Toyota Innova Crysta diesel AT comes home: Quick first impressions

The MPV's handling feels car-like and I am able to zip in and out of lanes, even though I migrated from a Maruti Swift.

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Just got our Crysta GX Diesel Auto delivered yesterday and have run the car for 130-odd kilometres.

In the stockyard, it was at 3, the dealer delivered it at 36 kilometres which are about the distance from the stockyard to the dealer's showroom.

First Impressions:

1. The pickup is mindblowing, I mean, tap the accelerator and you will think let me get to 90 and you are already at 120, the masking of speed is just amazing. This is in eco mode, I haven't tried normal as well as power yet
2. The gears changes are seamless, but downshift sometimes is hesitant, like it will shift one gear and then shift another after a second or so, will check this out over time, maybe I am not pressing the accelerator hard enough at one go for it to shift 2 gears at a time. Downshifts in S mode are instantaneous, amazing for engine braking
3. The handling is very car-like, I was able to zip in and out of lanes even though I have migrated from a Swift and driving an Innova technically for the first time sans the test drive I did a couple of months back.
4. Mileage after our full tank yesterday has been hovering around 11.5 to 12 in Mumbai city traffic with a light foot and in Eco mode. I think this needs a bigger fuel tank as with a tank up, it was showing only 500 kilometres of range, I am sure that will change once it goes on a highway trip but still, I think a 65-68 litre tank should have been given. I am used to the Swift going like 700 kilometres on her 43-litre tank, so it was surprising that at 100 kilometres after full tank the fuel needle went down a bit, in the Swift it moves only at around 150-180 km.
5. AC is a chiller
6. Space Space Space, oodles of it and in utmost comfort. I have the 8-seater one and we got back from the showroom with 7 people in the car, just amazing.
7. Cruise control was easy to use and I got it going in no time.

More as I drove it, but if I were to rate the car - it's 5/5.

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