[Ripcord09]

Tata Tigor iCNG AMT

What you'll like:

• A well-calibrated CNG system that’s comfortable to drive
• A CNG car with factory-backing, factory warranty & OEM standards of safety / quality
• Mature on-road behaviour, including at highway speeds
• CNG benefits like cheap running costs and lower CO2 emissions coupled with the convenience of an AMT
• Usable boot space even with the CNG tanks
• Great styling. A chic-looking compact sedan. Solid build too
• Good-quality, nicely designed cabin
• City-friendly nature: light controls, agreeable ergonomics & good driveability (in CNG too)
• Available in the top variant, unlike other CNG models
• Enjoyable Harman 8-speaker ICE. One of the better systems in this segment
• Impressive kit (parking sensors, cooled glovebox, touchscreen ICE, auto headlamps & wipers...)
• 4-star GNCAP safety rating is praiseworthy

What you won't:

• Reduced power output is evident on the highway. CNG mode has lesser top-end performance
• Many Indian cities & towns don’t have CNG pumps. The queue for CNG cars can be long in metro cities
• Higher maintenance costs & upkeep (overall) in comparison with the regular petrol variant
• When driven hard, the AMT can't match the smoothness & shift-times of a conventional automatic. Gets confused on climbs as well
• AMT is not available in the XM variant
• Dead pedal is not suitable for people with large feet
• Focus on CNG driveability means that the FE numbers will take a bit of a hit
• Firmer suspension & higher tyre psi rating means you feel more of the bad roads / potholes
• A rare Tata car that cannot seat 5 (best for 4 adults)
• All passengers need to get out of the vehicle while refilling CNG
• Some missing features (full-size spare wheel, alloy wheels...)
• Tata's after-sales service quality is a hit or miss. Remains a gamble

CNG AMT Review Link

First Review Link

Maruti Suzuki Dzire S-CNG

Launch Discussion

Hyundai Aura CNG

Launch Discussion

[Omkar]

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[Prashant_BHP]

Voted for Maruti DZire based on feedback from a friend who runs corporate fleet business. Given the scale, he does his due diligence at regular intervals and has shared that from overall performance, maintenance and resale value, he finds Maruti DZire best CNG option. Gets him better rates from corporates as well. Disclaimer - I have no direct experience of driving CNG vehicle - though I do get to sit in lot of CNG Ertiga and DZire as part of corporate travel. No complaints/concerns as a passenger.

[satish.gawai]

Voted for Tigor.

Looks more handsome and up-to-date than the rest of the two. Integration of CNG tanks in the boot provides more boot space compared to the others where practically no boot.

The icing on the cake is a 4-star rating.

[G V Krishna]

Personal - Tigor
Fleet/Commercial - Dzire

Reasons are obvious as Maruti is king of Service. No Disputes in this. But on a personal front, would prefer Tigor.

[Nissan1180]

Voted Aura. I have an XCent CNG and the car drives better than a new Tigor/Tiago/Altroz. The interiors don’t rattle even after 100,000 km+.
If not the Aura, the Dzire is a good contender.

To see the quality levels in a Tata, just try test driving the vehicles or sitting in the new cabs. Interiors rattle, drivetrain whines, and plastics are just a step above the Nano. Very far from Hyundai or even Maruti levels of quality.

[viren83]

Tigor (in EV form) is too common in taxi fleet and looks little dated as well. There's barely any boot space in Dzire or Xcent.

If CNG is preference, Why a sedan? There are better options in suv/muv.
If I still had to go for a sedan in limited budget, I'd rather get a low-spec Ciaz, and install cng kit in it. One heck of a sedan.

[Highh5]

I have voted for Tigor CNG. We have been using Tigor CNG for last 1.5 years, odometer at 30000 km right now. Tigor have some nice touches which I find lacking in rest of the cars when we bought Tigor.

One of the best Harman ICE Systems with 8 speakers, useful to mask noisy engine as well.
4 Star rated, safety aspect is well covered
Automatic Headlamps, Automatic Wiper (segment first), Boot struts that don't limit your boot space, Sportback design language, and one of the most comfortable suspension setup in comparison to the competition.

Besides that, quite a nice and useable boot after a recent switch to twin-cylinder technology for CNG storage will always be highly useful. Easy to do airport runs and even outstation runs.

The only downside is quite a noisy engine, which is improved to some extent after the BS6.2 update. If you can live with that then go for Tigor.

[blackwasp]

Recently picked up a Dzire cng for my fleet. The car has already done 10k kms in its first month of operation.

I’m sticking to Maruti for its service, availability of spare parts and features. I had to pick up a ZXI Cng variant as the waiting was slightly lesser than Tour S / Vxi cng.

It won’t be long before Maruti introduces AMT in their cng cars. Till then Tata will enjoy the first mover advantage.