I went for a testdrive as well, but couldn't get Kappa as the test-drive car wasn't registered. Anyway, ended up driving 1.1 iRDE and Spark almost back to back. However I came to a different conclusion: Spark doesn't even come close. Its cramped, acceleration is not even close to the iRDE and the plastics reminded me of my erstwhile Safari. To add to it the steering wheel looks weird.
BTW, the i10 steering feedback looked OK to me. Definitely, not as disconnected as Wagon-R.
I was wondering if there was something wrong with the testdrive spark. I checked the odo and it was about 21xx Kms. And, the car felt as if it had been driven for 20K. The i10 had done 7K+ and seemed much better.
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Originally Posted by DCEite  Now the most important part. The car gives about 1-2 kmpl less than the IRDE version. This is admitted by the salesman himself. |
The Bangalore salesmen seem to think differently. They are saying it should be 1kmpl more than the iRDE.
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Originally Posted by DCEite Somehow, i found the initial peppiness of IRDE missing here! |
This would be sad !! :( I want something peppy like Santro and free-revving like an Esteem. Seems like I am not going to get it.