Corolla Atlis - The Gem re-born to rule the Indian roads

I purchased the car 1.8GL on Oct-1st 2008 and so far I have clocked approx. 8000 Kms. I am pleased with overall experience. Very easy to handle,  bad roads no problem, it can handle them better than the Honda Civic (thanks to Altis's better ground clearence). The interiors are great and the engine performance is also wonderful. The engine is a typical toyota - very smooth, quiet and packed with power. With 132 BHP its very easy to overtake any other vehicle. The music system with 6-CD changer is excellent, the switches are very convinently placed on the stearing wheel (I wish the music system remote control storage was given for the rear seats and also that there was the provision of USB input). One can see Toyota did spend lot of time to get many small storage places...very innovative. Needless to talk about the style, I simply loved the "Mini Camry" looks . It certainly looks much more upmarket than a Civic or previous Corolla. Personally I find Altis pretier than even Laura. Seats in rear are treat - very comfortable (though I wish there was a cell phone charger in the rear)....and if you are driver, 8 ways power adjustable seat is just for your delight. So far, I am very happy with its fuel efficiency ranging between 11.5 - 12 KM/Liter in Gurgaon / Delhi city traffic. On highway, I have been the milage of approx. 13.5 KM/Liter. All this backed by superb Toyota confidence, I am enjoying it. There was a small issue with the breaking noise initially, however Toyota was able to fix it to my satisfaciton quickly. Though, I miss the parking sensors as an standard equipment and also at times I wish that the outside rear view mirrors could have been larger, I will certainly recommend this car to anyone.

One dissatisfaction though...I had not so great experience with the services given by Grace Toyota, Gurgaon. Had it been any other company's dealership, I would have been ok, but from the word Toyota with their name, I expected better service & responses to my issues. My idea is to share the disappointment and hence I am withdrawing more details related to what went wrong from their side.  Having said this, I am assuming that this was one off case specially when they are new dealership at Gurgaon.  I have no intentions to create problems for them in already very competitive market. In past, I was getting calls from their new customer relationship manager asusring me of good services and therefore, I could see an effort from their side. I am sure sooner or later this focus will be translated in better service quality.

Excellent Styling / Classic Looks, Value for Money, Ground Clearence, Interiors, Fuel EfficiencyLack of Parking sensor as standard equipment, Small outside rear view mirrors