Showing posts with label Test drive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Test drive. Show all posts

Wednesday, 28 December 2022

Test drive of Hyundai Grand i10 NIOS Asta with Nikhilesh Roy at Saini Hyundai on 2022-12-27











Test drive of Hyundai Grand i10 NIOS Asta with Indian Roadie Nikhilesh Roy at Saini Hyundai on 2022-12-27 evening followed by a small munching session at Mio Amore, IA265 and coffee at Sweet N Sour. 

* Indian Roadie GTG

Friday, 24 February 2017

Test drive of Tata Hexa XTA in Kolkata on 2017-02-22

Accompanied my school buddy Sandip Samanta for a test drive of Tata Hexa XTA in Kolkata on 2017-02-22.



What's good in the XTA variant:
- The 2.2 ltr diesel engine is unbelievably quiet.
- The AMT version is a pleasure to drive.
- Powerful engine.
The 2.2-liter VariCOR diesel engine, which delivers 156 PS and 400 Nm of torque, is paired to 6-speed manual and 6-speed automatic transmissions, the latter gets a ‘Sport’ mode for better response. 
- Superb braking with disc brakes in the rear wheels also.
- 10 Speaker JBL system (5 speakers + 4 tweeters + 1 subwoofer) is awesome.
- Reasonably good safety features with 6 airbags.
- Premium Benecke-Kaliko seat upholstery. Very comfortable seating system. The finish is excellent.
- Smoked projector headlamps.
- Steering mounted Audio, Phone, Cruise control.
- 19" alloys with 235/85 tyres.

What's bad:
- All plastic items inside the car are of very poor quality.
- Access to the last row of seats is not an easy affair.

My verdict:
I have every reason to believe that Tata Motors is still trying out the perfect fit for the Indian market. The company will surely discontinue the Rs.19+ lakhs priced car in another 3 years, viz. by March 2020.