My family is also happy with the back seat comfort after bouncing in the Mahindra TUV300 for the last 6 years.
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Got delivery of my ZX CVT lunar silver a week back. Initially, I got the Blue colour booked but the dealer was saying that the blue colour would take at least a month to deliver & was pushing for the golden brown colour.
Just to get the car delivered early I agreed to the golden brown colour but I saw it in person on the road & didn’t like the colour or thought that this colour was not doing justice to the looks of the car, also maintaining dark colour is troublesome.
Finally, I have to change the dealer & get one unallocated silver colour available for delivery. One thing I noticed is that most of the dealers have ready availability of golden brown colour, which I didn’t understand why.
Overall have driven around 1200 kms, mostly on highways & mountains. FE turns out to be around 14-15 in plains & 11-12 in hills & this is as shown in MID.
Overall quite happy with the performance & comfort of the car. My family is also happy with the back seat comfort after bouncing for the last 6 years in the TUV300.
Features for me are more than enough & are in fact more if you compare with the Korean twins in the same price band.
Headlight throw is very good & the auto high beam feature is a boon for the driver & oncoming vehicles as well.
I am not an audiophile but still I find the audio quality to be good, don’t compare it with the Bose setup of Korean twins as they come with the top model only which costs appx 22-23 lac on road which is good 4 lacs more from the Elevate top model.
Few things missed are:
Sunglasses holder, cornering lights, extendable armrest, rear seat sunshades, backlit buttons in doors.
Reasons for not looking at other options & as many say that we can get a starting level 7 seater also in this price range:
I personally didn’t like the looks of Creta & the safety concerns. I somewhat liked the looks of the Kia Seltos but the trim which costs appx 19 lacs on road missed features like ADAS, adaptive cruise control, wireless AA & carplay. What they are showcasing is ventilated seats & panoramic sunroof which are of no use to me.
Thought of Mahindra Scorpio N Z6 costing 19.90 on road in Uttarakhand but after driving a Mahindra for the last 6 yrs didn’t want to buy it again as initial niggles are well known with Indian manufacturers, though Scorpio N is good, I didn’t want a 7 seater, diesel car so opted out of Mahindra as well.
Some pics of Elevate near my homestay in Uttarakhand:
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