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Sail:
Positives:
1. Space, space and space: Can be easily compared with the Jazz in terms of rear seat space. Indica was bench mark but not anymore. With seat adjusted for 5.10 in the front, person with 6 feet height had good 4 inches space between seat and his knee.
2. Practicality: Rear seat is 40:60 split adding to practicality and flexibility to boot space
3. Breaks: Good bite.
4. Rear seat bench is good for three people, under thigh support is adequate.
5. Airy interiors (front quarter glass allows more light to cabin
6. Plastics of dash is nice to touch, steering feel great to hold
7. Linear power delivery adds to drivability in urban space
8. Good insulation inside cabin but at idle one can hear typical diesel clutter.
9. Suspension is good, will absorb most of undulations on roads at lower speed.
10. Toll third gear add to in city drivability
11. GC seems good but didn’t tested on badly designed speed breakers (car breakers)
Negatives:
1. Blind spot upfront (6-8 feet driver can’t see anything on road) but slightly high mounting of front bumper will help in parking on edge of pavement.
2. Rear visibility is a bit problem with head rests.
3. Very soft steering, doesn’t weight up with speed. I didn’t feel confident beyond 90 due to lifeless steering but breaks added a bit of confidence.
4. Body roll is noticeable
5. Design is nothing to mention about. It’s pretty dated like Figo.
6. Steering started vibrating when pulled from 20 in 3rd gear. It was like massager.
7. Driver seat is not height adjustable hence will be a bit of problem for shorted drivers
FIGO:
Positives:
1. Linear power delivery: Amazing city drivability
2. Suspension set up is perfect but a bit bouncy at lower speed
3. Handling, handling and handling: Figo is amazing handler.
4. Steering: Figo’s steering demands a special mention here though a tad bigger than ideal size but its confidence inspiring even at 140+
5. Huge boot space, decent read bench space but nowhere comparable with Sail. Rear seat is foldable but no split hence practicality is reduced.
6. Tall third gear adds to urban drivability
7. Best in class AC. Very powerful.
8. ICE is good with blue tooth connectivity, Aux in and CD but no USB (for USB one need to buy Rs 1100-1200 connector from dealer)
9. Very good visibility
Negaitves
1. Ground clearance: This problem is more with hard plastic long mud flaps. Most of the Figo has broker mud flaps but yes I would like to have more GC in FIGO and facelift is no different.
2. No all four power windows as many people have complained about it. How many times we drive with full load, mostly we drive 1-2 people on board.
3. Some niggles: noise from rear left end, suspension noise at cold start
4. Noise engine but inside no noise as such due to good insulation
5. Breaks feel adequate but not very good. Need more bite.
Handling: Figo>Sail
Steering: Figo> Sail
Space: Sail> Figo
Driving comfort: Figo >Sail
Practicality of layout and space: Sail> Figo
FE: Sail>Figo (Multi jet engines from Fiat are slightly more efficient than Sigma series engines from Ford)
Design: Both are dated and nothing exciting about it, one can pick either of these depending on personal choice in terms of colour, colour of interiors and design.
Price: Figo.Sail (OTR price of Figo is almost cheaper by 70000-80000 depending on tax system of the different states. Figo is value for money.
Verdict: For city drive both the cars are good, those who are looking at soft steering, Sail all the way. Those who want to be driven around should opt for sail due to space available at rear and rear power window add comfort to “Sahib”. Lady drivers definitely would like to go for Sail. However those who are self driven, drives on highways should opt for Figo due to its handling, steering feedback and high speed stability. Personally I like black interiors over the light colour beige interiors. I don’t let anyone clean interiors of the car and hence would go for Figo. Majority in India equate lighter interiors to luxury or better quality hence sail will get more queries. One can virtually chuck in/out Figo in traffic or can throw her around the corners and car will behave predictably. This possibility is ruled out in Sail. Sail is for sedate drivers. Enthusiast should look other way round. Long term reliability of Figo is beyond doubt, its robust car, with Ford’s at par service experience. In terms of engine reliability no will doubt the Fiat’s MJD but other mechanicals need to be tested with time. Icing on cake, Chevy is offering 5 year warranty. No car is perfect, both have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Both Ford and Chevy have almost similar number of outlets hence service network is similar.
Discloser: I own Figo and have driven more than 20K. Whereas my initially impression of sails are based on short ride of half an hour.
Positives:
1. Space, space and space: Can be easily compared with the Jazz in terms of rear seat space. Indica was bench mark but not anymore. With seat adjusted for 5.10 in the front, person with 6 feet height had good 4 inches space between seat and his knee.
2. Practicality: Rear seat is 40:60 split adding to practicality and flexibility to boot space
3. Breaks: Good bite.
4. Rear seat bench is good for three people, under thigh support is adequate.
5. Airy interiors (front quarter glass allows more light to cabin
6. Plastics of dash is nice to touch, steering feel great to hold
7. Linear power delivery adds to drivability in urban space
8. Good insulation inside cabin but at idle one can hear typical diesel clutter.
9. Suspension is good, will absorb most of undulations on roads at lower speed.
10. Toll third gear add to in city drivability
11. GC seems good but didn’t tested on badly designed speed breakers (car breakers)
Negatives:
1. Blind spot upfront (6-8 feet driver can’t see anything on road) but slightly high mounting of front bumper will help in parking on edge of pavement.
2. Rear visibility is a bit problem with head rests.
3. Very soft steering, doesn’t weight up with speed. I didn’t feel confident beyond 90 due to lifeless steering but breaks added a bit of confidence.
4. Body roll is noticeable
5. Design is nothing to mention about. It’s pretty dated like Figo.
6. Steering started vibrating when pulled from 20 in 3rd gear. It was like massager.
7. Driver seat is not height adjustable hence will be a bit of problem for shorted drivers
FIGO:
Positives:
1. Linear power delivery: Amazing city drivability
2. Suspension set up is perfect but a bit bouncy at lower speed
3. Handling, handling and handling: Figo is amazing handler.
4. Steering: Figo’s steering demands a special mention here though a tad bigger than ideal size but its confidence inspiring even at 140+
5. Huge boot space, decent read bench space but nowhere comparable with Sail. Rear seat is foldable but no split hence practicality is reduced.
6. Tall third gear adds to urban drivability
7. Best in class AC. Very powerful.
8. ICE is good with blue tooth connectivity, Aux in and CD but no USB (for USB one need to buy Rs 1100-1200 connector from dealer)
9. Very good visibility
Negaitves
1. Ground clearance: This problem is more with hard plastic long mud flaps. Most of the Figo has broker mud flaps but yes I would like to have more GC in FIGO and facelift is no different.
2. No all four power windows as many people have complained about it. How many times we drive with full load, mostly we drive 1-2 people on board.
3. Some niggles: noise from rear left end, suspension noise at cold start
4. Noise engine but inside no noise as such due to good insulation
5. Breaks feel adequate but not very good. Need more bite.
Handling: Figo>Sail
Steering: Figo> Sail
Space: Sail> Figo
Driving comfort: Figo >Sail
Practicality of layout and space: Sail> Figo
FE: Sail>Figo (Multi jet engines from Fiat are slightly more efficient than Sigma series engines from Ford)
Design: Both are dated and nothing exciting about it, one can pick either of these depending on personal choice in terms of colour, colour of interiors and design.
Price: Figo.Sail (OTR price of Figo is almost cheaper by 70000-80000 depending on tax system of the different states. Figo is value for money.
Verdict: For city drive both the cars are good, those who are looking at soft steering, Sail all the way. Those who want to be driven around should opt for sail due to space available at rear and rear power window add comfort to “Sahib”. Lady drivers definitely would like to go for Sail. However those who are self driven, drives on highways should opt for Figo due to its handling, steering feedback and high speed stability. Personally I like black interiors over the light colour beige interiors. I don’t let anyone clean interiors of the car and hence would go for Figo. Majority in India equate lighter interiors to luxury or better quality hence sail will get more queries. One can virtually chuck in/out Figo in traffic or can throw her around the corners and car will behave predictably. This possibility is ruled out in Sail. Sail is for sedate drivers. Enthusiast should look other way round. Long term reliability of Figo is beyond doubt, its robust car, with Ford’s at par service experience. In terms of engine reliability no will doubt the Fiat’s MJD but other mechanicals need to be tested with time. Icing on cake, Chevy is offering 5 year warranty. No car is perfect, both have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Both Ford and Chevy have almost similar number of outlets hence service network is similar.
Discloser: I own Figo and have driven more than 20K. Whereas my initially impression of sails are based on short ride of half an hour.