Booked I20 Asta CRDI Make :Hyundai Model : I20 Variant : asta Fuel : Diesel Booking Date : 14th August Color : Silver Expected Delivery Date : 2nd September Dealer & City : Advaith Hyundai Freebies : No Freebies On-road Price: 7,99,000
Hi all,
I have booked the I20 crdi asta from Advaith Hyundai, Bangalore. This car will be basically used by my dad(He will be a backseat driver). He was particular that he wanted a diesel and a hatchback. So we basically had to choose from Ritz, swift, Punto, Vista and the i20. The palio and fabia were not considered at all, fabia due to the horrendous service and palio as it was dated.
The Marutis were eliminated due to the cramped seating at the rear. My dad is pretty tall (6' 3) and he was not happy with the space though he was very happy with the pricing.
He was very happy with the Vista. He really didn't care about it being branded a "taxi" by all my relatives. But my mom wasn't too happy with its interior quality and so after a lot of discussion between them they decided to test drive the punto and i20 and then decide.
The punto was very good but again dad didn't like the rear space(Mom & wife loved the exterior design). I think its due to the dashboard design where the center console protrudes out a bit and messes with the knee. So I had to push the driver seat back to find a comfortable postion and and dad felt cramped. Also, he was very vary of fiat's service. We have had a tough time with sundaram motors when we owned the padmini 1.37D and 118 NE 1.38D. Though its tata service now,(dad was ready to buy the vista) the bitter past had left a sour taste.
So it was down to I20. The rear space was good and the ride was ok (punto was definitely better). But the pricing shocked my dad. He was like I can buy a diesel sedan at this price(old school thought). He didn't think much about the features. Finally after debating it for a while we decided to book the I20. I got a shock when the dealer said the waiting period was 40 working days. After much haggling, I paid the corporate sales guy 5K as booking amount and told him that if I didn't get the car in 3 weeks I was going to cancel the booking and buy a Punto. Punto would be delivered in a week max as the manager at Prerana Motors was a friend of my dad.
Got a call on thursday(27th) saying a silver I20 was despatched from the factory and if I wanted he could register that. I applied for lease with the company I work for and I will be taking delivery on the 2nd or the 4th. I will definitely be doing a pre PDI before registering the car. I don't want any surprises before taking delivery.
Also getting the insurance done from outside as I got a quote of 12.5K from Bajaj Allianz (dealer quoted 23K). So that saved me about 10K and the on road price is 799K.
The decision was totally left to dad and mom. Primary needs as I stated was rear space, good ride and good interiors(for mom). If I were to make the decision, I would have bought the Punto. There is something with the car that tugs the heart. Well, next year wifey needs a car and the next car is going to a white/red punto emotion pack.
Suhas
Last edited by shivasuma : 29th August 2009 at 21:59.
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