Go Back   Team-BHP > Indian Cars > The Indian Car Scene!!

The Indian Car Scene!! Palios, Vtecs, Mahindras, Octavia RS' and everything on the Indian Car Scene.


Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 15th March 2005, 23:30   #1 (permalink)
cnu
BHPian
 
cnu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: BLR / HYD
Posts: 204
Question NHC on highways ?

I have been reading all through that NHC is under-powered and is not a fun to drive car. But is it really that painful to drive NHC on highways (leave the express ways aside) as it is projected ?

Appreciate any personal experiences from people who have done long drives in NHC.

Thanks.
cnu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th March 2005, 00:43   #2 (permalink)
Distinguished - BHPian
 
Shan2nu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Hubli/Blore - Karnataka - India
Posts: 4,066
Default

From my drives on the highway, i can tell you that the NHC doesn't feel underpowered at all. But, at the same time, don't expect hiper performance.

It's bottom end torque and a low drag coefficient compensates it's lack of out right power. It's rollon figures are better than the old city.

The NHC will hit 100kmph in 13.9 secs. Lets compare this to the competition.
Ford Ikon 1.6 - 13.7
Accent GLS - 13.7
Accent crdi - 13.4
Opel Corsa 1.6 - 14.3
Mitsubishi Lancer - 13.7
Fiat Sienna - 13.1
Old Honda City 1.5 - 12.1

Some top speed figures :
NHC - 171
Ikon 1.6 - 170
Accent GLS - 170.6
Opel Corsa 1.6 - 170
Fiat Sienna - 176
Mitsubishi Lancer - 168.1
Old Honda City 1.5 - 171

I'd really love to see a straight line drag between the NHC, Ikon 1.6 Accent crdi, Accent Viva (Petrol) and the Mitsubishi Lancer Sfxi. That should settle everything.

The NHC is pretty capable in a straight line but, don't try taking hard turns unless you have considerable amount of rubber. The stock 175mm tyres make the car understeer a lot. This is where the NHC loses out.

For normal highway use, i don't see why the NHC should be a pain.

Shan2nu
__________________
VTEC flyby - youtube.com/watch?v=1AhWJlVRPqE

Last edited by Shan2nu : 16th March 2005 at 00:45.
Shan2nu is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 16th March 2005, 00:52   #3 (permalink)
BHPian
 
balenopower's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: mumbai
Posts: 307
Default

maybach where r u??????????
balenopower is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th March 2005, 00:55   #4 (permalink)
Distinguished - BHPian
 
Shan2nu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Hubli/Blore - Karnataka - India
Posts: 4,066
Default

Quote:
maybach where r u??????????
He's not coming. Hehe

Shan2nu
__________________
VTEC flyby - youtube.com/watch?v=1AhWJlVRPqE
Shan2nu is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 16th March 2005, 02:52   #5 (permalink)
Senior - BHPian
 
manson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: mUmbAi
Posts: 1,616
Default

dude wake up ,he s been banned for quite sometime now .

manson .
__________________
Robin
manson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th March 2005, 06:58   #6 (permalink)
Senior - BHPian
 
drifter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Bombay
Posts: 1,297
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shan2nu

I'd really love to see a straight line drag between the NHC, Ikon 1.6 Accent crdi, Accent Viva (Petrol) and the Mitsubishi Lancer Sfxi. That should settle everything.

Shan2nu
I swear.

Drifter
__________________
Slow Everything Down And Feel Like God - Tata Safari
drifter is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 16th March 2005, 09:27   #7 (permalink)
GTO
Super-Admin
 
GTO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bombay
Posts: 12,190
Default

CNU,

Coming back to the topic - NO. The NHC has fantastic driveability in and out of the city. Though it does not have the power of the previous generation City, the torque curve is much more linear and kicks in at a lower rpm. Its only the CVT (automatic) transmission that has a problem with the rubber band effect on highways. The manual is spot on.

Dont worry about it. Its a fantastic machine.

GTO
__________________
GTO

Change the way you think, and watch the world change around you.
  • Please don't PM for support. Use the Contact Form instead.
  • Please read the *NEW* Team-BHP FAQ section for all your queries.
GTO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th March 2005, 19:15   #8 (permalink)
cnu
BHPian
 
cnu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: BLR / HYD
Posts: 204
Default

Thanks for your inputs Shan2nu and GTO.

Any concerns with the stability at high speeds, say 80-90 kmph ?
Does it make you feel light or is it just fine ?
cnu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th March 2005, 21:28   #9 (permalink)
Senior - BHPian
 
revtech's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 1,651
Default

just wanted to know what mileage does the NHC give on the highway and in the city??
revtech is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th March 2005, 21:32   #10 (permalink)
Distinguished - BHPian
 
Shan2nu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Hubli/Blore - Karnataka - India
Posts: 4,066
Default

Quote:
Any concerns with the stability at high speeds, say 80-90 kmph ?
Does it make you feel light or is it just fine ?
As long as you're not pushing the car to it's limits, it's fine. I've taken the NHC upto 160kmph and it seemed pretty stable. But, don't try any high speed lane changing stunts on it, it's a tall car afterall.

Shan2nu
__________________
VTEC flyby - youtube.com/watch?v=1AhWJlVRPqE
Shan2nu is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 17th March 2005, 08:15   #11 (permalink)
Team-BHP Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bangalore
Posts: 5,215
Default

A quick test drive of the NHC likened it to a high spped bowling ball - tracks well in a straight line but dull to steering inputs
ajmat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17th March 2005, 09:03   #12 (permalink)
Senior - BHPian
 
aadix's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: hyderabad
Posts: 1,295
Default

hi cnu
u can take it on higways, it can easily cruise between 80 to 100 the whole day and will give you abt 15 on the highway

the last trip our nhc made was to tirupati with some client and it gave a mileage of 16!!
driver said it was "nice" to drive ,nothing else
__________________
"live to ride,ride to eliminate"

Last edited by aadix : 17th March 2005 at 09:04. Reason: typo
aadix is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 30th March 2005, 22:03   #13 (permalink)
Senior - BHPian
 
karthik247's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: TVM
Posts: 2,268
Default

NHC is a smooth rider...but i think highway driving wouldn't be much fun cuz u'll struggle to overtake with that heavy machine
karthik247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 30th March 2005, 23:55   #14 (permalink)
Senior - BHPian
 
revtech's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 1,651
Default

the nhc is a tall car isnt one of those cars in which you can cut through traffic easily. reaching 150 km/hr is fiarly easy but trying to push beyond that does seem to become difficult.

overall its a nice car to drive not to thrill
revtech is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 31st March 2005, 11:47   #15 (permalink)
Senior - BHPian
 
lamborghini's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: South Mumbai/Smithfield, RI, USA
Posts: 2,652
Default

The NHC is not as unmderpowered as it seems and on the highway it will not be painfullyu slow either.
The thing is that the NHC seems to be a bit scary after 150 (even the accord suffers from the same problem after 170) and not surefooted.
The NHC is not as good a highway car as the lancer and all which feel very planted and surefooted at all speeds.
__________________
¢нєєяѕ
ℓαмвσ

lamborghinirules@gmail.com
lamborghini is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply




Thread Tools


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Explored - Highways of AP paharino1 Travelogues 11 5th May 2008 12:35
santro performance on highways and ghats? sandeep joshi Hatchbacks 16 24th September 2007 20:13
Motels to come up across Indian highways rahul_intlad The Indian Car Scene!! 14 14th March 2007 12:03
How Safe Are Our Highways? ramkya1 The Indian Car Scene!! 33 25th November 2005 16:44
The new highways..shudder tsk1979 Street Experiences 24 31st March 2005 02:38


All times are GMT +5.5. The time now is 12:15.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.1.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Team-BHP.com

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441