Okay, future Palio Owners... Here’s the Low-down about one of the best buys on the Indian roads presently, from a Palio owner himself:
Don’t look for great interiors - Hey, you’re getting a semi-luxury car with technology filled up to the brim and great, strong build. Just how can we expect Fiat India to sell this car with the under 5 lakhs price tag, if they soup up the interiors also? It’s all about the costings involved. So all those who keep moaning about the plain jane interiors - stop already...
I also keep hearing about her low ’’pick-up’’ being mentioned quite often by people. Hey, the palio’s built like a tank. Literally. That means more weight & stability but this can mean low ’’pick-up’’ for a car. You’ve 1250kgs of a solidly built car, with an AC that freezes you in minutes and decent mileage for its capabilities. Just how would it be possible for any car manufacturer to provide us with great pickup AND great mileage? Doesn’t add up, does it? That’s why the Palio might seem a little sluggish...but then we aren’t exactly talking F1 here, are we?
I ’ve had quite a few people write to me asking about mileage comparisons of the Palio with the wagon R & the Indica. I have told them same as I’m writing here - You can’t really compare. The Palio is a heavier, robustly built car that’s technologically more complex than both of the other two. Take her out the wild, open freeways and she how she’s stretches every rupee of Petrol to the max. While you could possibly let the other two cars zip along the same freeways too, the palio owner would be sitting smug & safe while doing a 130km/h & having great mileage, while the other two car owner’s might be worrying about about how to keep the cars steady while trying to do so - though they’ll be having great mileage too. So should we talk mileage only always, at the cost of every other priority in car? The Palio is the safest deal for under 5 lakhs.
Right, I hope this info will help people better when they make their choice of which car to buy.