Re: Chevrolet Enjoy : Official Review After having read the official review of Enjoy and having followed the views and comments from BHpians, I finally had an opportunity to be driven along in an Enjoy in the Mumbai traffic. There were some comments from other members I may not have completely agreed with , there were some conclusions drawn that sounded logical.
My take after the ride around town for a day in an Enjoy was as follows, and some of these I rationalize ; is a result of really having a low perception of this vehicle prior to really getting to travel in one
The vehicle is not half as bad as I had imagined it to be. For the price point, I think it is good value for money. The version I was travelling in was a basic version, but it had A/c vents for the second row, and captain seats in the second row The quality of plastics on the dashboard was decent.
The ride was very comfortable and at no point in time, did I feel the engine being strained or the vehicle dragging for the lack of power- I had the opportunity of being driven in bumper to bumper traffic as well as on the express highway.
IMO, the fit and finish was pretty decent and the vehicle is very spacious, the ingress and exit would be tough to the 3rd row, but is like in a Wagon R for the 1st and 2nd row.
The ride did not seem to have the typical cradle effect experienced in Xylo, Scorpio or Sumo ( no offence meant to owners of these vehicles), the ride was pliant and close to being car like
The 3 year service package and the overall 3yr /100000 Km warranty is a great value proposition for anyone looking at a comfortable workhorse which will not break the bank.
The cabbie taking me around used to have an Innova earlier, so I had a brief chat with him on his new mule. He was clear that an Innova is an Innova and cannot be compared to this mule by any measure ( he had owned the Innova for 6 years clocking 170000 Km and got a good price when he sold it). However, he decided to go for a Chevy this time around for the initial cost (8L as against 14L for an Innova), better FE; says he gets 16.5 in city, (his vehicle is new and just completed 1000Km and was due for 1st service); customers, he said, were not ready to pay in a manner that would justify his investment in an Innova and so this was a logical choice.
Enjoy, IMO is a decent choice even as a personal vehicle if one is looking at choice of mobility for a large family, to say Maruti did a great job with Ertiga and GM has done a shoddy job with Enjoy is not entirely true. While Maruti and Gm are not comparable on most fronts, the very fact that GM is offering this vehicle with a 100000Km warranty as against a 2 year 45000 km warranty offered by Maruti does speak volumes of GM's confidence in the build and reliability of Enjoy.
Do any BHpians have any details on the safety ratings of the Enjoy?, this when compared to those of competing models could be another indicator to the safety conscious buyer |