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Low maintans and milage cost good road grip good shape good interials with hig quality safty drive smooth drive on Indian rugf roads.Price is no matter I want a best midileclass any opinions welcome all.

2007-03-21 21:40:10 · 16 answers · asked by suhrakm 1 in Cars & Transportation Buying & Selling

16 answers

Tata-Sumo : Victa

When Tata launched the Sumo in 1994, it was a runaway hit, the best MUV around at the time. Now, however, with the Qualis and the Tavera in the market, the Sumo has rapidly lost ground, and has been sidelined in the personal-vehicle market. The Sumo Victa aims to restore some of the car's advantages, and present itself as a true lifestyle vehicle. :

Design, Engineering and interiors
The Sumo Victa doesn't look too different from the old car — much of the detailing has changed, the boxy proportions are the same. The changes centre around the nose, which gets a new grille topped by a chrome bar, and modern-looking clear lenses for the new, sharply-cut headlamps. The new bumper looks very smart too, as do the alloys on the top-spec model.
Changes at the rear are minimal, the only difference being a taller tail-light cluster. Top-of-the-line models get SUV-like side cladding and jazzy decals, but the car is let down badly by the fit and finish. The panel gaps are depressing, and the doors clang shut, which you don’t expect in a modern car.
Underneath, the Sumo is the simple, rugged workhorse it always was, with body-on-frame construction, coil springs in front and leaf springs at the rear.
The interior, thankfully, has changed completely, and does away with the commercial-vehicle feel that plagued the earlier car. There is a new, dominant centre console, garnished in aluminium-look trim, and the neat row of buttons at the bottom shows how feature-rich the Victa is. Tata has taken heavily from its common parts bin for the cabin, which now features the steering wheel from the Indigo, the gearlever from the Safari and the power-window cluster from the Indica. The seats are new, and more comfy, and offer good support, although legroom in the front is now restricted — bad for tall drivers. Ergonomics aren't great, especially the gearlever that makes your fingers hit the stereo. Middle-seat comfort is pretty good, although space isn't as good as in the Tavera. The rear seat, however, makes you sit bolt upright, and access to them is difficult. The air-con is good, with roof-mounted seats for the middle and rear rows, but there is very little storage space for bits and bobs, except for the huge storage box that doubles up as the driver's armrest.
Luggage space is not great with all three rows in place, but the third row can be removed and the middle seat folded to dramatically increase the space available.

Performance, Fuel economy and handling
The Sumo is available with three engines: a 2.0-litre diesel, a turbocharged diesel and the 3.0-litre diesel from the 407 LCV, available only in the super-utilitarian Spacio version.
The standard 2.0-litre has 68bhp, which is hopelessly inadequate for a vehicle of this weight, and makes or only sluggish performance. However, the Victa has been given better NVH control, meaning it is more refined than before. The Turbo is the most impressive, with 90bhp and 19kgm of torque giving it respectable, if not swift, performance. It is fairly smooth at idle but the Safari-sourced gearbox makes horrible grating noises. There is considerable turbo lag, so driving in the city is not easy, and moving up a slope can be a big challenge.
Above 2000rpm, there is a big step in performance, so you have to keep downshifting to stay in the meat of the powerband. The Victa cruises fairly well once you're at highway speeds. Fuel economy is 9.3 and 12.3kpl, respectable but nowhere as good as the class leaders.
The 3.0-litre Spacio is clearly a rural transport vehicle, with good torque but terrible refinement, and poor top-end performance.
The suspension is unchanged but improved to provide a better ride, which is now more comfortable and absorbent. The quick steering and short wheelbase make the Victa surprisingly nimble for its size, especially in the city.
However, that same wheelbase and large overhangs make the car quite unstable at speed, especially with the high centre of gravity. The steering can be over-responsive, and the brakes, though having poor feel, are reliable and strong.

Verdict
The Sumo Victa is clearly a much-improved vehicle, but it doesn’t do enough to be an acceptable family car, unlike the Qualis and Tavera. Quality levels are very poor, and the driving experience fairly crude. The Sumo is now especially good value, as it tries to offer ‘lifestyle SUV’ features for an MUV price. However, it makes sense only if you have to transport eight people frequently; quality and refinement are still too poor for the Sumo to be considered a genuine family contender. It’s still very basic, the Spacio even more so, and only the Turbo is really worth considering. A well-maintained Sumo could get you a good price as a used MUV.

2007-03-21 21:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by JJ 4 · 0 3

The Scorpio is now especially good value, as it tries to offer ‘lifestyle SUV’ features for an MUV price. However, it makes sense only if you have to transport eight people frequently; quality and refinement to be considered worth paying. A well-maintained Scorpio could get you a good price as a used MUV.

2007-03-21 22:38:26 · answer #2 · answered by balkrishna c 4 · 0 0

Ambassidor

2007-03-21 21:53:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Accent CRDI,zen DI,santro,merselase Benz,maruthi,innova,Scorpio,hondacity,Hyundai cars for more information u can visit www.cars.com

2007-03-21 21:50:28 · answer #4 · answered by akhila k 3 · 0 0

Hyundai santro,Maruti Alto &Ambassador

2007-03-21 21:43:54 · answer #5 · answered by Ram krishna T 1 · 0 0

If you ask me Maruti is the best for Indian condition.

2007-03-21 22:22:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Tata Indica - I am using for the last 7 years, it meets all you have in mind.

2007-03-22 21:58:19 · answer #7 · answered by Shemit 6 · 0 0

hi iam using Mahindra Bolero and have found it best in the range and superb for rough roads as well as for highways.

2007-03-21 22:23:56 · answer #8 · answered by lokendra d 2 · 0 0

hyundai santro for city usage. ford ikon flair for long distance travel. i recommend petrol car if u can afford.

2007-03-21 21:51:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

nothing else
"MARUTHI SWIFT"
worth for price and good for indian roads

2007-03-21 21:54:01 · answer #10 · answered by uma s 2 · 0 0

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