Team-BHP - Volkswagen Vento : Test Drive & Review

Bhasin motors are having the two ventos for the past one week, I saw the one in silver which was parked outside the showroom and both the cars are covered. The vento to buy is undoubtedly the diesel. City is still an overall better all round package in petrol, despite the high asking price.

I also saw the car it was on show in Shimla.

The car is smaller than i had imagined, sitting behind the wheel gives you that polo feel. The Rear A/C has single vent but 2 splits. The high end had a dead pedal dont know about the low end.

The cabin space is good enough less than say a cruze. Sturdy bumper did not flex a lot after i tried pushing it in. I liked the ACC unit and also the engine seemed to sound great "sadly could not take a test drive :("

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Originally Posted by StarrySky (Post 2048186)

- Rear A/C vents.
- Front seat adjustable from the rear!

What's there in Vento HL but not there in Polo HL (other than mentioned above)

1. Wider front arm-rest with a small storage area tucked in

2. Center back rest in the rear opens up as an arm rest

3. Reading lights for each passenger in the rear

What's there in Polo HL and not in Vento HL

1. 60 - 40 folding rear seats in Polo - the Vento seats do not fold.

Cheers,

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Originally Posted by GTO (Post 2046385)

100% agreed!

The Fiesta, in price and size, has now moved a segment lower. It's cabin space is comparable to a Swift Dzire.

Agreed that the cabin space is smaller in size for the fiesta but shouldn't we look at things from a users / buyers perspective rather than a standard maintained by most magazines. There is always cross segment sales in the Indian car market and the fiesta should have been included as the price bands are similar.

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Originally Posted by diffsoft (Post 2048243)

What's there in Vento HL but not there in Polo HL (other than mentioned above)

Thanks dillsoft. I guess you can also add that silly handle for the front pass seat fore-aft movement. Plus more legroom in the back on the Vento. Are the seats themselves better support/fabric or are they the same.

Right now trying to decide between Polo and Vento.

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Originally Posted by Guna (Post 2046642)

Only later I realized these (Ventos) are 'estimated' figures. But the real figures are not likely to be off by more then 1 sec.
Also, I trust the ACI's figure of 10.5 secs for ANHC.

The timings for Diesel Vento should be 11Sec or even less.Kindly see posts 115,157,191 & 199 of this thread to find the reason for this fantastic performance by Vento Diesel.Thus the real acceleration figures of Vento Diesel, ought to be shaved off by more than 1 sec.

ACI figures for vento published in september 2010 issue (figures in bold are for diesel):

VW Vento petrol/diesel

0-60 kmph: 5.09/ 4.80
0-100 kmph: 12.18/ 11.30

Acceleration in gear:

20-80 3rd gear: 13.40 secs/ 9.24 secs
40-100 in 4th gear: 22.61 seconds/ 10.50 seconds

Fuel economy:

petrol:

city: 9.2 kmpl
highway: 15.3 kmpl
combined average: 12.25 kmpl
range: 670 km
tank: 55 litres

Diesel:

city: 13.1 kmpl
highway: 17.3 kmpl
combined average: 15.2 kmpl
range: 830 km
tank: 55 litres

Maximum speeds in gear:

Petrol:

1st: 46 kmph@6200 rpm
2nd: 83 kmph@6200 rpm
3rd: 137 kmph@6300 rpm
4th: 187 kmph@5900 rpm
5th: 185 kmph*@4400 rpm

diesel:

1st: 44 kmph@5500 rpm
2nd: 78 kmph@5500 rpm
3rd: 118 kmph@5300 rpm
4th: 157 kmph@5000 rpm
5th: 186 kmph*@4500 rpm

*manufacturer's claim

RPM in 5th@ 100 kmph=2400 rpm/2400 rpm

ACI figures for vento automatic petrol from september 2010 issue:

acceleration:

0-60: 6.09 seconds
0-100: 14.21 seconds

In gear acceleration:

20-80: 8.36 seconds
40-100: 11.04 seconds

No FE figures given for A/T.

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Originally Posted by sidindica (Post 2049071)

Diesel:

city: 13.1 kmpl
highway: 17.3 kmpl
combined average: 15.2 kmpl
range: 830 km
tank: 55 litres

Isn't the average much less than what was discussed earlier?.

BTW, dealer here confirmed that test car will be available later this week/early next week.

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Originally Posted by ajai_dev (Post 2048227)

The high end had a dead pedal dont know about the low end.

I'm seeing contradicting reports about presence of dead pedal. Can someone confirm if the Vento HL has a dead pedal.

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Originally Posted by sidindica (Post 2049156)

ARAI figures:

14.4 (AT) petrol
15.8 (MT) petrol
20.5 (MT) diesel

None of the variants has any dead pedal, USB/ AUX-in or steering mounted audio controls.

1) Are these average figures? What is the city + highway percentages?

2) What percentage of deviation do we generally expect from ARAI figures?

Following ARAI figures may be of interest for some of us for comparison:

ANHC - 16.5
Fiesta Diesel - 19.7
Verna Diesel - 21.9

Thanks

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Originally Posted by sidindica (Post 2049071)

20-80 3rd gear: 13.40 secs/ 9.24 secs
40-100 in 4th gear: 22.61 seconds/ 10.50 seconds

A 12 second difference!Are you sure the 40-100 for petrol is 22.61 or 12.61?

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Originally Posted by sidindica (Post 2049071)

0-100 kmph: 11.30

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city: 13.1 kmpl
highway: 17.3 kmpl

Stunning performance! Install a diesel tuning box and you are realistically looking at a sub 10 second 0-100 time. I'd also mentioned how the negligible turbo lag will result in excellent fuel efficiency.

Thanks for sharing these Sid.

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Originally Posted by King413 (Post 2048884)

shouldn't we look at things from a users / buyers perspective

My comments are based on the buyers perspective only. The Fiesta's price, cabin space and equipment levels are comparable to the 6 lakh rupee segment now. Fact is, the Fiesta feels old....in the 6 years since its launch, the game has moved on. All of its competitors are fresher designs.

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Originally Posted by sidindica (Post 2049071)

RPM in 5th@ 100 kmph=2400 rpm/2400 rpm

The rpm for the petrol Vento at 100 kph sounds too low. I would expect it to be higher considering that the diesel runs at 2400 rpm at the same speed.