These are the best selling and also most popular cars in the c-segment sedans and also competitive in features list.Let's go with one by one.
1.Maruti suzuki ciaz : The Latest offering with updated design,new engine,fresh interiors and lot more to talk of. Ciaz is one of the top selling sedan in this segment.There are two envines on offer i.e, a 1.3 lit same diesel engine and a new k15 petrol engine developed in india by maruti suzuki.Here the diesel engine produces the same 89 bhp of power and 200 Nm of torque,the petrol produces a healthy 103 bhp and 138 Nm of torque and these engines are combined with SHVS that ensures better mileage.But,the petrol gets all the goodies than the diesel gets and that's because the petrol engine being a new one is also having the Brake re-gen which is essentially works on the torque assisting to provide a better fuel efficiency and this with the faux wood finish on the dash and also the MID display will show you whenever the SHVS kicks in.This MID is only for the petrol and the design now gets LED projector headlamps and fog lamps with black finish.The Rear is also a LED unit which adds to the look and the back seat is spacious as usual and the massive 510lit boot is more than enough.The Touch screen gets the apple and android carplay with navigation and steering mounted controls.The Rear seat is comfortable and has no problems with knee room or under-thigh support.Coming to the improvements department,ciaz is not a full-length facelift and why i say this is because it's lacking in features when compared with rivals.The Misses in the new ciaz are the engine in diesel is the same that powers even the swift and also dzire,no sunroof,no automated tail gate and most of all there is a huge requirement of new engine in diesel and a proper 6 speed unit or 5 speed atleast in this.Because just think once about how long it has been there in indian market and till now there is no new diesel engine.There is no problem with the vehicle but it needs certain improvements.Coming to the mileage,ciaz offers a class leading mileage of 28.4 kmpl in the diesel variant and also the k15 petrol gives a excellent mileage of 21 kmpl which is appreciable.
2.Honda City : Just by listening to this name city i remind of the word 'sharp' and that's absolutely because of the facelifted design in it and also newly introduced all LED headlights with DRL connecting it.Honda city is available in both diesel and petrol while the automatic is only provided in petrol which is a CVT gearbox.The Diesel engine is the same 1.5 lit 100 bhp and 200 Nm of torque while the petrol produces a powerful 117 bhp and 145 Nm of torque and these figures in petrol proves that it is a driver' car.Talking about exteriors there are more cuts nad creases in city and also the rear is designed well to look sporty and new tail lamps add to the look.Interiors well!they are improved too with the digi-pad which is having the mirror link,blue tooth connectivity but no apple or android carplay.But there is a browser and also some car settings in it.The Diesel powerful is punchy but lacks the power in it while petrol does drive well and responds good at speeds.The CVT gearbox works fine but the top end manual variant in petrol is the most preferable to drive for enthusiastic drivers.Comfort is never an issue with city because it offers loads of knee room,decent under-thigh support,massive boot space and 16 inch diamond cut alloys,sunroof,cruise control and in the petrol automatic we get paddle shifters that look cool and sporty inline with the steering and the instrument cluster colour is changed from blue to white and the reading lights are LED's.When this many features are provided where can you spot the improvements?well! here are some.The Engine is powered just above the ciaz in diesel but petrol is powerful and the features do look conventional like the push start,keyless entry,reverse parking camera etc.,the exciting or non-conventional features are the ones that attract more customers in this category.More about it later.
3.Hyundai Verna : This is the all new verna that is built on the same platform of it's elder brother elantra is built on.With this platform we get some benefits such as the style and at front it resembles of it's brother elantra but the side view ensures to stay more like a coupe version the verna looked like.Coming to the design,new verna is offering projector headlamps at front with a new grille that looks distinct and the DRL's are fused along with the projector head lamps and the rear is designed well with the LED tail lights that look cool at night along with a stop lamp.The Verna is powered by two diesel engines and two petrol engines among which the 1.6 lit CRDi engine churns out a class leading 128 Ps of power with 245 Nm of torque and also the 1.4 lit provides 89 bhp at 200 Nm of torque.The 1.4 lit petrol produces 99 bhp and 135 Nm of torque while the 1.6 lit petrol produces 121 ps and 145 Nm of torque.The Interiors are clean,fresh and also feels more easy to use kind of ones.Verna comes with a 7 inch touch screen infotainment system that offers apple and android carplays along with navigation and the arkyami's sound system works just awesome and also this car comes with the segment front ventilated seats,powered driver seat,sunroof,cruise control and this added with an app called hyundai auto link that gives us the telemetry of the car like mileage,load,driving feed etc., and the theme continues to the rear and the seats are contoured just in the right manner and also it comes with a sunblind at the rear glass and boot opens once we stand near it for 3 seconds.These are some nifty features and if you want all these features then you need to opt for the petrol sx(o) variant which is not going to be in the diesel full fledgedly.The Manual gearbox looks more biased because if you buy a sx plus variant then some key feature omissions will be seen and i don't know why hyundai does this.Being in the top selling car company why do they have to show this kind of partiality for manual variants is what i don't understand.Its strange but it's the only option.
Finally we need to announce a winner but here the pick must be chosen very carefully.Ok!now the variant that has the wow factor which can attract customers and it's facelift is totally a new one with some segment first features is hyundai verna.Ladies and Gentlemen here why i picked hyundai verna is just look at the others cars and then look at verna.Features wise it stands top and the rest have their own miss list and also it is not a mileage king but offers above 24 kmpl which is not bad comparably and then the boot is significantly better but not the best when compared to the both cars and among all the things we have discussed about,this the hyundai verna provides value for money because ciaz offers less price but high cost and city has less power in diesel with no auto gearbox and too pricier.Verna is the option you must choose if you want a value for money purchase that offers features that will satisfy for thr money you put on it.
Comments
Post a Comment