Tata Nexon EV Max: Likes, dislikes & initial impressions post delivery

It accelerates so fast and quietly to our highway speed limit, especially in Sports mode, you have to be careful to rein it in. The initial acceleration makes it a real fun to drive car.

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Took delivery of a white Nexon EV Max XZ+ two days ago. Here is a short review.

Likes:

• Peppy acceleration, even in ECO mode. It accelerates so fast and quietly to our highway speed limit, especially in Sports mode, you have to be careful to rein it in. The initial acceleration makes it a real fun to drive car.
• Decent build for the segment.
• Ride quality is fantastic. Low speed is very slightly jolty but at speeds of 40-100kmph it is superb. I missed a couple of bumps and an unmarked speed breaker but it shook it off and settled down very well. Though it is difficult to believe I feel it is easier on the body over broken roads than Compass at our day to day speeds. Compass has a much tougher feel and is absolutely stable, this gets slightly unsettled(only slightly) at higher speeds but for our everyday driving this is definitely more comfortable. It feels like going over rubber and not bumps.
• Speed chime after 120 is not too intrusive. Also at 80kmph the single beep is hardly heard over the audio. In Eco mode I think it is restricted to less than 120kmph ensuring you don’t go faster and encounter the beeps too.
• Looks - White with the blue accents look cool, especially from the front and side. Am not a great fan of the rear.
• Size - right size for handling in the city and parking. Ground clearance is good.
• Wide regenerative braking adjustability. At level 3 even at highway speeds I was not using the brake to slow at all. Regen was that strong.
• AC is good.
• Very tight turning cycle.

Dislikes:

• Quality check and niggles at delivery. A screw was improperly patched on the door. Seat belt buckle was situated too posteriorly. Glovebox is still not aligning properly. The first two were rectified. But it will be nice for Tata to get better quality control and PDI. But despite all this there were no rattles.
• Steering was inconsistent and artificial, also a bit too hard at triple digit speeds. Car felt stable but steering could have been calibrated better.
• 6 airbags would have been welcome.
• Rear seat floor high and seat is low. They could have raised the rear seat more. Headroom is actually in excess.
• Audio is OK at best. I don’t understand why it keeps getting rave reviews.
• Using Regen braking at stage 3 there has to be some way for cars traveling behind to know that Nexon is slowing down. Without brake light I could see cars getting alarmingly close in the rear view mirror each time I was slowing down.
• Main grouse is the range. I will touch on this separately.

Bottomline - I am really happy with my purchase. Hope it remains niggle free. I plan to keep it for 7 years minimum. Let’s see.

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