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Originally Posted by avimal Is boot space of xuv worst than that of innova?
Is 3rd row seat better than aria?
How is nvh level?
Can someone comment pls. |
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Originally Posted by Latheesh Luggage space in XUV is almost nil, but ARIA has some. I do not think even kids will sit in XUV (third row) as I felt claustrophobic inside a stationary XUV, but leg space is decent. With seven people on board (5 adults + 2 kids) you cannot carry any luggage inside XUV. |
I experienced the XUV500 today but stationary only as the TD wait time was 2hrs min with a long queue of people just holding on for the much wanted TD, spent about 20-30 mins with it, sitting in/out, checking out etc.
Now, what I express here are my personal views and it is highly likely many may disagree.
For your concerns above my perception is follows, and totally based upon my personal experiences with all cars concerned:
1. Boot space in XUV seems worse than Scorpio, rather non-existent and it feels like you could probably stuff your really small 3-4 sports backpacks or ladies handbags. (sorry it offends but I am appalled by the existence of the boot, rather lack of it). All others in competition excluding Scorpio (has quite similar space but maybe a tad more) have ample space, Safari very good due to the jump-seats, Innova has sufficient, and Aria has deadly compared to all with all the seats up.
2. 3rd row seats are best for probably upto 12-14 yr olds. I sat there (I am 5' 7") and I was like more than canned. Even my 14 yr newphew would not want to sit there. This is from the experience that he comfortably sits and travels entire day on our long journeys without cribbing, rather they are playing games, cards in our Innova's 3rd row seats.
When I asked the Sales Reps about where will we carry our baggage, their answer was keeping mum or saying sir you will have to carry on top on skii racks.
But this is not to discourage anybody. But I felt it is best suited for 5 people on long journeys with rear seat folded for luggage which then gives a humongous space for luggage.
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Originally Posted by ACM Really Nice comparo but - ??? Didn't get why you felt the Aria is short on GC, power or Torque.
Aria totally matches the XUV exactly in Power and Torque. Infact the 4X2 has a 0-100 time faster than that of the fortuner (ofcourse as it is lighter) but even the 4X2 has a reasonably exciting for class 0-100 of 15 sec and matches the options listed at your end on power and torque. Infact exceed the rest and matched the XUV.
Also the GC is within 5-10 mm of the all options listed by you - (Exceeds in some cases) It is just that it is designed to appear too tall. |
@ACM, sorry about the confusion my wordings must have caused. Let me put it down properly, I have also included my earlier post content for reference.
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Originally Posted by parsh The USP of Innova is the superb ride, handling, stability, comfort, space even in 3rd row for adults and boot space to carry much more than any (except Safari which has again loads of space at rear due to its jump-seats, Aria beats them all squarely in all respect but for the 3rd row seat space). However, it falls short of GC, power and torque. |
The context you are referring to is actually outside the brackets refers to Innova and within brackets "()" refers to different cars, Safari and Aria namely.
"However, it falls short of GC, power and torque" actually refers to
Innova having the worst of GCs at 176mm and power 102bhp and torque 200Nm.
XUV indeed seems to match the Aria and TFort on these statistics on paper neck to neck.
I believe the GC and Wheelbase are the 2 big aspects for a vehicle for off-road-worthiness alongwith the power and torque.
My view on GC among these is: Scorpio has marginally higher GC of 4mm to Innova. But pls mind that all others' GCs are in range of 200mm (not visible in the comparo posted but they are visible in specs comparo tab on carwale.com) and that is a big difference of 20-30mm over Innova. This is huge difference when considering off-roading. The approach and landing angles will be better for a vehicle with higher GC and lesser Wheelbase and will be a better off-roader if it has decent power BUT primarily backed with good torquey engine.
So here, the Innova stands lowest of them and fails miserably to be an off-roader inspite of excelling in all other aspects. Scorp, Safari, Aria and now XUV top the charts there and seem to have much much better off-roading capabilities thereof whever Innova fails miserably.
Edit: Not putting much on this aspect, but feel inspite of the jazziness it has got and cool interiors the actual quality of the interiors may not be up to mark so to say a Global SUV and I felt Innova's interiors really good. Will try post soon on this.