Team-BHP - Tata Nexon : Official Review

Received my Grey Nexon yesterday. So far done 70 kms and the experience is fantastic. Delivery experience was below par, mainly in terms of cleaning and the usage of that sticky shiny stuff. :Frustrati I will take it to 3M over the next weekend to get a proper wash and wax and paint protecting the ORVMs. Have only added mudflaps and mats and plan to keep rest as stock. Otherwise, every accessory means more chrome!

I already feel that there should have been 2 usb ports since USB and Android Auto can't connect at the same time in present conditions. Also, Android Auto did not work today morning at it showed car has to be parked for it to begin. It was initially attempted in fact even before starting. Some help on that would be useful.

Here are the first 2 snaps of my new ride.

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Originally Posted by a*ed (Post 4381038)

My wife went to the showroom on 28th to complete the loan process so that we could take benefit of the pre-hike price. Loan was approved and the booking invoiced.

The sales executive informed that the car is available for delivery on Saturday. Will be going tomorrow or day after to do a PDI. We are so excited! :D

Completed the PRI today. The car was parked in Prerana's (Lalbagh Road, Bangalore) yard near their showroom. It was a 10 minute walk to the yard.

Did a 10 minute check to see if everything looked alright and was pretty satisfied. No scratches. Tyres were dirty. The Odometer had 104 kms on it. The Executive who accompanied me informed me that they get their cars delivered to their main yard at Nelamangala and drive it down by road from there. I'm still a little skeptical on that. Anybody who has taken delivery of cars from Prerana, Lalbagh can confirm this?

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Originally Posted by Ironhide (Post 4381103)

Here's a link to a previous reply I had posted on another thread on handling charges
Cheers !

Thanks a lot for this Ironhide. I'm sending an email to the Customer Care. Let me see how this goes.

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Originally Posted by avingodb (Post 4381990)

Received my Grey Nexon yesterday. So far done 70 kms and the experience is fantastic.
Here are the first 2 snaps of my new ride.

Congrats on the car and it looks fab in this color too.

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Originally Posted by Syed Monis (Post 4382078)

Guys any update with the new price hike across all Tata products which was expected and announced last month. Checking the website doesn't show any change in prices as of now. So it would be really nice if someone can confirm if the prices have been actually increased or not. Hoping to get a reply soon.

Checked with Sales Executive here at the showroom in Bangalore and he mentioned that the prices will be hiked over the weekend and for now they are still continuing with the old prices.

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Originally Posted by anuragverma666 (Post 4381088)

Congratulations a*ED on. We will be happy to gaze on some of the delivery pics if you would like to share them.:)

Here are some pics -

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Originally Posted by a*ed (Post 4382145)

Thanks a lot for this Ironhide. I'm sending an email to the Customer Care. Let me see how this goes.

You're welcome a*ed! And congrats on the car - it looks great! You did the right thing by writing to TML Customer Care. I'm quoting / crossposting from another thread, wherein another BHPian wrote to the Customer Care regarding the handling charges that the dealer had mentioned for his Hexa and got a quick and positive reply from TML, and eventually the handling charges were waived. Looks like Tata Motors are really taking customer opinion seriously - a refreshing change from the slow, bureaucratic ways of yore. Hopefully, it should work out positively in your case too !

Cheers !

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Originally Posted by krishnakarthik1 (Post 4382137)

Guys, Tata motors is fantastic! Yesterday, I wrote to Tata motors customer care adding a kind notice to the CEO regarding handling charges or customer care charges as its being called now and asked them to waiver it off.

Morning I got a mail saying the team was working on this and will get an update soon. Now the dealer called me saying Tata motors wrote to the dealership CEO regarding the matter who in turn asked the manager to look into it. And now half hour back its resolved.

To my discredit I did not ask the dealer about it rather directly wrote to Tata. Had I asked them the dealer they said they would have removed it then itself. But why should it be in the quotation in the first place, that's a discussion for another day.

I have never owned Tata vehicles but if this is the Tata motors of now, I think we folks buying their vehicles are in safe hands. And Hexa is one heck of a value for money product. 5 stars to Tata motors and the dealership! Thoroughly impressed, great job!

Congrats, @a*ed ! Wishing you many years of happy ownership of this lovely lil big car !

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Originally Posted by a*ed (Post 4382145)

The Executive who accompanied me informed me that they get their cars delivered to their main yard at Nelamangala and drive it down by road from there. I'm still a little skeptical on that. Anybody who has taken delivery of cars from Prerana, Lalbagh can confirm this?

This is correct. I have seen the location of the yard.

OT: Couple of other dealers have their yard on beyond Peenya.

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Originally Posted by condor (Post 4382203)

Congrats, @a*ed ! Wishing you many years of happy ownership of this lovely lil big car !

Thanks condor. I'll pass on the wishes to my wife as she's the primary owner/user :D

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Originally Posted by condor (Post 4382203)

This is correct. I have seen the location of the yard.

OT: Couple of other dealers have their yard on beyond Peenya.

But, isn't the Odometer reading of 104 kms a tad high since Nelamangala is only around 30kms from the showroom?

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Originally Posted by prasathlr (Post 4382024)

Congrats on your ride!

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Originally Posted by N4Nikunj (Post 4382083)

Dear Avingodb,Congratulations

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Originally Posted by a*ed (Post 4382145)

Congrats on the car and it looks fab in this color too.

Thanks everyone!

My second observation for the day is the space next to clutch interferes with left foot when the clutch is pressed and that could have been avoided in design. My second effort at android auto connection also did not work. It asks confirmation to connect and then it says the car is not in park mode, even when it is!

I completed my first full drive of 120 kms and drove a colleague around too and showed off the drive modes and the audio setup. stupid:

Edit: a*ed one way to ensure that the car was not used for demo is to check the number of phones it has stored in bluetooth connect list. Mine had 3 numbers and 2 were of the sales executives and one of the PDI checkup guy at the agency.

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Originally Posted by avingodb (Post 4382328)

My second effort at android auto connection also did not work. It asks confirmation to connect and then it says the car is not in park mode, even when it is!

Edit: a*ed one way to ensure that the car was not used for demo is to check the number of phones it has stored in bluetooth connect list. Mine had 3 numbers and 2 were of the sales executives and one of the PDI checkup guy at the agency.

Congratulations first of all for the new ride. :D

For Android Auto you will have to use the original phone cable and the connection issue will be sorted.

I had around 60 KM's on odo during my PDI in Concorde dairy circle and about 3 Bluetooth connectivity. I asked them about it and was told it's their PDI checks and I can be rest assured that it's a brand new vehicle.

Congratulations once again and wish you many happy miles. :thumbs up

I think I started the grey trend! Glasgow Grey suits the 'car with its myriad lines and cuts', blending everything beautifully. The 3M treatment had made mine a shade deeper, almost bordering on black, and is a pretty sight indeed.

JD Power guys had called but since I was in a meeting, had asked to call over the weekend. I have nothing but praise for Tata Motors, be in Product or Service. But Software updates were not done in my car. No news on Apple Car Play as yet. There is this BCM update which will give me Auto Folding Mirror but haven't heard from them at all. Mine is the first batch from the October series, but not even one call from Tata Motors asking how we are doing. Has success gone to their head I wonder!

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Originally Posted by avingodb (Post 4381990)

Received my Grey Nexon yesterday. I will take it to 3M over the next weekend to get a proper wash and wax and paint protecting the ORVMs. Have only added mudflaps and mats and plan to keep rest as stock. Otherwise, every accessory means more chrome!
Here are the first 2 snaps of my new ride.

A gentle reminder to the mods here about the March 2018 sales numbers. The sales numbers are not out yet surprisingly as you used to give out the numbers very early which every BHPian loves to read out anxiously.

I am more interested in the Compact SUV numbers actually especially Nexon so would love to get the number of Nexons sold in March 2018. I expect the numbers to be increasing by each passing month thanks to the quality product Tata has produced. Not that the numbers aren't bad but i would love to see the likes of Maruti's getting lesser share by each passing month thanks to their flimsy quality of the materials and the monopoly which they have in Indian Automobile sector. Just want people to think beyond Maruti so that it keeps a level playing field for all the other brands.