Honda showroom experience made me rethink my City hybrid booking

My mind is now stuck between the City Hybrid & the Tata Nexon EV Max.

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Did a test drive of the City Hybrid on Thursday.

Before commenting on the car, few observations about the showroom and current conditions:

1. I simply walked in and the receptionist was surprised that I am a walk-in customer. Took down details and called in a shabbily dressed SA
2. Absolutely no ribbon cuttings on that day. They had 3 Amaze, 3 City and 1 WR-V standing all in the Silver shade. Standing outside were 4 White City sedans. This means Honda is surely a laggard in sales, especially in a city like Chandigarh where people splurge on brands
3. SA gave me a test drive and also promised to get the car home on Saturday for a longer test drive, which never happened
4. White, Silver, Brown and Grey have a waiting of 6-8 weeks. I enquired about the Red City Hybrid and the SA said, he will take a non-refundable booking amount of 1,00,000/- and still not give me a date. This became an instant downer and I clearly told him, that shouldn't I be treated on priority with 9x the down payment. SA mentioned it could take 3,4,6,8 months and I cannot commit. This SA should get the reward for turning away a promising customer.

Coming to the car

Misses:

• Electric seat height adjust
• Front parking sensors for a car in the 20Lacs price range
• Ventilated seats
• Boot opening with feet sensor
• Small boot can take in 2 medium size bags and a couple of laptop bags

What's Good:

• Super super silent car
• The interiors, door pads and armrest are of good quality and do not feel cheap
• Host of ADAS features Auto Braking, Lane change mitigation are very usable in the city
• The demo car showed a mileage of 26.2/litre
• I am 5'7 and used to having the seat upright and pushed back, with seat height up. In that seating position, the rear passenger had quite a lot of space to spread their feet
• Boost mode: seriously crazy. The wheel spin is mind-boggling and the car literally takes off
• The camera on the left ORVM came up automatically when taking a tight left turn with a wall on its side, similar to the reverse came with grid lines

The brochure says that the city has ADAS level 3, which means it's way ahead of XUV 700 and the Astor which use levels 1 and 2, respectively

Now the mind is stuck between the City Hybrid and Nexon EV max.

My wife has recently got a job as the Head of Primary school in a prominent Residential school in the hills of South India, and the family would be moving in there, therefore am not sure how would I charge the car if I go for the Nexon EV, if there is no charging plug in the parking area. I would have to rely on the local charging points, which does not make it a viable option. On the other hand, this sort of show stopper doesn't exist in the City.

Will wait till July and decide.

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