[Turbohead]

Originally Posted by a4anurag

I am jealous of all owners whose cars have 6-speed gearbox rather than 5-speed that makes cruising more effortless and silent.

Think of the advantage- you don't have to downshift every time you slow down. Makes a strong case for itself with cars having turbo lag.

[prithm]

Originally Posted by SAJEESH

I think this has to do with the additional weight of your car. (I mean compared to a swift vxi ). Both cars ( vxi and zxi ) share the same engine. My car does 80 at 2200 RPM and 100 kph at exactly 2750 RPM.

Originally Posted by Rahul Bhalgat

If Vxi and Zxi have the same engine and the same gearbox, they will have same engine rpm at given kmph in 5th gear.

Originally Posted by a4anurag

I am jealous of all owners whose cars have 6-speed gearbox rather than 5-speed that makes cruising more effortless and silent.

Thank you guys for lightening my heart.

Yes Sajeesh/Rahul. I always checked this with full tank and at mild cruising only. I have a very delicate foot. But surprisingly I noticed one this weekend that it might have to do more with wider tires of ZXi than LXi or VXi models. Though tyre pressures are maintained at OEM standard.

a4anurag : You might relate to this more since both of us are from same location. I tested this in ORR and tested this speed ratio near Gandipet lake stretch which is the longest without bends in ORR. Though the terrain is as flat as it can get, but still I had to push it above 2800 RPM to get that 100 mark.

Regarding the NVH, I have done a double coat of sound deadening by TufKote and two coat of anti rust paint. So, compared to vanilla ZXi, mine is much quieter which is little irritating for me.

[volkman10]

In S Cross DDiS200 on highway,

120 kmph @ 2000 rpm - 5th gear ( pic attached) - Note the mileage at this.

80 kmph @ 1800 rpm - 4th gear
40 kmph @ 1500 rpm - 3rd gear

[mahesh_sn]

Originally Posted by volkman10

In S Cross DDiS200 on highway,
120 kmph @ 2000 rpm - 5th gear ( pic attached) - Note the mileage at this.

Some discrepancy here. Needle is quite far from 120 kmph and 120kmph @2000 rpm in 5th gear seems too good to be true. Bhpian Breezydrive reports this speed in 6th gear in his S cross 320.

[volkman10]

Originally Posted by mahesh_sn

Some discrepancy here. Needle is quite far from 120 kmph and 120kmph @2000 rpm in 5th gear seems too good to be true. Bhpian Breezydrive reports this speed in 6th gear in his S cross 320.

Read as 100 km/h at 2000rpm ( as in pic)

[Guna]

Originally Posted by CivicheadUAE

Well, for the cars in my garage, I have noted the following cruising speeds (Using Cruise Control) in smooth UAE tarmac

2014 Honda City CVT (1.5 iVTEC)
@80Kmph - 1500 RPM
@100Kmph - 1800 RPM
@120Kmph - 2000-2200 RPM


2015 Honda Civic 5SP AUTO (1.8 iVTEC)
@80Kmph - 1200 RPM
@100Kmph - 1500 RPM
@120Kmph - 2000 RPM

Seems unusually low engine speed for high revving petrol cars. But it is good if your cars delivered this performance.

My experience
Honda city GXI (2003) - Approx 3500 RPM@100 kmph
Honda city AT (2009) - 2800 RPM@100 kmph
Ford Fusion (2005) - 2900 RPM@110 kmph
Chevy Forester - 3000 RPM@120 kmph

[karthikbhat8923]

Car - 2017 Honda City iVTEC MT


100kmph - Approx 3200rpm
120kmph - Approx 3600rpm
140kmph - Approx 4000rpm


Is this common for 5 speed petrol cars? What about long term reliability, due to the high revving engine?

[paragsachania]

Originally Posted by karthikbhat8923

What about long term reliability, due to the high revving engine?

Worry less about this, honestly!

Just because they are 5 speed Petrols, it doesn't mean these machines are badly engineered to give up prematurely due to the mere fact the revs are higher than their diesel counterparts.

Take the case for a simple MPFI engine of my puny car with a displacement of 1100cc that is inching towards the 250,000 Km mark now. At least till 220,000 km till I picked another car, it was very regularly driven only on highways and 100 KMPH would easily mean 3500 RPM. This, was also not known for refinement or NVH levels but surely one of the most frugal petrol engines even today.

Bottom line : Worry less

[roy_libran]

Nexon XMA (Turbo Petrol 1.2 Ltr.)
80-90 kmph - 1700 rpm
100 kmph - 2000 rpm
120 kmph - 2200 rpm
140 kmph - 2600 rpm

[tharian]

Ford Aspire TDCi (remapped)
120-125 kmph (speedo) @ 2700-2800 rpm

[ashis89]

Car: WagonR 1.0
ODO: 72xxx kms

Speedo:
90 kmph@2900 rpm
100 kmph@3100 rpm
110 kmph@3500 rpm
120 kmph@3900 rpm

I have rarely gone beyond 120 and hence don't remember the engine behavior at higher speeds.

[Sankar]

Crysta 2.8 automatic
100 @ 1750RPM
120 @ 2000RPM
140 @ 2200RPM

In 6th gear and tc locked up.

[drhoneycake]

Car: Fluidic Verna CRDI 1.6
ODO: 1.55L kms

100kmph @ 1750rpm
110kmph @ 2000rpm
140kmph @ 2500rpm

All speeds in 6th gear.

[a4anurag]

Maruti Suzuki Ertiga ZXi AT (4 speed TC)

60kmph @ 1,500 RPM
70kmph @ 1,800 RPM
80kmph @ 2,000 RPM
90kmph @ 2,200 RPM
100kmph @ 2,500 RPM
110kmph @ 2,700 RPM
120kmph @ 3,000 RPM

Hyundai Creta 1.6L CRDi in 6th gear

80kmph @ 1,700 RPM
100kmph @ 2,100 RPM
120kmph @ 2,500 RPM

[Swapnil4585]

Toyota Corolla Altis -

100 kph at 2750 RPM in 5th gear. 120 kph is a shade under 3000 RPM.

The 5th is way too short for such a powerful engine.