Upgraded from an Ecosport to the 2024 Alcazar P AT: My quick review

Have driven around 200 km since delivery, sedate driving shows a mileage of 16kpl on the dash and in the city shows 8-ish.

BHPian jkaushik recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

Finally took delivery of my new Hyundai Alcazar Signature DCT Petrol

Background: The Ford Ecosport was the only car I ever wanted so bad and I fell in love with it the moment it was launched in 2013. Mars Red it was. So in 2015, I used all my savings and a bank loan to bring home the cheapest Ecosport variant, but in my favourite Mars Red colour.

I can go about saying what a great car it is and how much it has given me joy and happiness, but it's an Ecosport, everyone knows what a great car it has been.

They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, so I will let the below pic do the talking and save my fingers from typing:

(My WhatsApp status On the day I sold it)

Reasons for a new car:

• Lot of driving in the past year and the Ecosport was showing its age.
• Lack of safety equipments. Although I never felt the lack of it as I am a sedate driver, still it had started to play in my head because of more highway driving.
• A bit of a new car itch after 9 years.

Shortlists (already mentioned in my previous post):

1. Scorpio-N: cancelled due to bouncy ride.
2. XUV700: Cancelled because it's prone to niggles and also its a bit old and a size too big for me in the city.
3. Alcazar: Fits my usecase.

Have I fallen in love with it the way I did with the EcoSport? No.

Then What do I love about the Alcazar? Nothing at all, but there is not a single point which I hate. AND THAT I LOVE

Good old pen and paper helped me decide :

This page underwent a lot of updates in the next few days

Finally decided the Alcazar after multiple test drives. The Hyundai folks were very courteous and professional as opposed to Mahindra guys and that gave a bit more confidence as well to decide as I was confused between the Hyundai and XUV700. As for me peace of mind and a niggle free product is also a "luxury".
Decided the Atlas White colour as I felt that the white brings out the contrast to the dark chrome and headlight details more that the darker colours.

Took delivery on 10/10 (which the car is for me)

The interiors are the best both in terms of colours and features. Feels extremely premium.

The seats are comfortable and all the controls are ready to reach. The ventilated seats are a boon and so is the feature where the driver seat automatically moves back to free up space to disembark when you open the front door. The seat goes to its original set position when you press the ignition button.

Looks different from the rear as well. Palisade-ish maybe:

Have driven around 200kms since delivery, sedate driving shows 16kpl on the dash and on the city shows 8-ish. But these are initial numbers with very small sample size so won't dwell much into it. Will share more information in upcoming months.

It's just me and my wife for now hence won't talk about the 3rd row seats, but passenger have praised the 2nd rows for its recline feature and comfortable headrests.

Will share more details soon.

Cheers.

Best view for me:

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