Re: Tata Nexon : Official Review Hello Every one,
I am a newbie here and this is my first post so please excuse for any mistakes in writing and a long post.
Recently my wife's Activa started giving trouble and since it is showing its age now (14 years almost), we have decided to buy a new car for her daily commute to the office.
As soon as the thought of purchasing a new car comes to mind and discussions started in the family, testosterone spiked in a boring life post-Covid. With a lot of excitement, I have started research on which car; of course on TBHP (where else).
The requirement was clear….
=> should be automatic - wife will use it and she will be the first-time driver
=> small hatch - easy to commute for the new driver
=> petrol - less than 20 km daily driving
=> Safety - at least 4-star rating
=> Budget - 8-10 Lac approx.
Shortlisted cars
=> Tiago AMT
=> Santro
=> Punch AMT
Santro was rejected by wife for the looks,rear seat and I feel it is not worth the money they asked for. So we visited the Tata showroom (Garve Motors, Tathwade, opp. to Mumbai-Bangalore highway) to test drive Tiago and Punch. We visited them on Sunday and ohh boy, there was so much rush. For the moment I thought I came here to watch Maverick and standing in a queue to buy a ticket.
One lady approached us and ask for the details (typical formalities) and then she assigned one salesman to us. The salesman looks eager and started explaining all the details of Tiago which I was already aware of.
Suddenly my wife said, "Which is that car"(looking at a #Dark Altroz)
Me - That's Altroz
Wife - I want that car (with excitement)
Me - that is at least 3 lakhs more compared to Tiago
Wife - I will pay for it, and I want the same color.
The decision was taken. Who will not fall in love with Altroz dark; I am more than happy since it is a DCA and not AMT.
Booked Altroz top-end DCA dark edition. On road Rs. 11.58 lacs. Paid 21k booking amount and we left. Then the twist comes. On the next weekend, we took our kids (12 and 5 yrs) and my father to see the car. On reaching the showroom, my father and kids were checking Nexon by the time me and wife were busy with a salesman. Now kids want the sunroof and father is impressed with the space, comfort, and high seating position.
After a lot of discussion at home (read arguments), we decided to go ahead with Nexon XMAS which is 11.65 OTR Pune, more or less the same as Altroz top end.
While I am happy to have Nexon compared to Altroz, DCA to AMT is a little disappointing for me. But since my wife is going to use it most of the time, I decided to let it go.
On checking the feature list of XMAS, a few of the important features were missing like cruise control, leather-wrapped gear knob and steering wheel, and TPMS.. So I decided to go for the XZA+ HS variant and that adds approx 3 odd Lacs more, which is fine since we are going to keep the car for a longer duration (more than 7-8 years) so worth it.
Finally called the SA and told him to change the booking from Altroz to Nexon which he did without any fuzz. I negotiated with him on the insurance amount (they quoted Rs.66863) and they reduced it by 25 K and an additional 7k corporate discount. No other discount. waiting period - 4 months. So this is how I went about booking Tiago and ended up with Nexon.
Few questions to Nexon AMT Petrol owners.
=> How different Nexon AMT is from Tiago AMT. I test drove Tiago AMT and feel the lag in gear shift and little head nod too (Typical AMT nature). Your on-road experience, please.
=> I read somewhere that AMT's will adjust our driving style over a period of time. How relevant it is.
=> Will Nexon AMT climb hills (e.g. Matheran Ghat near Mumbai) in A mode and how easy it will perform in this kind of terrain with a full load. I am very concerned about it since we normally plan for trips.
=> How effective hill hold is
=> Is Nexon come with adaptive cruise control or a simple one.
=> What accessories do you guys suggest in Nexon XZA+ HS
=> Any other suggestions
=> Is it worth waiting for Nexon DCA? some rumors are around. Does anyone have sound information on when it will launch?
Best Regards
Last edited by Sheel : 27th July 2022 at 17:35.
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