Raj b driven vento tdi HL for 23k KMs

Exterior Looks for blue and grey are simply awesome.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Leather seats are of very high quality, very uncomfortable left leg position for the driver, always touches the dash, driver seat and steering wheel position bound to give neck and back pain by 2000kms of driving, back middle seat is useless due to high bump on the floor. Doors are heavy for safety reasons but take massive efforts to open compared to other cars.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox If you need to feel the power within city limits or on the highway, this is the engine, zero turbo lag, superb responsive engine, fuel efficient and super smooth gear shifts, Engine drinks the engine oil, asks for top up every 6000kms. Very loud noisy engine, without putting on the music , the noise levels are similar to sleeper class compartment in Indian trains. Turbo charger noise is also audible inside the cabin, perfect high performance engine without the smoothness.

Ride Quality & Handling Driver would develop body pains due to the uncomfortable seating positions, clutch pedal is very hard compared Honda/Toyota, hand brake is not easily accessible due to the design of the arm rest, car is very stable while driving both at high and low speeds, feels very safe inside, feet develops pain after driving for 2000 kms or after driving for 3 months or so due to uncomfortable positioning of the pedals.

Inside rearview mirror is useless because of its very small size, high boot position too adds to complete blockage of rearview, while reversing Inside Rearview mirror is completely useless.

Final Words Very high maintenance costs.

Wheel alloy costs 22,000 INR, cant ignore this, this happens very frequently due to the potholes on state highways. Spare wheel is NOT an alloy wheel. No free servcings from VW, each servcing costs a minimum of 9000 INR. Tiny dents on any of the body part costs 6500INR to remove.

Areas of improvement Barring engine performance everything else needs improvement.

Fuel economy city:14kmpl highway:20kmpl,reliable for long drivesBack seat middle one unsuable, effectively 4 seater car,extreme high maintenance costs n wear n tear