I bought my Vista Saffire Aura(Solar Orange) from Pratham Automobiles - Pune. The car was delivered to me on 14th May 2009(within a week of placing final order). As on today, I have clocked 1500 km in city traffic with AC on!
The milege has been 13 km in city traffic with AC on and my first-car driving experice of shifting gears and accelerator. I am feeling that this milege has increased after my first service. Need to check on that.
Fortunate to get free insurance worth 10K, mud flats, door mats, service booklet worth couple of thousand free of cost;-). I could have probably bargained more for free filming and anti-rust treatment in these recession times{but well there is no end to human desires;-)}.
The whole process of sales, The after-sales service has been excellent. There is always a very obidient service personal from Pratham available to attend to my needs whenever I visited them. I also had one of the TATA company professionals visiting me to explain some of the features and clarify my doubts. That was in response to my mail through customer care web-site. The whole process of after sales service is very professional and very plesant.
One thing I would like to warn everyone is if any one says that their car doesn’t make sounds like this and like that, but it is found in your Vista. then just don’t go by their word. Better conform their saying by sitting in their vehicle. Get a feel of the same and then make a decision whether whatever they say is true or not. Or-else you might end up running behind service personal unnecessarily. It happened to me.
The perfomance and comfort in the car JUST rocks. The ride quality is too smooth. One of my friends who owns a Swift VDI commented that the smoothness and ride comfort that he found in my Vista is not found in his vehicle. This is not my opinion, but opinion of a Swift VDI owner;-). Time to feel proud Mr. Tata.
The gas filled shock absorbers are just too smooth even for my pregnant wife. The rear seat leg-room . oh. man it is just amazing. My 65 yrs old mom feels that finally there is a hatch-back which has respect for elderly parents who usually prefer to sit at the rear seats.{ You may note that I had travelled in rear seats of Swift, A-Star, Wagon-R and Alto - and none of them could give me such a great comfort as Vista}. Ofcouse, you might find that comfort in sedans only. But Vista is hatch-back so I am comparing with other hatch-backs.
Value For My hard-earned Money -> Integrated audio with USB, all power windows, height adjustible seat, titlable steering, Engine Immobilizer, Extended Warranty, Warning buzzers, Lumbar support, automatic rear wipers, split rear seat, under seat storage . oh . man the list just continues. All these EXTRA FEATURES for an amazingly competitive price.
Planning to go for a long ride sometime soon . Will update about that experience later.