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Originally Posted by n.devdath Well, its probably because I m used to the Scorpio's steering wheel but somehow, even my Cielo's steering wheel feels more comfortable. You know, the feel of the material is softer and somehow more cosseting.This was too hard for my liking, but again it is a personal preference. |
The Fortuner has softer material than Punto and Elantra.
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The Scorpio's seat is a bit cramped for sure but the position is spot on is what I feel. In this, you know, I felt like, sitting in a car and driving an SUV. I have had a very short drive in a Pajero and that felt much better. What I mean here is, and SUV seat, in my opinion, should give you a taller, higher and a more commanding driving position compared to a car.
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The Fortuner's seat is height adjustable and can be raised to have a more commanding position if one requires, personally i prefer the relaxed seating posture over the very upright posture in the Scorpio.
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Keeping the Innova and Xylo out, I guess the Endy may, though I have not sat in it or driven it but the Fortuner doesn't is my point. Maybe no other SUV does too.
Dunno about the Endy again and compared to the Scorp, well I d say its on par unless you are on the middle "Raja" seats.
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The Problem with the Endeavour seats is they are set very low, making the passengers sit in a knees up position which gets very uncomfortable over long journeys compared to the Fortuner.
The rear most row in the Endeavour is not full size seat without headrests plus it cannot be folded individually to make space for luggage, it has to be removed. On the last seat the passenger is seated virtually on the floor, making it very very uncomfortable. I have done some long distance touring in Endeavour with friends so i know it very well.
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The engine was good, but, or maybe I m demanding too much for my money, it didnt seem out of this world or anything like that. For example, one drive in the Cruze, just for a drawing a parallel, convinces you that it is a rocket. This unfortunately, did "Delight" me, just satisfied me. And when I spend or tell someone to spend 22 lacs, I expect "Delight"not satisfaction.
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The reason you did not feel the acceleration is that Fortuner has very linear power delivery without any spikes and surges in torque curve and with the AWD its close to impossible to get a wheelspin on a hard surfaces at the time of launch.
The Comparison with Cruze is not fair, firstly its a lighter sedan with much better power to weight ratio and it has peaky power delivery focussed on top end of the power band.
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Coming to comfort, I feel, that these premium SUVs at least should satisfy in terms of performance and comfort. That is why they are premium right? If I pay more than twice the amount I would for say, a Scorpio, I expect completeness on all counts, to the best extent. Flexi seating, on road performance, good ride quality and off road caliber. Am I asking too much? For this price?
Coming to reliability, I believe that the Scorpio is equally reliable and the same has been proven by umpteen tourers using the same. Heck, even the Safari has proven its mettle with many TBHPians as well.
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I own both Fortuner and a Scorpio VLX, i have owned a SLX before. Talking about reliablity the Scorpio is not as reliable as Fortuner or Innova, it has its share of minor niggles. Our Scorpio's Clutch mechanism failed twice within its first year of ownership, the brakes failed completely some months back and all of the extra electronics the VLX comes with have given trouble atleast once.
Scorpio has much softer ride, it feels comfortable only till a limit but the boat like swaying gets very very uncomfortable at times, the Scorpio gets extremely bouncy at uneven roads. In Comparison the Fortuner has stiff ride which is not very comfortable but it never looses composure and the high speed stability and ride is a class apart.
Even the Endeavour suffers from constant bobbing in Front due to soft setup and ride at rear gets very uncomfortable at times.
Another area where Fortuner excels over Endy and Scorpio is Handling. In Scorpio i have to shed the speed completely to negotiate a tight curve, the Endy is better but the rear kicks out voilently if one gets too enthusiastic in a corner, this can be quite tricky to control. Fortuner in comparison with AWD feels a lot less top heavy and carry more speed in a corner in more confidence inspiring manner.
Its the braking where Fortuner feels nervous, the brake pedal feels very spongy and lacks the feel, even after the upgraded brakes. I checked the braking data in various magazine, according to them the braking distance of Fortuner is better than the Endy and Scorpio. Scorpio VLX has very good brakes with perfectly calibrated feel, the braking distance is much much better than the previous SLX without ABS.