Lot of space without much of a performance

I bought Indica Vista Saffire Aura in January 2009 and thought that I should give my opinion about the car. Exteriors & Interiors – Paint quality is excellent. There is vast improvement in interiors as compared to earlier versions of Indica. It is good looking and nice. Power windows switches are of pathetically poor quality and look like they are products of cottage industry. I wonder why? Music System – Going for factory fitted music system was a mistake. It is sufficient for those who never raise a volume beyond moderate levels and not much bothered about crispness of sound. Go for Aqua model instead and buy your own 2 DIN system. A/C – I found it satisfying. I have fitted V-Kool film and it has enhanced the A/C performance to a very satisfactory level. Comfort – The sitting space in a car is not dependent on outer size of the car. It is always dependent on wheel base of the vehicle. Anyone can check that the wheel base of Vista is maximum, in the category. Also Tata’s have reduced the boot size (I think so) to increase the leg space for the rear seat passengers. Roof is tall. It is the Best car in hatch category as far as space is concerned. Mileage – They claim average of 15.7 / Litre. I always top the tank and drive till the low fuel warning light is turned on. If I drive throughout in Mumbai traffic, I get an average of 8 to 9. If I make one of the trip to Pune on expressway it goes up to 13.5. Extremely low as compared to my expectations. I was expecting 12 in the city and 16 on highway. (I am a moderate speed driver 30-70 in city and 80-100 on highway) Pickup and Power – It doesn’t respond to pressing of accelerator. The pickup is low and if you abuse the car with rough usage it punishes you with average below 8. So you need to be careful enough to keep your RPMs below 2000 till you reach the fifth gear. It is not a powerful car. Pricing – It is the cheapest car in the category. Any car offering the same features is expensive atleast by 50,000. So VFM VFM VFM. Overall – If you are a family man past the adrenalin driven stage of life go for it. I heard that Quadrajet gives much better mileage per litre of diesel and is better on power but expensive than Saffire by 1,00,000. Kedar, Mumbai