skidding sound. The high speed stability is better than any other car in its segment. The suspensions are also good enough to make you forget the bad roads. AC is pretty strong and music system is also quite hi-fi.

I drove my earlier Ford Ikon for many thousands of miles and also drove a Nissan Almera in the UK and a Toyota Corrola in the US, with this experience, I can conclude that this car is going to win a big market for TATA if it can perform well for years. It is now to be tested by time only.

The only bad thing I noticed that the plastics and fabrics used are not as good as the similar sedans of Maruti Suzuki, Ford  or Hyundai. You may have to choose some good leather seat covers to match the class ;-).

Excellent design of both exterior and interior, well built, loads of features and damn good pricingPlastic and fabric quality is not so good.