Tata Zest User Reviews

Dear Buyer, I change my car every few years (not high end expensive cars) out of my love for cars and doing this since several years. Driven all sorts of cards from Ambassador, Fiat Premier Padmini in 90's to 800, Omni, Cielo, Maruti 1000, Esteem, Gypsy, Sumo, Santro, Ikon, I20, Verna, Zen, Beat and now a Tata Zest. I wasnt much inclined to own a TATA after once having driven a Sumo. I am generally not impressed with the tatamotors brand when this competes with the Hondas, VWs, Chevys and Toyotas. Not much impressed with Suzuki either notwithstanding its ASS network across India.

But this was a turnaround. I test drove Aspire, Dzire, Amaze, Xcent and Zest. For this price, if they give something extra something else would be taken away. Mileage with underpower, Bootspace with passenger space, features or power and if most of the things are there, it is an apt taxi feeling.

Now straight to the point - Tata Zest gives you most and above all - impresses to be a drivers' car. Its a feeling of a Verna Fluidic inside, better than Sunny on a driving experience. The control and weight is amazing. If height and steering is adjusted to your comfort, you feel the control of a high end car.

Exterior Proof that the TATA impression is eating into your impression over the looks. Cover the logo and its comparable to any european car. The front gives the impression of power. The back is Okay but cant help if the designers are forcing themselves into 4 meters. The car looks good.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Seats are extremely comfortable. I have a lower back issue and the car bucket seats are awesome. There are some limitations - no space for big bottles, wallet, magazines etc. Features are standard as in other cars and Harman Kardon is good.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is powerful. With turbo in petrol is zooms. This car is real power and compare it with 1.6 litre engines. Economy is not like Suzuki for sure. I got a 14 in eco mode in city, 18 in high way. But the engine is still new and its before its first service. Note, I have a full efficient handling type of driving with least braking, maximum roll before speed breakers and signals, gear change is lowest feasible RPM and very soft touch of accelarator. Gear box is good like the Chevys and the Ford.

Ride Quality & Handling Awesome, no doubt. Go the the ghats and you'll realize the piece Tata motors has made. Go 120 KMPH and there is not a bit of shiver. The car is in control. The steering is silky yet commands. Take sharp bends and the car holds them like butter. This is the best part. Perhaps, it was this than anything else which bowls me over. Its a wow in handling to a driver.

Final Words Go for TATA ZEST. I met the ASS and these guys are really improved. They want to make a point. It seems they have used some experience from their European facilities of Jaguar and Rover.

Areas of improvement Dear Tatamotors - Where is the space for my wallet, bottles etc? I need to make it up with accessories. Why not add a handrest for the back seat if not the driver? Eco mode underpowers the vehicle like anything - do you really need this mode? Once you drive in ECO and then in CITY, the latter gives an impression of low mileage, although its not true. Sport is like a takeoff from the road but the mileage bar goes down. Who is racing? CITY is sufficiently powerful. Please ask your dealership to know clear advantages of Zest in the segment. I knew more than them. Ask them to learn by heart the difference in models. Otherwise they were good with service.

Handling, comfort, ControlPracticality on Bottle, wallet or sundry space

Driving experience is super and excited. Comfortable interiors and exterior quality. Look of front view is good. Good engine, sounds good too.

I like this Car It's a best in low price. It's engine is nearly about 1200cc. And you got a comfort in this car. Diesel mileage is best than petrol.

Exterior  The design of the zest is notch above others. The Projector headlamps, LED tail lamp gives it a very sporty look. The fit and finish had been improved. The tata motors are back in the game. All the variants come with sporty alloy wheels of set of 4.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)  Step inside the zest and you will be pleasently surprised. The interiors doesn't let you feel that you are sitting in a tata car. Specially the Harman touchscreen infotainment system with voice recognition give the car a feature rich background. The voice recognition system recognizes words of indian accent also. Thanks to the 3 sound insulating layers which makes the cabin very quiet. The Dashboard is inspired by the Jaguar interiors. If you want to see the video demonstration of the voice command based infotainment system then click below:

http://youtu.be/21HtvirgKq8

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox  The revotron engine is much powerfull. In sports mode, the acceleration is the best. The fuel economy is good, but best in quadrajet (diesel). The gearbox is smooth.

Ride Quality & Handling  The ride quality is very nice. You will not feel much jerks. The handling is also nice.

Final Words  The car is best in its segment. This car is better that its competitors like swift dzire, Xcent, Amaze, Etios and Sail. This car is fully loaded with best features most of which doesn't exists in its compititors. I advice you to buy this car instead of other cars like amaze, dzire, xcent, sail, etc. Be Indian buy indian. This car pleased me a lot. The most thing i like in this car is its voice command based infotainment system and the 8 speakers surround effect. This is a best car to buy at lower price with a lot of inbuilt features. This is a great car to own.

Areas of improvement  Tata Motors are a huge step forward by launching this car. This car is a game changer for tata motors. The Fit and finish has also been improved.

Exterior, LED light & projector lamps, interior and dash, best infotainment systemNothing found yet

Exterior

 Car's exterior is very good and much better than other cars in this segment. Impressive from fron, rear & side.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Spacious cabin and host of features. I couldnt have expected better than this in this segment.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 I recieved fuel economy of 17-19 kmpl in my 2000 km odometer. Engine is smooth and NVH levels are acceptable. Gearbox is smooth.

Ride Quality & Handling

 Very smooth ride and handling, i love this car

Final Words

 This is the first time i loved the TATA car. I am completely astonished by overall package others cant offer. If you are looking for amaze, dzire & Xcent, give this car a serious thought because this is better than others. Just go for it.

Areas of improvement  

Dealer services are not as good as other offers. I want TATA to work in this area.

This is only problem which is against this car.

I have not recieved my dealer accesories yet even after 15 days of purchasing the car.

 

 

Styling, Features & many first in segmentNot found yet

2015 se meh yeh car chala raha hu, mene avi tak 2,40,000 km chalaya hai, mene isme 27.01 kmpl tak paya hai, speed upto 170 km pr. Hous salaya bahat hi badhiya control hai isme. Agar aap soch rahe hai ki meh galat bol raha hoon to aap mere gadinka nbr leke details dekh sakte hai. Mera gaadi ka nbr AS01BT**** or mera phone nbr 95****1**9 hai

I was looking to buy a car and I have checked several time on carwale, compared swift, amaze, grand I 10, etios and more.  When I was checking On road price the price was getting little high as my on road budget was around 6 Lakh, and I was missing some feature like alloy wheel, airbags.

When Zest Launch - It had overcome the gap of 1 Lakh, I got everything a first car buyer needed.

And In my case Zest was the first car that I had driven, and I had bought it also. 

Now I had completed 5000 KM driving and I am comfortable to give the performance, milage and experience review.

I had purchased Zest XMS (Petrol) From Shreeji Automart, Surat and they had provided me on time. The guidance Given from the salesmen Mr. Dinesh during test drive was quite impressed me, and I have switched from XM to XMS model.

Exterior Exterior is Amazing, you cant compalin it, Front view, side view looks modern, Almost a complete package from front, Alloy wheels gives some modern looks and I am sure it will not allow me to think for new car in next few years. 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Space, comfort on zest is outstading, just i was missing Rare AC, but At this price segment I have no complain. Music system by harmen is just outstanding, Speakers are performing beyond expecatations, still I was thinking to add 2 more at boot. Speadometer, Stearing and seats are very comfortable. 3 big People comfortably seat at back seat, and 4 people can also be adjusted for short trip.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox I had completed 5000 Km and completed first free services. Enginge is performing well, We can drive easily arround 120 KM SPeed on highway - at average of 16KM/l. When we drive  around 70 to 90 Speed in Eco Mode - average is Coming under 19 When we drive  around 70 to 90 Speed in City Mode - average is Coming under 17.

When we drive  sports mode (Speed above 120) - average is Coming  15 to 16. I have also made a complain of average but when service manager drive my car around 20 KM with AC OFF, My average was coming 22+ on ECO and 19 on Sports mode - We have tracked this on average indicaticators.

Ride Quality & Handling Fantastic car when it comes to handling, Brakes are Nice as I have ABS, Used on first driving and car rematin stable even on placing high speed brackes. Stearing remain stable.

Final Words Not last but, I can say a best car come for me at a right time. Enjoying long drives. And I feel produd owner of the Tata zest.

Staff and Service Manager at Surat Shreeji automart are very supportive. Also I am happy that tata motors itself is checking all the improvements. In last 3 months I had provided almost 7 Feedback to them.

Areas of improvement Door Noise can be improved, Othe things I didnt noticed, As Its my first car it fulfill all my needs.

Fuel Economy, designs, interior, space, Music, Silent Cabin,Door Noise during closing,

Exterior Well, it needs no elaboration as even a person who hasn't driven the zest himself will vouch for its cute styling & looks, must say it is a stunner in its segment.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Absolutely No doubt about it and i have no qualms in mentioning that it is indeed a feature rich car. Tata Designers, Developers & Engineers have spared no efforts to incorporate every little conceivable safety, & infotainment feature in the car. Be it  Air Bags, ABS, Rear parking sensor, Rear Defogger, Day Time Running Lights, Distance to empty, Avg Fuel consumption etc. And to top the charts, the icing on the cake is a very high end  Harmaan Audio System. I purchased my zest xt in January 2015 and I have come to know that the present zest models in the market are even offering navigation and video play back feature also. The car is very comfortable on long rides, suspension is pretty decent provided you don't deliberately jump the car over large Pot-holes. Engine Noise inside the cabin is almost negligible, considering its a diesel engine. Gear shift is very smooth and no vibration in the gear stick. I don't know what R&D Tata has done with the Steering but after driving Zest when  you drive any other car with power steering, you will definately feel that you are driving a vehicle sans the power steering. In short, Power Steering in Zest is super smooth & light and feels equally sturdy on Highways at high speeds. You don't feel fatigued after travelling long distance due to the high driving position & comfortable seats. A sore point is Tata failed to provide sufficient storage spaces & bottle holders inside.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine performance is good & very refined, considering its the tried & tested Fiat 1.3 Quadrajet engine. Power delivery is good as the engine is tuned to 90 PS. It depends upon an individual's driving style, so if someone is in the habit of pressing on the gas in the second gear then he might feel a lil disappointed as the real power kicks in the 3rd and 4th gear when the Turbo surges in. Over taking is no problem and you get the desired  power to race ahead when needed on the highway. In city driving (Delhi & Gurgaon)I'm getting a mileage of 14 kmpl with AC and on the Highway I've managed 18 Kmpl with AC and you would be pleasantly surprised when you will see your zest returning impressive figures of 17-18 kmpl while driving in hills. One really nice feature in the car is the Avg. fuel consumption meter and believe me its not off the mark. I have noticed that by calculating the mileage by completely filling the fuel tank and then filling it again, the figures i got were almost comparable with the figures displayed by the avg fuel meter. Gear shift is very smooth as mentioned above.   

Ride Quality & Handling Ride Quality & handling is superb. 

Final Words Considering the parking woes in NCR I planned to buy a compact sedan in the sub 4 meter category and Zest completely fitted the bill and has not disappointed me at all. If you are in the process of buying a sedan then my advise would be to go for zest as no point in buying a Verna or Honda City for that matter. You will end up shelling out a few lacs more for less inner space, a marginal powerful engine and hyped up brands.  

Areas of improvement More Storage space should be provided inside the car.

Cute Looks , Decent space & Reasonable Fuel EconomyLack of Bottle Holders etc

Exterior Definitely carried forward from the vista but c'mon you've got to look inside a girls heart to know her, outer looks can deceive anybody.!

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) 10/10, there isn't a single thing which isn't there, and everybody out here saying no bottle storage space as such may want to give it a second thought , you can easily chip in a 500ml water bottle, what others might provide is maybe 2 cup holders or bottle storage but hey, do they provide harman music system with a touch screen ??

Choice is yours HARMAN music system or water bottle holders?

Space is excellent, it has always been there in tata cars and this is no exception. Comfort, totally the rugby quoted seats are good.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Now fuel economy in city conditions isn't the show stealer for this car, a lot depends on how quickly you shift the gears, up shift or down shift both effect the economy, i've got as high as 13 in economy mode and as low as 8 in the same mode.

Totally depending on my mood and traffic conditions, don't race with this 1.2 tourbocharged and you'll win in this section of economy 

Ride Quality & Handling Amazing, the stearing is super light and feels just the perfect for rough traffic. Won't feel flying at high speeds. 

Final Words I was buying the honda amze at first but then its just too costly for what it offers, airbags with abs are a costly affair with this car and just this even the swift dezire man you've gotta spend about 1.2 lakhs more for the top ends and you won't get the same features namely rear parking sensors and a harman music system with 4 speakers and 4 tweeters, yes with harman you can expect everything.

Its made in india with everything you'd want safety is always sexy if you have it, fair enough to say not everybody has it.

Areas of improvement Add a rear ac vent and provide bottle holders at back too. Front and rear arm-rest can add to the x factor.

space, projector headlamps, harman music system, comfortable seats, sound of engine yeah definitely.until you want to race with a 1.2 engine don't buy this, slow and steady does wonders though