After reading all the reviews abt manza on Mouthshut, I decided to take the test drive of Manza.Last week I took the test drive, KHT motors, Bangalore.
Here are some detailsMy height is 6’3", so I was very much anxious to look at the leg space tata provided in Manza. Though i’m not a back seater most of the times, but as soon as Sales agent brought Manza in front of my apartment, firstly, I sat on the rear seat.!!! and to my surprise, there was a plenty of leg room for the person like my height.
I dragged the front seat to its full rear swing and still was able to sit comfortably.
Well before driving itself, I thought that this is the perfect car for me and my pocket. :)Now comes to driving part.- Actually I was asking for test drive of petrol variant, since the petrol is costly, so dealer came with diesel variant, because I hardly run the vehicle to 200-300 km a month. Pls suggest if petrol variant will be a wise decision. Since petrol engine is also from Fiat (Fiat - fire).
Ok, back to driving. Started the engine, it started with very less noise because all the side door glasses were closed. I felt like I was starting the petrol engine of my maruti Alto :) then lowered the glasses and started the engine again, and felt a bit noisy when it starts. but as others said, as you accelerate, it became smoother. took the car on the main road, and tried to vroom, here it lacks, you have to wait for couple of seconds to come this beauty in mood :) :)... you should have habit of frequent gear shifting to 1st gear in diesel... but once the RPM reaches close to 2000 in 2nd gear then it just zooms... and stability is quite good, I drove at the speed of nearly 80KMPH, but was not feeling that I am at 80KMPH. it was so smooth...
The best part was, I was driving the vehicle in 5th gear at the speed of 20KMPH, and the RPM was less than 1000, but still I was not feeling the hick ups from engine, it was just sailing smoothly...(I’m not sure if petrol variant has the same capability).
Exterior looks are amazing...although vista look, but still gives you a royal look while driving on the road. (not less than any luxury car... defiantly better looks than Dzire).
Interiors are bit low range, but can’t change the decision "NOT TO" buy the car just for insteriors, because, if you put the sun film, nobody gonna peep inside :) (That’s but I feel-because in 6lakhs, one can’t expect Honda city interiors like cock-pit :)).
The boot space is too much ...it’s causing worries that Manza shouldn’t become favorite of Taxi drivers :) like tata indigo marina....Logan etc.
This week I am planning to take test ride of Petrol variant, Prerana motors, bangalore agreed to bring the vehicle. Petrol review will follow shortly. But till then, if anyone owns a petrol variant, pls let me know the Mileage and other stuff like maintenance....
I am not sure about dealer satisfaction, coz couple of complaints I read on https://consumercomplaints.in forum by searching "Manza" in the search box provided.
REVIEW II -- MANZA (Petrol Aura with ABS)Guys got the chance the take the test ride of beauty running on Petrol. Prerana motors Bangalore, kindly agreed to provide the test drive of Manza (Petrol) to my office and I along with 2 of my friends went for the test drive. The best part of the test drive was, it was filled to it’s capacity to measure the pick-up and other stuff.... 3 of us and 2 salesman.
As obvious, petrol variant was much smoother in acceleration and pick-up. But when you on the AC and the gear is 5th and the RPM is less than or close to 1000 RPM, you will feel noise in engine. Coz Engine needs the lower gear and we are not providing the same to engine but no hick-ups from engine although it’s deprived of it’s gear power. Rest all was same as it was in Diesel.
The clutch was smoother than Diesel variant. the pick-up was more, the vehicle able to pick the speed in 2nd gear with 5 person loaded in it, I was feeling the steering on a bit lighter side. (May be the diesel engines are heavy because of that)
One thing I noticed in the interiors was, the visibility of the sewing thread on the seat covers. I mean the thread was viewable from a defined distance, which is not in the case of Dzire, or even in my Alto, the seat cover threads are not visible. May be one need to go for extra a bit high quality seat covers after buying the car. I drove the car about 15 KM in the test drive, The avg mileage shown on the digital meter was between 10-11KMPL with AC on. Sometime it was dropping to 6 and 8KMPL also. I really didn’t get which one to go for. Salesman assured that it will be more than 11KMPL in city ride.
Today going to dealer to check for the finance options. I am not sure if the side door, front and rear glasses are tinted ones, coz, I was feeling heat inside and AFAIK the tinted glasses gives you green color shades (Can anyone comment on this pls? if manza (other than top end) comes with tinted glasses?)