Nissan SUNNY XV

Exterior One of the primary reasons for to buy Sunny was the exterior look. The wheel base of 2600 mm vs the other cars made it look a big bigger.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Legroom and seating comfort was the other. It has the best legroom and seating comfort in its class ( I also tested Skoda Rapid recently after the buy ). There are enough feature to keep me occupied but the stereo quality could have been way better. Also I had taken this package of kit with rear car parking sensors which I thought would be a good tool but is annoying and not worth the cost. The boot space is again at 490 lts which is big in its size.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine - Its 1.5 lts engine and I am not a big power driver so it suffices my need with the bhp and torque its tuned to. It could have been better though making it a 1.6 ltr engine.

Fuel Economy - The car travels in traffic of Mumbai, so was expecting atleast 12 vs 16 but its operating at 10.2 which kind of sucks.

Gearbox- The feel is not great with the gearbox. Feels like there is a snag and somehow not comfortable with the flow of the gearbox.

Brakes - The brakes make kind of funny noise for which the service advisor had given a reason but would like to see what happens in the 1st Service.

Ride Quality & Handling Considering the traffic conditions in Mumbai, manuvering has been easy so far. You don't feel the bumps.

Not tested at high speeds.

Final Words

A good family car!!

I have seen reviews on bad service , just to state my case - Got delivery of car in flat 5 days. Had broken the rear windshield there were no spares available the guys got the spare and had the car ready in 3 days with a constant follow up.

Got the car from Orion Nissan - Navi Mumbai. On Sales side even I got messed up on the 52k discount (got the car delivery on 17th Nov'11)

Will be completing 1k kms in a few days and will be visiting workshop for the 1st service so lets see how does that go through.

Areas of improvement Wheel size needs to be increased, Stereo quality, Gearbox flow.

Exterior design, Leg room, Auto ignition startGearbox Snag, Mileage, Stereo Quality