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Hi Everyone,
Great to be on TAI after going through acres and acres of posts . So did a whole round of searches and test drives for buying a new car and I'm still confused. Here are the requirements and details
Would be driving a maximum of 1000km a month (hence would prefer petrol)
Majority of driving to happen on the roads of Bangalore
Would need a nice balance between driving pleasure, comfort, service costs and spares availability and FE in probably that order
Budget would be between 7-9 lakhs
Would prefer either a premium hatchback or an entry level sedan
I have already test driven the i20, Polo, Ford Classic and the Skoda Rapid. I enjoyed driving the Skoda Rapid the most but I was getting only the basic Active version within the budget and hence was eliminated.
I am now confused between the Ford Classic Titanium and the VW Polo Highline (somehow didn't enjoy the ride in the i20). The Classic offers more power and a neat set of features and I did enjoy driving it a bit more but the Polo (especially the recently launched 2013 version) offers a lot more perks (Climatronic ac, steering mounted audio controls etc )at nearly 1.25 lakhs lesser. So any suggestions between the two or even anything else in the same range (petrol of course)
Also I have only driven budget hatchbacks so far so will there be a steep learning curve on either cars although I didn't feel that much of a discomfort on the multiple test drives. Looking forward to opinions and suggestion!
ViperRulz
Great to be on TAI after going through acres and acres of posts . So did a whole round of searches and test drives for buying a new car and I'm still confused. Here are the requirements and details
Would be driving a maximum of 1000km a month (hence would prefer petrol)
Majority of driving to happen on the roads of Bangalore
Would need a nice balance between driving pleasure, comfort, service costs and spares availability and FE in probably that order
Budget would be between 7-9 lakhs
Would prefer either a premium hatchback or an entry level sedan
I have already test driven the i20, Polo, Ford Classic and the Skoda Rapid. I enjoyed driving the Skoda Rapid the most but I was getting only the basic Active version within the budget and hence was eliminated.
I am now confused between the Ford Classic Titanium and the VW Polo Highline (somehow didn't enjoy the ride in the i20). The Classic offers more power and a neat set of features and I did enjoy driving it a bit more but the Polo (especially the recently launched 2013 version) offers a lot more perks (Climatronic ac, steering mounted audio controls etc )at nearly 1.25 lakhs lesser. So any suggestions between the two or even anything else in the same range (petrol of course)
Also I have only driven budget hatchbacks so far so will there be a steep learning curve on either cars although I didn't feel that much of a discomfort on the multiple test drives. Looking forward to opinions and suggestion!
ViperRulz
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