Guys something to very much consider here, this is a special case!
As I respect your opinion and it influences my buying decision, so please read further and be open to provide your point of views and suggestion.
1. We are
not comparing a petrol manual and diesel manual
2. The price difference of diesel here is
not one lakh more than petrol car, since petrol referred here is Automatic
3. Fuel efficiency of petrol AT and diesel of these cars are
not closer.
In this case we are comparing an Automatic petrol with diesel, hence the below points needs to be considered,
1. Ecosport 1.5 AT petrol Trend plus vs 1.5 MT diesel Trend plus
2. Price of petrol AT is higher than Diesel for the same variant. Petrol AT is 21,000 higher than Diesel on road price.
3. Fuel efficiency of Petrol AT is half of diesel MT (10 vs 20 kmpl)
Today I took test drive of both Ecosport petrol AT and Diesel MT.
More specifically I checked for fuel efficiency, in a same stretch of ~ 6kms (luckily I could try part of my regular city commute route). Petrol AT fuel efficiency (8,500 kms clocked car) was ~10kmpl and Diesel MT (20,000 kms clocked) was 20kmpl, where I carefully driven petrol AT with very light foot to increase acceleration steadily to see what maximum it is giving. Another round of my usual way of driving in the same test route gave just 7.5kmpl. (All fuel efficiency figures based on Average displayed on MID which I have reset before the test drive)
The difference of 10kmpl petrol AT vs 20kmpl of diesel was too alarming at a same price point. Also in general, I felt ecosport diesel clutch is light and ply is short and NVH felt under control compared to other diesel cars.
So for a weekly 200kms minimum drive, I need to keep watching my driving style, AC usage for the sake of mileage else will end up getting just 7kmpl, instead I can drive the diesel with Josh getting a worst case decent mileage of 15kmpl but still losing the comfort of automatic!
This low fuel efficiency is specific to Ecosport AT, even the SA also told the mileage is less due to weight of the car and also the Torque converter AT.
Considering above facts, I took a decision to block Ecosport Diesel Trend plus. Above points are exactly what I thought and reason for narrowing down to avoid petrol AT. Please let me know your opinion.
Note: I can still change my decision if rightly pointed out any drawback with my decision which will be helpful.
For this comparison, the following assumptions which you mentioned in your post may not be applicable, please check..
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- Avg FE is 17.5 kpl for Petrol and 19.5 kpl for Diesel.
- Price difference between Top end Petrol and Diesel variants is Rs. 1,20,000/- "
Both points are not valid in this case!!
East Coast Road, near Thiruvanmiyur