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We currently have a well aged 16-year old Hyundai Santro and a 4.5-year old Hyundai Verna 1.6D SX (O) MT. We’re planning to replace the former because it is old and in a state of disrepair and the latter because it’s been an expensive car to maintain and the low height makes the rear seat an uncomfortable place to get in, be in and get out of.
The approach road to our house is permanently and terribly broken and any car we buy needs to be able to weather it relatively well, lest we incur enormous repair charges even in the new vehicle. We’re planning to buy two cars: a Renault Duster 1.5P RxS CVT and an automatic hatchback.
The Duster will be used for the several long distance business road trips I undertake each year, both on the hills and in the plains, and for my father’s regular visits to an ashram in a nearby village that he oversees. The hatchback will be my daily commuter car, which will need to do about forty odd kilometres per day on busy, congested streets.
I was absolutely sold on the Honda Jazz 1.2P VX MT due to the very useful configurability of the magic seats. I was hoping to use the business class cabin configuration for my long trips and the tall mode to make it easier for me to change the plants in my office, which I do on a fortnightly basis.
However, after seeing the poor reviews of the Jazz’s 1.2-litre petrol engine mated to a manual transmission, and realising that the Duster would otherwise be infinitely more suitable for long drives, the lack of magic seats notwithstanding, I shelved that idea. Even though the cars will be driven by a driver 80% of the time, I definitely want the convenience of an automatic transmission.
My choice now lies between the Ford Figo and Honda Jazz. I am more inclined towards the Figo because of the trio of ESP, HLA and TCS, but I found the CVT in the Honda City far smoother in city traffic than the DCT of the EcoSport on the highway, and the Jazz is far more spacious than the Figo.
I spend most of the day travelling from one spot to another in a 15-kilometre radius, in a small city teeming with large SUVs on small roads, where parking is a nightmare in most places. The majority of the driving is handled by the driver and I’m on the rear seat.
Since I was unable to test the Figo DCT and Jazz CVT back-to-back in similar conditions, as I would ideally have loved to, I’m here to seek your opinion. Which car should I buy?
We currently have a well aged 16-year old Hyundai Santro and a 4.5-year old Hyundai Verna 1.6D SX (O) MT. We’re planning to replace the former because it is old and in a state of disrepair and the latter because it’s been an expensive car to maintain and the low height makes the rear seat an uncomfortable place to get in, be in and get out of.
The approach road to our house is permanently and terribly broken and any car we buy needs to be able to weather it relatively well, lest we incur enormous repair charges even in the new vehicle. We’re planning to buy two cars: a Renault Duster 1.5P RxS CVT and an automatic hatchback.
The Duster will be used for the several long distance business road trips I undertake each year, both on the hills and in the plains, and for my father’s regular visits to an ashram in a nearby village that he oversees. The hatchback will be my daily commuter car, which will need to do about forty odd kilometres per day on busy, congested streets.
I was absolutely sold on the Honda Jazz 1.2P VX MT due to the very useful configurability of the magic seats. I was hoping to use the business class cabin configuration for my long trips and the tall mode to make it easier for me to change the plants in my office, which I do on a fortnightly basis.
However, after seeing the poor reviews of the Jazz’s 1.2-litre petrol engine mated to a manual transmission, and realising that the Duster would otherwise be infinitely more suitable for long drives, the lack of magic seats notwithstanding, I shelved that idea. Even though the cars will be driven by a driver 80% of the time, I definitely want the convenience of an automatic transmission.
My choice now lies between the Ford Figo and Honda Jazz. I am more inclined towards the Figo because of the trio of ESP, HLA and TCS, but I found the CVT in the Honda City far smoother in city traffic than the DCT of the EcoSport on the highway, and the Jazz is far more spacious than the Figo.
I spend most of the day travelling from one spot to another in a 15-kilometre radius, in a small city teeming with large SUVs on small roads, where parking is a nightmare in most places. The majority of the driving is handled by the driver and I’m on the rear seat.
Since I was unable to test the Figo DCT and Jazz CVT back-to-back in similar conditions, as I would ideally have loved to, I’m here to seek your opinion. Which car should I buy?