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Originally Posted by m_upreti The AC vents remain in the same old place with a blower, nothing to cool the 3rd row except long drives and full blast AC, freezing the ankles of the 2nd row passengers in the bargain.
No attempt has been made to bring the Scorpio in line with the comfort of the XUV, it is still the old, butch truck with bells and whistles. |
Very correct. No third row a/c blower facility. [2nd row has 2 vents]. The front a/c vent is placed high on the dashboard, perhaps for the purpose of throwing cool air upto and beyond the middle row.
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Originally Posted by aniketi 2 cents from my side:
I quite liked the car but not the 2 things mainly.
1 Interior space is same & no third front facing row. That's a big downer for me. Its high time that it should have front facing seats. I guess they haven't launched any version with that, correct me if wrong. Overall space inside is ok but not great. |
There is front facing third row on 2 variants. One in 7 seater format (with captain seats in middle row) and one in the regular avataar, middle row also front facing (8 seater).
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Originally Posted by anandkumargb At 14.75 lakhs for S10 in Bangalore, I find the SUV to be highly priced.
In fact, it is more than a lakh costlier than the outgoing model. At 14.75 lakh, I started to wonder if W4 or W6 makes more sense. It does!
Imagine AT would be 16 lakhs OTR in Bangalore and AT+4*4 would be 17 plus lakhs in Bangalore. Prices are over the roof. Hence I have decided to pick up a used Scorpio VLX AT.
At 14.75 lakhs, the rear seats are a big let down; they are almost like a flat bench. Cannot hold candle to XUV seat comfort. I would have expected nice contours and support like XUV; maybe leather seats too for S10. |
14.75 is for the S10 with 2wd. S10 with 4wd is 16.14L. At these prices, they are way too costly for what it offers (imo).
Went and had a TD with my friends. One friend drove while I was seated in the 2nd bench row. I'm no SUV driver, so keeping that in view, here are my limited observations (compared to earlier gen Scorpio I've traveled in before, frequently).
a. Handling much more taut now. Body roll is much better, much controlled when shifting lanes at <80kmph. Woozy boat effect feeling is not there AT THESE SPEEDS ( we didn't get an opportunity to go beyond ~80 kph).
b. Middle bench row is amazing. Yes it's flat but 2 heavily built people plus 1 average sized adult can sit without having their love handles rub each other.
c. Under thigh support is brilliant in middle row bench seat. (but as my friend pointed, this could be disturbing for short people. Their feet may not touch the floor).
d. The nose dive & resultant swaying is still a little annoying on sudden/sharp braking (even on not so sudden braking). Just like the old Scorpio. Maybe this cannot be done away with, for a vehicle in this category?
e. Every time my friend took his foot off the accelerator to change the gear, the engine rpm rises. I don't know if this is regular behavior but my friend who has a Scorpio in his immediate family, confirms it shouldn't be the case.
f. I was only keen on the captain seats variant. New Scorpio with captains seats haven't reached showrooms yet. I was shown an older gen one, which had very little space for 3rd row. (literally nothing). Maybe 1 medium sized adult can sit in the 3rd row, making ideal placement behind the 2 captain seats.
g. Dashboard seems nice, audio wasn't tested extensively but seemed ok (can certainly be upgraded). Touch screen response was good (UI looked similar to XUV's).
h. Engine at below 2500rpm was not noisy at all and was appearing refined. Insulation of engine cabin is perhaps, good.
i. None of the available door pockets can be reached when the door is closed. Ditto for seat recline adjustments throughout the car and height adjustment lever for the driver. All adjustments need to be done when the doors are open. (really, else your hand should be of the size of a few pencils put together).
I don't know what more to say, I don't possibly have anymore to say. As I said I'm not an SUV guy, so take these as you please (won't that be the case anyway?
) Unfortunately way too overprized for me to afford the top end S10 (with or without 4WD).
Price list of Dealer Sireesh Auto in B'lore. (zoom in and you can see the details).