Tata Zest User Reviews

Exterior Front portion looks similar to indica, vista.A look from either sides, the chrome finsihed strip on the windows  would make it  difficult to judge and tell if the car is from tata or any other expensive brand, boot on the rear is nicely integrated, the led lights on the rear, gives a expensive car look alike to BMW or mercedes.The front lights are corona rings which a impossible to find in any other competitors in this segment, barring the look of vista n indica, manza, i simply love the overall design. 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Audio system by Harman is mind blowing, 8 speakers in built make it mind blowing.The AC is uniform and chilling within few minutes, controls on steering are easy to access, except for the horn for which easy accessibility needs to be improved, hard to reach out while driving, Good finish and good quality materials used in the cabin bulit, mice insulated cabin which makes hard to guess to such a level that it is difficult to tell if the engine is in on or off mode(petrol), 3 can sit on the rear without any issue at all and good leg room no problem on long journeys at all, the air bags are included only for 7 lakhs on road for both driver seat  and copassenger makes it a safe car, in bulit security alarm is cool and secure, SUSPENSION IS GOOD, IMPACT IS HARDLY FELT INSIDE.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The new revetron is cool no lag whatsoever, 15 is not bad at all on highways and I get 13.5 to 14 in city, gerbox has no issues when switched smoothly which full clutch pressed while shifting gears.

Ride Quality & Handling The car feels stable and planted even at high speeds, the steering commmunicates well with the driver and makes him feel that he is well in control of the car. The ABS+EBD+CS makes it an advance featured car in this segment, infact you cant find all the three in a single built car not even in honda amaze, xcent or swift or sunny or honda city.

Final Words I booked first the Xcent , later during my test drive came across this superb car on August 12, 2014.Though to check the Zest, After all the claims Tata  was making eg: improved customer service, better on road assistance, knowledegable people who really know abt the vehicle, Good customer service on the first go, when I took test drive i couldnt believe i was riding a tata vehicle, I choose to dump all the negative feedback i heard abt Tata for years and indeed TATA WITH THE ARRIVAL OF ZEST ARE WALKING THE TALK!!! I THEN COMPARED XCENT MID VARIANT PETROL WHICH WAS 6, 47,000 ON ROAD AND THE NEW ZEST WHICH WAS 7,00,000 XT HIGH END, THEN REALIZED THAT I FELT I WAS CHEATED BY HYUNDAI, NOT HAVING INCLUDED AIR BAGS,MANY MORE FEATURES. IMMEDIATELY WENT TO HYUNDAI AND CANCELLED THE BOOKING AND WENT AHEAD WITH THE ZEST, NOW THAT IS CALLED WORTH FOR YOUR MONEY....TATA HATZ OFF TO YOU, AND I AM PROUD AN INDIAN BUILT IS OFFERING SUCH A SUPERB PRODUCT FOR THE BEST PRICE..... I LOVE MY ZESTT.

Areas of improvement MAKE THE HORN EASILY ACCESSIBLE, IF POSSIBLE MAKE THE FRONT LOOK UNIQUE AND NOT MATCHING WITH ANY TATA VEHICLE, BETTER FINISH FOR UNDER THE 4 CAR DOORS.

TATA has done great work in field of styling & driving pleasure. Car exterior is very fresh & class leading. Interior is inspired by premium class which is quite visible in Dash board.

Infotainment system are very good & give a feel of luxary & no competetior can beat in this .

Ride& Handelling is top class. Highway driving provides enough control over vehicle & city  driving is quite good, everyone love to drive.

Lot of work has been done for fit & finish. It is no more TATA's old car, now it give strong competetion to all leaders in premium segment, Thanks to JLR who guided TATA in this way to make class leading interiors & exteriors with clean fit & finish.

Mileage is very good & every one will ove to drive in three driving mode ECO,CITY & SPORT as per their driving habit . From a fuel concious person to sport enthuasiit everyone love to drive this car. It will provide ~ 19-21 avg on highway which is very good.

Now next thing will roam arround TATA sales & service . But I had visited some f them flagship delaership like concorde they are best & others are no more behind . Service is also improved a lot. All the work has been being done to minimise the effort of customer & incresing his satis faction.

Wish a all the Best for truly Indian Car. It will also restrict to flow indian currency in foreign hand. Now we can say This is It. Less drive, enjoy & share.

Exterior The new head lamp design with the front grill and LED / fog light jells well giving it a sharp look. The distinct shoulder and bottom lines on the sides carries the design from the front well to complement with its rear. The rear of the car for me is the best however, its complete profile may look stubby - you have to blame it to the sub 4 meter length. Big 15 inch allows gives the car an imposing stance. Overall the looks in this category is best in Zest.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) With Zest, Tata has come a long way ahead when it comes to its interiors. Colour, quality, fit and finish are impressive. – We buy a car to travel comfortably and for that we need SPACE, which is lots in any Tata car and Zest has adequate storage space too for sub 4 meters (390 liters) Getting in and out is fairly easy even for 6 foot+ and seats are comfortable – here Zest blows its competition by a big margin. Harman Kardon music system sounds fantastic. You will not get this quality of music even in premium cars. To name a few - Touch screen, steering mounted controls, ABS EBD from second variant, Allow wheels for all variants- are features from many more that you get in Zest.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox New Revetron engine gives you the pickup and power needed for city driving as well as weekend drives. The economy, as claimed, for petrol is about 17.5 and diesel at 23 Kmpls is not bad. My short drive was exciting with smooth gear shifts and engine modes i.e Eco, Sport and City is impressive and worked well. The diesel comes in auto gearbox too.

Ride Quality & Handling Smooth and enjoyable. I must say that handling is particularly very good and Zest feels very easy to drive.

Final Words Overall, Zest is a practical and a beautiful car being offered at an attractive price. Audio system sounds refreshingly good. One cannot like it only if he decides not to.

Exterior

 Looks are good.                                                                                           .

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 You won't feel like you are inside a TATA vechicle                                                                                          .

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 Proved Engine ...But, need to check about the Fuel Economy.                                                                                          .

Ride Quality & Handling

 Superb .....Clutch is feather lite .....I feel you dont need AMT if you are worried about clutch in traffic

Final Words

 Shifted from VW to TATA ...But, it's worth. 

Areas of improvement  

 Need to improve the build quality....But, still it's better when compared with Hyndai, Maruthi, Ford.

Exterior The Tata zest has the new design from Tata, so it looks very modern. I like the new head lamps and grille along with the fancy alloy wheels. Tata will be able to appeal to modern buyers and its existing customers thanks to the mix in design.  

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) The Tata Zest is full of features like the Hyundai Xcent but because of the chrome it looks much fancier than the Hyundai car. It gets dual tone colouring for the seats which looks nice but will be hard to keep. In the XT variant there is also a touch screen which is very modern and I think first time in this segment.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox I am very impressed with AMT gearbox which for this price is very good. The mileage will not be great because its not manual but will make driving very easy. I like the new petrol engine as fuel prices are very close so the difference will be minimal when it comes to running cost.

Ride Quality & Handling Tata always makes good driving cars and so this one should not be any less when it comes to highway driving. In city it will have high mileage because of lots of torque making it very easy to drive in bumper to bumper rush traffic. Ride is comfortable and correct mix of soft and stiffness. 

Final Words Tata will make good numbers with this car due to its features and good engines both in petrol and diesel.

Exterior Zest comes with the new design different from previous Tata Motors cars, the car looks really really good. Although the design could have been a little more better but doesn't matter overall I loved it!

Interior It has features which no one else offers like Harman Music System, 3 driving mode, Super comfortable seats, Day time running LED, amazing space etc

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox 3 driving mode gives you the maximum performance.

Ride Quality & Handling I drove it for like 7 kms, the car is out and out performer. It felt like I am driving a Rs.15 lac car.

Final Words Tata is back and how! Compare it with Amaze or Dzire this car is winning any given time. Complete value for money. I strongly recommend to test drive to believe it. Also check out the quality of the delaers, so so much better compared to Maruti Suzuki.

I was looking out for a compact sedan and dared to check out Zest. Have driven it for about 600 km now and I still ask myself is this really Tata!

Exterior Zest looks good..if not the best in compact sedan category.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Had heard a lot about poor quality interiors of Tata cars…but couldn’t complain a bit on this for Zest. Touch screen music system, steering mounted controls with voice commands excellent. Good second row space for three people, head room for six footers the quality of material and dash board (is this Tata?) Impressive. Zest is loaded with practical features check them out.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Gearshifts, pick up, clutch - good. It has delivered 14 kmpl in city.

Ride Quality & Handling It’s fun to drive. 15 inch alloy for all variants- big thumbs up

Final Words I was about to buy Xcent. But changed to Zest. It has proved a worthy buy for me and yes it is a Tata car. Best VFM car.

Areas of improvement After sales service. I hope that perception will change too!

Exterior

I am totally amazed at how Tata Zest have been designed and yes when it’s on road people does check it out.  Back lit Tail LED , Front engine bonnet and high ground clearance make it look  very impressive. Most of the guys don’t believe at first, Zest being a Tata Brand. :) 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

While Driving I get two ways to adjust myself by adjusting Length and height of the seat. The seats are really comfortable as Tata has signified the presence of shoulder hugging seats and yes it does make the interior look nice. About back seats you get enough leg space to be at your comfort. With Airbags ,Safety is ensured but I would have preferred side airbags also.  Dashboard comprises of Infotainment which has call reject/accept feature which I find it very useful while driving accepting a call while driving and the controls are on steering wheel. Sound system is nice. Cabin as whole is very pretty and comfortable.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 With three engine mode you have the ability to pace at your own way. I have driven City and sprts mode and yes it makes a huge difference when you drive in sports mode. You get power while pickup. I felt the boost while driving in sports mode and in city/Eco its normal and they are all about fuel efficiency.

Ride Quality & Handling

I would attribute my ride quality as very smooth due to high ground clearance .One can run over bumps how high it might be. Even with bumpy roads you feel very less shake inside the cabin. 

Final Words

Overall verdict is Excellent . I liked the car very much myself driving , styling, comfort and best part was sports mode. I would definitely recommend to my friends who either loves fuel economy or power. 

Areas of improvement  

Clutch changing could have been more smooth. 

Engine compartment coverage from mud.

Exterior Good styling, the headlights are very very powerful

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Very good space inside, the feel of the instrument cluster is very good, door with child safety is very good, the sound insulation is very nice.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Reverse gear sometimes create problem, remaining every thing is ver smooth, after stopping the engine the fan to cool the engine starts automatically and stops automatically. when you put the machine in the sports mode, the acceleration is fantastic.

Ride Quality & Handling Awesome, teriffic, you can drive it upto 120km/h with nearly zero sound coming from the engine.

Final Words Good car , i am loving it, just drive, enjoy the music and chill in ac, it is a good car from tata motors, which is going to give tough competition to etios,xcent,desire and lastly the sail.

Areas of improvement Customer service, the sales persons are the most illeterate of t.c.motors, howrah. Still now i havent went to the service centre dont know wat terror is waiting there.